Difference between revisions of "akara"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
etymology:Yoruba
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From: ''Yoruba''( bean cake)
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 11
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 11
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7467
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7467
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
akara: fried bean balls -- Definition in Naija?
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Cake wey dey dey make from beans wey dey go con ground am before dey fry am.
 
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#: {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, I fart uncontrollable.)}}
 
 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|If I eat '''akara''', I go dey mess. |(If I eat fried beans balls, I will be farting anyhow.)}}
 
# - (frequency:7)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, You know, we went schools for the sake of eating akara [bean cake] at that time.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, You know, we went schools for the sake of eating akara [bean cake] at that time.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Na every time e dey buy '''akara''' give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. |(katakata__834, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| Na every time e dey buy '''akara''' give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma. |(katakata__834, He buys bean balls for Ezinma and gives it to Ekwefi to take it home for her. )}}
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#: {{ux|dv| We go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and '''akara'''. |(NST_cleaned__41267, We drop one kobe each in our bowls in order to buy bean balls and bread.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|we go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and '''akara'''. |(NST_cleaned__41267, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We go come go... we go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and '''akara'''. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__128, Then we'd go... we'd drop one kobo each into a bowl to eat bread and akara.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* liquid 0.72 13, oxytocin 0.71 8, 866 0.70 6, vagina 0.70 28, chips 0.70 22, hormones 0.69 11, sti 0.69 7, biscuit 0.69 13, premature 0.69 28
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* liquid 0.72 13, oxytocin 0.71 8, 866 0.70 6, vagina 0.70 28, chips 0.70 22, hormones 0.69 11, sti 0.69 7, biscuit 0.69 13, premature 0.69 28
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: fried bean balls
 
* English: fried bean balls

Revision as of 15:13, 1 December 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba( bean cake)

Pronunciation

  • àkàrà

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1820
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 11
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7467

Noun

Cake wey dey dey make from beans wey dey go con ground am before dey fry am.

  1. If I eat akara, I go dey mess.  — (Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, I fart uncontrollable.)
    You know, we dey go akara school dat time.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, You know, we went schools for the sake of eating akara [bean cake] at that time.)
    Na every time e dey buy akara give Ekwefi carry go home for Ezinma.  — (katakata__834, He buys bean balls for Ezinma and gives it to Ekwefi to take it home for her. )
    We go come drop one, one kobo for bowl to chop bread, and akara.  — (NST_cleaned__41267, We drop one kobe each in our bowls in order to buy bean balls and bread.)

Translations

  • English: fried bean balls