Difference between revisions of "akara"

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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, We drop one kobe each in our bowls in order to buy bean balls and bread.)}}
 
#Sey someting no serious; na for small small pikin.
 
#Sey someting no serious; na for small small pikin.
#:* {{ux|dv| You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days we attended schools for little children.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| You know, we dey go '''akara''' school dat time. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days, we attended schools for little children.)}}
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''fried bean balls
 
* English: ''fried bean balls
 
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Revision as of 15:54, 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

  1. Cake wey dey dey make from beans wey dey go con ground am before dey fry am.
    • If I eat akara, I go dey mess.  — (Egbokhare_2020, If I eat fried beans balls, I fart uncontrollable.)
    • 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.)
  2. Sey someting no serious; na for small small pikin.
    • You know, we dey go akara school dat time.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__121, In those days, we attended schools for little children.)

Translations

  • English: fried bean balls