Difference between revisions of "amala"
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==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
− | + | From: Yoruba ''amala'' meaning ''yam flour'' | |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 18:10, 9 December 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba amala meaning yam flour
Pronunciation
- àmàlà
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2603
- Frequency in raw corpus: 13
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 6805
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
amala: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:2)
- All of dem dey deir mama house dey chow amala, — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__375, All of them are in their parents houses eating amala.)
- Dem tell you sey me, I no sabi dey mama house dey chow amala, we dey make sense…? — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__380, Did they tell you that I, I can't stay back in my mother's house eating amala and be making sense...)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- stout 0.87 12, suya 0.87 17, pineapple 0.86 7, nsala 0.86 5, flies 0.85 5, snacks 0.85 8, boli 0.84 6, poisonous 0.84 8, roasted 0.84 11
Antonyms
- stout 0.87 12, suya 0.87 17, pineapple 0.86 7, nsala 0.86 5, flies 0.85 5, snacks 0.85 8, boli 0.84 6, poisonous 0.84 8, roasted 0.84 11
Translations
- English: no definition
Noun
amala: a plantain or yam flour stirred in hot water to form solid, eaten with sauce. -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Na amala I wan chop today. — (It's amala I want to eat.)
- - (frequency:9)
- You sef, go chop amala, go chop fufu. — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__386, You too should go and eat amala; go and eat fufu.)
- E get one place wey dem dey chop amala. — (LAG_17_Food-On-Campus_DG__38, There is a shop where they eat Amala.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- stout 0.87 12, suya 0.87 17, pineapple 0.86 7, nsala 0.86 5, flies 0.85 5, snacks 0.85 8, boli 0.84 6, poisonous 0.84 8, roasted 0.84 11
Antonyms
- stout 0.87 12, suya 0.87 17, pineapple 0.86 7, nsala 0.86 5, flies 0.85 5, snacks 0.85 8, boli 0.84 6, poisonous 0.84 8, roasted 0.84 11
Translations
- English: a plantain or yam flour stirred in hot water to form solid, eaten with sauce.