amala

Naija

Etymology

etymology:Yoruba

Pronunciation

• àmàlà

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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?

1. - (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...)

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?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Na amala I wan chop today.  — (It's amala I want to eat.)

2. - (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.)

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.