akara

See also: akāra, ākara, and ākāra

English

Akara

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæk.əɹ.ə/, /-ɑɹ-/, /-ɑ/

Noun

akara (plural akara)

1. (Nigeria) A bean cake, made of fried black-eyed pea flour.
   • 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah, Anchor Books (2014), page 547:

     Why are you buying akara that you don't want?

Chachi

Alternative forms

• acara (obsolete)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

akara

1. macaw (clarification of this definition is needed)

Etymology 2

From akaanu (“cook”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

akara

1. cooked

References

• Lindskoog, John N., Lindskoog, Carrie A. (1964) Vocabulario cayapa (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 9)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Quito, Ecuador: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con el Ministerio de Educación Pública, page 61

Hausa

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.kà.ɽà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.kə̀.ɽə̀]

Noun

àkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)

1. a deep-fried bean cake

   Synonym: ƙōsai

Igbo

Noun

akara

1. Alternative form of akala

Krio

Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.rà/

Noun

àkàrà

1. a kind of cake made from rice flour and banana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• अकर (Devanagari script)
• অকর (Bengali script)
• අකර (Sinhalese script)
• အကရ or ဢၵရ (Burmese script)
• อกร or อะกะระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨠᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອກຣ or ອະກະຣະ (Lao script)
• អករ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄇𑄢 (Chakma script)

Verb

akara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect active of karoti (“to do”)

Principense

FWOTD – 3 June 2014

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [akaˈra]

Noun

akara

1. fried banana slices

References

• “akara” in 2012, Vanessa Pinheiro de Araújo, Um Dicionário Principense-Português.

Wolof

Alternative forms

• aakara

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔakara/

Noun

akara (definite form akara bi)

1. bean cake, fried bean flour

Yoruba

Àkàrà

Alternative forms

• ìkàrà (Ijesha)
• ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà (Ekiti)
• àkàà, ìkàà (Ondo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.kà.ɾà/

Noun

àkàrà

1. a deep-fried ball made of beans

Derived terms

• àkàrà òyìnbó (“cake”)
• alákàrà (“akara seller”)

Descendants

• → English: akara, accra
• → Hausa: akara
• → Igbo: akala, akara
• → Krio: akara
• → Portuguese: acarajé
• → Wolof: akara, aakara
• → Nupe: kàrà
• → Gbagyi: kala