# akara
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba àkàrà. Doublet of accra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæk.əɹ.ə/, /-ɑɹ-/, /-ɑ/

### Noun

akara (plural akara)
* (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
* 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
* cooked

### References

* Lindskoog, John N., Lindskoog, Carrie A. (1964) Vocabulario cayapa (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 9)‎ (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: /ʔà.kà.ɽà/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔà.kə̀.ɽə̀]

### Noun

àkàrà m (possessed form àkàràn)
* a deep-fried bean cake
    Synonym: ƙōsai

## Igbo
### Noun

akara
* Alternative form of akala

## Krio
### Etymology

From Yoruba àkàrà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.kà.rà/

### Noun

àkàrà
* a kind of cake made from rice flour and banana

### References

* ↑ Fyle, Clifford N., Jones, Eldred D. (1980) A Krio-English dictionary, USA: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7

## Pali
### 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
* first/third-person singular imperfect active of karoti (“to do”)

## Principense
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [akaˈra]

### Noun

akara
* 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: /ʔakara/

### Noun

akara (definite form akara bi)
* bean cake, fried bean flour

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.kà.ɾà/

### Noun

àkàrà
* a deep-fried ball made of beans

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - àkàrà (“akara”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | àkàrà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | àkàrà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | àkàrà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | àkàrà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ìkàà, àkàà |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ị̀kàrà, ụ̀kàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ìkàrà, àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ìkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | àkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ìkàrà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ìkàrà |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

#### 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
* → Gun: àklà
* → Fon: àklà