Aja Food and Culinary Related Terms Part 1
Ajã Xo lɛ Nùdúdú
Ajã Food and Culinary Related Words
nùɖúɖú – food
cɛwùn lɛɛ - ingredients
alɔkpà lɛɛ - instructions, directions
huntó – mushroom
nùsúnú – sauce
feví nùsúnú – okra sauce
gusi nùsúnú – egusi sauce
feví - okra
gusi – egusi
icègba – proper Aja word for egusi (then latter being Yọrùbá)
aziin – peanut
azin - egg
nùkún - grain, seed
nùɖúɖú mǎ - salad (vegetable food)
nùɖúɖú ama - salad (leaf food)
ama – leaf
hwevi (hwè) - fish
nyibúlan – beef
gbɔ/agbo/gbàgbá – goat
kokolo – chicken
nyatótó - chicory
ata – pepper
takin – chili pepper
agbanúɖuɖù - feast
agɔ - big feast
hwenúɖuɖù – lunch
zanzannúɖuɖù – breakfast
gbadanúɖuɖù – dinner
anyá – stew; can also be used for “soup”
ọbẹ – soup. Of Yọrùbá origin.
áyò – garlic
mã – vegetable
gbo'jɔ - tomato
nùdúdú gblé – spoiled food
nùdúdú vivi – good food
maga – mango
lan – meat
àsɔ́n – crab
degɔn - shrimp
agondé – pineapple
ata – bean cake
mǔ – fresh, raw. Uncooked food
mɔ́likún – rice
zɛ̀nmimɛ̀- act of burning, cooking pottery
wɔ - dough
agɔn – coconut
animátlὲ – aromatic
ɖù hùn nŭ - to eat part of the food offered to a deity
távo – table
zinkpo – chair
hlŏhlŏ - sauce made of oil, fish and condiments and prepared to feed
the souls of deceased twins
kakpíkplé - act of eating together; put together plates, calabashes
meeting
kákplékplé - family ceremony where everyone eats together and
carries out litigation.
kaju'tin - fruit tree (térébinthacée). The fruit stalk is fleshy and edible
[cashew apple]; also eaten is the fruit of the almond or cashew pulp
which provides a caustic oil.
kwékwé'tin - banana tree
kwékwékan - banana tree patch
kwékwé – banana
kpakpa – duck
kpèn - papaya
kénkun - guava
lɛ̀ngbɔ̀súví – lamb
lɛ̀ngbɔ̀/agbo - goat
dà nǔ (ɖà) - bake/cook something
lɛko núdudù - taste food
wlí – bitter taste
ɖiɖà - baked, cooked
mɛ̀- grill, burning, cook thoroughly
mɛ̀zɛn (mɛzɛ) - cooking pottery
bĭ - being cooked
càn - crush, grind
dà: cook
zo – fire
zɛn – pot, bowl
nunu – to drink
nu - mouth
nudanu tinmɛ - kitchen
cíví - spoon
jìví – knife
gantín - spoon, fork
go - bottle, glass
agban - plate
du – to eat
mì – swallowing
zozò - hot, heat
cán - eat as is
wàn - eating to excess
xove – hunger
nùsɔgánnú – frying pan
zokpo – stove
gbènyìbú - buffalo, bison
jɛ - salt
takin - pepper
atakún - guinea pepper
amasin - tea. Also commonly used as "medicine, sacred water".
ayoma - onion
akema - basil
aciayo - mint
abɔkwín - sorghum seed
lɛɛ - milk
ami - oil
ami vovo - red palm oil
aziinmi - peanut oil
adinmiwe - red palm oil
agu - pounded yam
akutù - cornmeal tinged with red oil. Offerings given in general
but especially to Xoxo (twin deity)
ayikun - bean
ayikúnjlɛjlɛ - baked beans which are added to the oil. Intended
primarily for deities.
sin - water
sin vivi - sweet drink
jǎ - fried tomatoes, and oil mixture to serve to the divinities
fyɛ́- start boiling
hwɛ̆n - boil
jlɛ̆- fry in oil
jò - shred
kpà - peel
kpan - paste
lì - grind
nya - knead
nyi - soak in a liquid
sin - cut a food item
sέn - cut
yovó-núɖúɖu - non Afrikan food
nă nùɖúɖú hùn - to give food offerings to a deity
ayìzɛ̌n - terracotta saucer in which food offerings are given to
deities
hlɛ̀nhlɛ́n - act of offering food to deity
yovó-núɖúɖu - non Afrikan food
sɔ̀- fry
jlɛ̆- fry in oil
sísɔ - fried, shake
sísɛ́n – fruit
agonke - coconut fruit
ajangun - manioc, cassava, yucca
agbagudà - manioc, cassava, yucca millet
ahawa'tin néré dekàn - palm tree patch
agon'tin - rɔnier palm
abo - sorghum
abokun - sorghum
avlantwe - small yellow banana
jikpamε – garden
sinhùngbãn boiling water
sinmyo – hot water
sinfifa - cool/cold water
sin xwíxwí – filtered water
wɔxuxu - bread
anɔsín - milk
kpákpá - duck
zozo - boil, boiling
tówúntówún - broth fyo - burned
nududu fyo - burned food
nududu - food, edible
ayikun wen - locust beans
E mɔ alo mitɔn. He scalded his hand.
nudanu tinmɛ - kitchen
lɛko núdudù - taste food
da nu - prepare food
nùsísɔ́ - frying (lit "thing-action of- frying")
nùsɔgánú - frying pan, skillet
ayikún nukúnwi - black eyed peas
nùsɔgánúgbi - stove
lɔbà - vegetable
huntó - mushroom
akutɛ - lime
kɛnkúntín - guava
lɛ̀ngbɔ̀súví - lamb
hlennûnû hùn - make a food offering to Deity
hlɛ̀nhlɛ́n - act of offering food to deity
dudɔ - to take food with the fingers to eat
du gbadá nu - to "take" dinner
mǔ – fresh, raw. Uncooked food
nùɖúɖú mǎ - salad (vegetable food) nùɖúɖú ama - salad (leaf
food)
ama - greens
lan - meat
fevi - okra
wììnmí - honey
anyà - stew
kacaà - steep
sin - cut a food item
ɖù hùn nŭ - to eat part of the food offered to a deity
azin - egg
jɛ - salt
aziin - peanut
gbade - corn
atàn - palm wine; wine
kokólò - chicken
gbo - goat
degon - shrimp
cíví - spoon
cacá - crayfish
glin agbadé - crushed corn
jìví - knife
ason - crab
gantín - spoon, fork
zɛ́n - bowl, vase, pottery
go - bottle, glass
agban - plate
mɛ̀- grill, burning, cook thoroughly
mɛ̀zɛn - cooking pottery
mlan - to wrap something
zɛ̀nmimɛ̀- act of burning, cooking pottery
bĭ - being cooked
dà - cook
syɔ - cook
gbàgbàtákín - chili pepper
gbatakin/badòji - big red/green peppers
takín xayà - powdered chili pepper
àtákín wìnìníní - small very hot pepper
àtákín - guinea pepper
atakín cɔkɔslú - long very hot pepper
lɛnlɛnkún - pepper
tonusú - mortar and pestle
yadadà - spicey
kpeclekún/dadonú - spice
wõ - dough
agu - pounded yam
telíbɔ́- dried yam flour, pastry flour dried yam
talétalé - banana fritters
teví (te) - yam
tɛ́- lay, spread
tɛ́n – place (verb)
nu - drinking, swallowing something that is liquid. Nu is also
"mouth"
gbo'jɔ - tomato
zɛ́n- pot
kpánù - bowl
nùdúdíngan - greedy, gluttonous
dɔ kpɔn - to taste
yovózɛn - orange
agondé - pineapple
ami - oil
ami vovo - red palm oil aziinmi - peanut oil
adinmiwe - red palm oil
abɔbɔ` - bean stew
abɔkún (abɔ) - sorghum
ayikun - bean
amagà – mango
abo'han - sorghum beer
agon - coconut
ahowé - cola nut
azongbo – grapefruit
ayikpen - squash, pumpkin
aziingokwin - chick peas
cawekun - white bean
dokɔ́- ground beans
dokwín - sweet potato
fɛcúadà - mashed beans
xwe - fish
nudutɛn - restaurant
wususunu - towel, napkin
lɛɛ - milk
mã - leaf
mãlɛ - greens
fɔ́tɛtὲ - spinach
távo - table
zinkpo - stool, chair
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