àchìchà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
bread; biscuit; cake
Noundried food (prepared by boiling plantain or banana and cutting it up into small bits, after removing the skin, and drying it in sun. In the dry form this is stored in a bag and preserved in ùko till used. It is then measured out like beans and steeped in water for a few minutes, removed and wrapped in balls with leaves and boiled. It is then emptied on to boiled pieces of yam or cocoyam, sometimes with vegetables added, and stirred and rolled thoroughly with other ingredients - pepper, oil, etc. - and served)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Nne m zụtara àchìchà n'ahịa.
— My mother bought biscuits at the market.
Nye m àchìchà abụọ.
— Give me two biscuits.
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