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Akata
Akátá is a word believed to be derived from the Yoruba people of Nigeria in West Africa. The term is used among Nigerians and other West Africans in the United States to refer to African Americans, similar to the term ''oyibo'' used for whites.
== Translation ==
The Yoruba bishop and scholar Samuel Ajayi Crowther's "Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language" written in 1843 translates ''akata'' as:
a broad-brimmed straw hat, used by the () natives to ward off rain or the rays of the sun, instead of an umbrella.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=NMINAAAAQAAJ&dq=akata+yoruba&q=akata#v=snippet&q=akata&f=false〕
Depending on intonation, the "Grammar and Dictionary of the Yoruba language," written in 1858, gives two definitions: hat or wild oats. In the book, the synonym for "wild oats" or ''akata'' is ''agbo'' which also refers to a medicinal herb.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=v6cTAAAAQAAJ&q=akata#v=snippet&q=akata&f=false〕
In 1913, "The Dictionary of the Yoruba Language" translated ''akata'' to mean panther.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=UuUNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA103&dq=akata+panther&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pqRMU7z0KYfp0QHpkIGoBg&ved=0CCwQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=akata%20panther&f=false〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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