Difference between revisions of "longatrot"

Latest revision as of 18:28, 3 June 2023

From: English long and throat

Pikin wey get longatrot need make de help am, or na prison go end am. — (A child that is greedy needs help, or he'll end up in prison.)
longatrot na wetin dey make people dey chop government money. — (Greed is the reason people embezzle government funds.)

Why you still dey ask make e give you extra, you be longatrot o. — (Why are you still asking for extra, you are greedy!)

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 ==Naija==
 ===Alternative forms===
-*
+* [[longathroat]], [[longerthroat]], [[longer throat]], [[longa throat]]
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowed from English longatrot
+From: English ''long'' and ''throat''
 ===Pronunciation===
-* lɔ̀ngàtrôt
+* lɔ̀ŋgàtrôt
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-longatrot.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-longatrot.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-No documented examples in our corpora.
 ===Noun===
-longatrot: non content? -- Definition in Naija?
+* Make person too dey chuk eye for wetin no be im own.
+:* {{ux|dv| Pikin wey get '''longatrot''' need make de help am, or na prison go end am.| (A child that is greedy needs help, or he'll end up in prison.)}}
+:* {{ux|dv| '''longatrot''' na wetin dey make people dey chop government money. |(Greed is the reason people embezzle government funds.)}}
+====Translations====
+* English: ''greed''
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
+===Adjective===
-#: {{ux|dv|You be '''longatrot'''.|no translation}}
+* Person wey too dey chuk eye for wetin no be im own.
+:* {{ux|dv| Why you still dey ask make e give you extra, you be '''longatrot o.''' | (Why are you still asking for extra, you are greedy!)}}
-====Derived forms====
-====Synonymes====
-*
-====Antonymes====
-*
 ====Translations====
-* English: non content?
+* English: ''greedy''