dowry

Naija

Alternative forms

• suv 0.78 7, n200 0.77 12, pepple 0.75 11, entitlement 0.75 7, n150 0.75 7, 10-year 0.74 7, n250 0.74 10, double-track 0.74 5, bribes 0.74 10

Etymology

Borrowed from English dowry

Pronunciation

• dáúrì

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8830

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

dowry: the money paid to a bride's parents as bride price -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Dem don pay im dowry?  — (Have they paid her bride price?)

2. - (frequency:6)

   so you no go pay dowry for dat woman again?you go pay but di dowry go uh-- e no go dey as normal  — (deuber__3369, __no translation__)

   Goment wey say dem spend 30 million ontop di wedding say dem go also give all di wives N20,000 dowry to take hold bodi.  — (bbc__54558, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:2)

   so you no go pay dowry for dat woman again?you go pay but di dowry go uh-- e no go dey as normal  — (deuber__3369, __no translation__)

   Daurawa wey also be di Commander General for di state hisbah board tok say unlike pipo wey no get money wey di state go pay dia dowry and buy furniture for dem, di big men no need dat one so di state no go give dem free.  — (bbc__27139, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• suv 0.78 7, n200 0.77 12, pepple 0.75 11, entitlement 0.75 7, n150 0.75 7, 10-year 0.74 7, n250 0.74 10, double-track 0.74 5, bribes 0.74 10

Antonyms

• suv 0.78 7, n200 0.77 12, pepple 0.75 11, entitlement 0.75 7, n150 0.75 7, 10-year 0.74 7, n250 0.74 10, double-track 0.74 5, bribes 0.74 10

Translations

• English: the money paid to a bride's parents as bride price