Difference between revisions of "bunk"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Alternative forms===
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English bunk
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* From English ''bunk''.
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* bɔŋk
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*bɔ̑ŋk
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-bunk.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-bunk.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bunk.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bunk.m.ogg</sm2>
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 194
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 82
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 3302
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 117
 
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The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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bunk: place wey person dey stay, group wey dem dey share people dey put when school wan do inter house sports
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#[[House]] wey [[guyman]] dey stay.
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#:*{{ux|dv|I dey my '''bunk''' dey [[shayo]]. |(I am in my room drinking.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Di guy dey relax for im '''bunk''' wit im babe. |(The guy is chilling with his girlfriend in his room.)}}
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# Place wey person dey stay
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#Bed wey get up and down wey student dey use for hostel.
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#: {{ux|dv|I con run go di '''house'''. |(ABJ_NOU_01_Death-Of-A-Brother_DG__29, Then I ran to the house.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Na up '''bunk''' I dey like when I dey school dat year. |(While in school back then I preferred the top bunk.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Go '''house''', |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__385, Go to the house !)}}
 
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====Derived forms====
 
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====Synonyms====
 
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* [[house]], room
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* [[house]]
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====Antonyms====
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* house, home, room
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*English: ''house, home, room''

Latest revision as of 16:35, 30 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

  • From English bunk.

Pronunciation

  • bɔ̑ŋk

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Noun

  1. House wey guyman dey stay.
    • I dey my bunk dey shayo.  — (I am in my room drinking.)
    • Di guy dey relax for im bunk wit im babe.  — (The guy is chilling with his girlfriend in his room.)
  2. Bed wey get up and down wey student dey use for hostel.
    • Na up bunk I dey like when I dey school dat year.  — (While in school back then I preferred the top bunk.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: house, home, room