Difference between revisions of "nko"
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==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From: Yoruba ''ńkó'' meaning ''how about'' | From: Yoruba ''ńkó'' meaning ''how about'' | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | * | + | * ńkɔ́ |
<sm2>Pcm-ng-nko.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-nko.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
<sm2>Pcm-ng-nko.m.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-nko.m.ogg</sm2> | ||
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===Adverb=== | ===Adverb=== | ||
* Wetin de dey use ask anoder person question on how tings be or how tings dey go. | * Wetin de dey use ask anoder person question on how tings be or how tings dey go. | ||
| − | :* {{ux|dv|You '''nko'''? you no dey go di party? |( | + | :* {{ux|dv|You '''nko'''? you no dey go di party? |(How about you? Are you not attending the party?)}} |
| − | :* {{ux|dv|If I be after one '''nko'''? No mean sey make I marry who no get sense.|( | + | :* {{ux|dv|If I be after one '''nko'''? No mean sey make I marry who no get sense.|(Even if I have a child outside wedlock, and so what?)}} |
| + | :* {{ux|dv|Dis one '''nko'''? E no good?|(How about this one? Is it not good?)}} | ||
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
English: ''how about, so what'' | English: ''how about, so what'' | ||
Latest revision as of 23:43, 3 June 2023
Naija
Alternative form
Etymology
From: Yoruba ńkó meaning how about
Pronunciation
- ńkɔ́
Adverb
- Wetin de dey use ask anoder person question on how tings be or how tings dey go.
- You nko? you no dey go di party? — (How about you? Are you not attending the party?)
- If I be after one nko? No mean sey make I marry who no get sense. — (Even if I have a child outside wedlock, and so what?)
- Dis one nko? E no good? — (How about this one? Is it not good?)
Translation
English: how about, so what