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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English highwaste
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From: English ''high'' and ''waist''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* àìwêst
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* hàìwêst
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===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===
 
===Noun===
highwaste: someone with a trunk disproportionately shorter that his/her legs. -- Definition in Naija?
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* Person wey im [[leg]] overlong pass im remining body.
 
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:* {{ux|dv| Why you dey reason sey '''highwaist''' na bad ting? No be im models dey find [[upandown]] now? |(Why do you think having long legs is a bad thing? Isn't that what models desire now?)}}
 
 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I no like di babe, e get '''highwaste'''.|no translation}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
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====Antonyms====
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: someone with a trunk disproportionately shorter that his/her legs.
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* English: ''long legs, leggy''

Latest revision as of 21:37, 29 February 2024

Naija

Etymology

From: English high and waist

Pronunciation

  • hàìwêst

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Noun

  • Person wey im leg overlong pass im remining body.
  • Why you dey reason sey highwaist na bad ting? No be im models dey find upandown now?  — (Why do you think having long legs is a bad thing? Isn't that what models desire now?)

Translations

  • English: long legs, leggy