Difference between revisions of "bobo"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Etymology===
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===Etymology1===
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''unknown''
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From: ''unknown''
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===Pronunciation===
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====Pronunciation1====
 
* bɔ̀bɔ́
 
* bɔ̀bɔ́
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo.m.ogg</sm2>
  
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===Frequency===
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====Noun====
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
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# Young man wey still dey grow
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1979
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#: {{ux|dv|Di '''bobo''' fine. |(The young man is handsome.)}}
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 38
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# Name wey de dey call man wey babe dey like.
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3736
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#: {{ux|dv|Dat your '''bobo''' make sense o! |(Your boyfriend is nice.)}}
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=====Related forms=====
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[[bobonice]]
  
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===Noun===
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=====Synonyms=====
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# young man wey still dey grow
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* English: ''lover'', ''fiancé'', ''boyfriend''
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#: {{ux|dv|Di '''bobo''' fine. |(NSC_2021, The young man is handsome.)}}
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=====Translations=====
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# name wey de dey call man wey babe dey like
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* English: ''young man''
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#: {{ux|dv|Dat your '''bobo''' make sense o! |(NST_cleaned__1534, Your boyfriend is nice )}}
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====Derived forms====
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===Etymology2===
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From: ''unknown''
  
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====Alternative Form====
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[[bubu]]
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====Pronunciation2====
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bóbò
  
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====Synonyms====
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo2.f.ogg</sm2>
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* English: ''lover'', ''fiancé'', ''boyfriend''
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bobo2.m.ogg</sm2>
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====Translations====
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* English: ''young man''
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====Verb====
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* Make person dey lie give person.
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:* {{ux|dv| Which kind talk be dat sey you fit come or you fit no come? No dey '''bobo''' me jor! Clear me make I know as tings dey be. |(NSC_2021, What do you mean by you may come or you may not come? Tell me the truth and stop playing games with me.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Because person wear suit wear eyeglass dey speak [[supri supri]] you con feel sey e no go sabi '''bobo''' person? E go do you like film. Dey watch. |(NSC_2021, Just because a person is putting on a suit, glasses and speaks good English you feel they can't deceive you? You'll be shocked. You'll see.)}}
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=====Translation=====
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* English: ''lie'', ''deceive''

Latest revision as of 13:02, 27 February 2024

Naija

Etymology1

From: unknown

Pronunciation1

  • bɔ̀bɔ́

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Noun

  1. Young man wey still dey grow
    Di bobo fine.  — (The young man is handsome.)
  2. Name wey de dey call man wey babe dey like.
    Dat your bobo make sense o!  — (Your boyfriend is nice.)
Related forms

bobonice

Synonyms
  • English: lover, fiancé, boyfriend
Translations
  • English: young man

Etymology2

From: unknown

Alternative Form

bubu

Pronunciation2

bóbò

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Verb

  • Make person dey lie give person.
  • Which kind talk be dat sey you fit come or you fit no come? No dey bobo me jor! Clear me make I know as tings dey be.  — (NSC_2021, What do you mean by you may come or you may not come? Tell me the truth and stop playing games with me.)
  • Because person wear suit wear eyeglass dey speak supri supri you con feel sey e no go sabi bobo person? E go do you like film. Dey watch.  — (NSC_2021, Just because a person is putting on a suit, glasses and speaks good English you feel they can't deceive you? You'll be shocked. You'll see.)
Translation
  • English: lie, deceive