Difference between revisions of "jagaban"

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#: {{ux|dv|'''Jagaban''' no go contest for president o.|Leader does not want to contest for presidency.}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Jagaban''' no go contest for president o.|NSC_Ajede_2020, Leader does not want to contest for presidency.}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Free am, im no know sey you be di '''jagaban''' for this hood.|Ignore him! He doesn't know you are the leader in this area.}}
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#: {{ux|dv| Dara na '''jagaban''' for woman matter.|NSC_Ajede_2020, Dara is a philandra.}}
  
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
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* leader
 
* leader
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====Antonyms====
 
  
 
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* English: leader
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* English: a leader.

Revision as of 17:49, 4 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

Derived from the title of a Yorua politician who was honoured with the title of Jagaban by Emir of Borgu.

Pronunciation

  • jàgàbâ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 4
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 14079

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Definition

  • Person wey be oga for group.

Noun

  1. Jagaban no go contest for president o.  — NSC_Ajede_2020, Leader does not want to contest for presidency.
    Dara na jagaban for woman matter.  — NSC_Ajede_2020, Dara is a philandra.


Synonyms

  • leader

Translations

  • English: a leader.