amebo

Naija

Alternative forms

• bumper 0.69 30, i-no-gree 0.67 16, oversabi 0.66 20, farmer-dem 0.65 11, ashewo 0.64 7, pineapple 0.64 7, kata-kata-dem 0.64 7, braids 0.64 11, instantly 0.64 7

Etymology

etymology:From a character in Village Headmaster, Soap Opera.

Pronunciation

• ámìbɔ́

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3672
• Frequency in raw corpus: 23
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4990

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

amebo: a gossip, also refers to either of the parties involved in the gossip -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   You be amebo. You dey do amebo  — (You are a gossiper. You are gossiping.)

2. - (frequency:16)

   Amebo people too don run.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__189, The Gossips too have ran away.)

   Maria Victoria like to do amebo.  — (jw__31437, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:5)

   Why e bad to do amebo or aproko?  — (jw__46435, __no translation__)

   Amebo or aproko be like fuel wey dem add join fire  — (jw__1324, __no translation__)

4. advmod:emph (frequency:2)

   All na amebo o.  — (NST_cleaned__20493, __no translation__)

   You want meh I mention name meh e con be amebo o?  — (NST_cleaned__14623, __no translation__)

5. advcl:relcl-case (frequency:2)

   Dis kata-kata burst ontop amebo wey dey go round say im no really die.  — (bbc__40805, __no translation__)

   E go turn your phone into amebo wey dem fit use track you and come tiff everytin for am.  — (bbc__2461, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• bumper 0.69 30, i-no-gree 0.67 16, oversabi 0.66 20, farmer-dem 0.65 11, ashewo 0.64 7, pineapple 0.64 7, kata-kata-dem 0.64 7, braids 0.64 11, instantly 0.64 7

Antonyms

• bumper 0.69 30, i-no-gree 0.67 16, oversabi 0.66 20, farmer-dem 0.65 11, ashewo 0.64 7, pineapple 0.64 7, kata-kata-dem 0.64 7, braids 0.64 11, instantly 0.64 7

Translations

• English: a gossip, also refers to either of the parties involved in the gossip