eke

Naija

Alternative forms

• sackey 0.89 5, edosio 0.89 8, fatai 0.88 19, lumor 0.88 7, krane 0.88 7, hadji 0.88 5, nwachukwu 0.88 18, dammy 0.87 11, onyema 0.87 24

Etymology

etymology:Warri ( from the word 'ekelebe', which means police).

Pronunciation

• éké

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 18282

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

eke: police -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Na so eke dem come carry am go o.  — (That was how he was arrested by the police.)

2. - (frequency:2)

   E Alhaji Musiliu Smith and wi contri number one eke, Mohammed Adamu plus other stakeholder-dem.  — (ja102__2310, __no translation__)

   Before na on eke market day wey no be Sunday dem dey do dia church service but because e no dey favour pipo wey dey go work, dem come change am to Sunday as dat na di day wey everybody dey free.  — (bbc__19606, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• sackey 0.89 5, edosio 0.89 8, fatai 0.88 19, lumor 0.88 7, krane 0.88 7, hadji 0.88 5, nwachukwu 0.88 18, dammy 0.87 11, onyema 0.87 24

Antonyms

• sackey 0.89 5, edosio 0.89 8, fatai 0.88 19, lumor 0.88 7, krane 0.88 7, hadji 0.88 5, nwachukwu 0.88 18, dammy 0.87 11, onyema 0.87 24

Translations

• English: police