kpako

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba pako (wood)

Pronunciation

• kpákó

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Noun

• Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.

• All dese kpako dem, dem too dey make noise.  — (The not so rich people, disturbs a lot.)
• Kpako no get time for dat one o.  — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__10, The poor have no time for that.)

• And one ting be sey ajebo no go fit mix with ghet-... eh kpako.  — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__8, And the fact is that the spoilt brats can't mix with the ghet-... uh, the underprivileged.)

Related forms

• ajekpako,ajekpaki

Antonyms

• ajebutter

Translations

• English: streetwise, one from an humble background

Adjective

• Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.

• We wey be kpako, we no get time to con form mummies pet.  — (NST_cleaned__41717, Those of us born with a wooden spoon, have no time to be pampered by our mums.)

Translation

• English: poor, underprivileged