Difference between revisions of "aboki"
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
*Na any young Hausa/Fulani bor [[abi]] man. | *Na any young Hausa/Fulani bor [[abi]] man. | ||
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|All dese '''aboki''' dem, dem no dey hear word.|(Egbokhare_2020, These Hausa boys are stubborn)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|If you see any of dis '''aboki''' wey dey sell water, help me call am .|(NSC_Legbeti_2020, If you notice any of these Hausa boys hawking water, kindly call one for me.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Some of dese '''aboki''' dem go school [[well well]] o.|(NSC_Legbeti_2020, Some of these Hausa young men are quite educated)}} | |
===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
*Na wen pesin behaviour abi looks be like de Hausa/Fulani pesin. | *Na wen pesin behaviour abi looks be like de Hausa/Fulani pesin. | ||
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|walahi, if you see some '''aboki''' you go love dem. dey can fine!.|(NSC_Legbeti_2020, You will love some Fulani young men when you meet them, they are very handsome)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|You be '''aboki'''? See as you dirty. .|(NSC_Legbeti_2020, You look dirty like an Hausa urchin)}} | |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''Any young Hausa/Fulani male'' | * English: ''Any young Hausa/Fulani male'' | ||
Revision as of 15:12, 13 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: Hausa meaning 'my friend'
Pronunciation
- àbókí
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 1
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 42287
Noun
- Na any young Hausa/Fulani bor abi man.
- All dese aboki dem, dem no dey hear word. — (Egbokhare_2020, These Hausa boys are stubborn)
- If you see any of dis aboki wey dey sell water, help me call am . — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, If you notice any of these Hausa boys hawking water, kindly call one for me.)
- Some of dese aboki dem go school well well o. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, Some of these Hausa young men are quite educated)
Adjective
- Na wen pesin behaviour abi looks be like de Hausa/Fulani pesin.
- walahi, if you see some aboki you go love dem. dey can fine!. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, You will love some Fulani young men when you meet them, they are very handsome)
- You be aboki? See as you dirty. . — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, You look dirty like an Hausa urchin)
Translations
- English: Any young Hausa/Fulani male