aboki

Naija

Etymology

From: Hausa àbóːkìː, 'friend'

Pronunciation

• àbókí

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 42287

Noun

1. 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)

1. 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