Difference between revisions of "ajebutter"

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===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
 
Wen person no get liver to do sometin or e too dey [[fear fear]].  
 
Wen person no get liver to do sometin or e too dey [[fear fear]].  
:{{ux|dv| Dat guy na '''ajebutter''', common to [[toast]] girl e no fit. |(NSC_Shulammite 2020, He is too lily-livered to woo a lady.)}}   
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:* {{ux|dv| Dat guy na '''ajebutter''', common to [[toast]] girl e no fit. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, He is too lily-livered to woo a lady.)}}   
  
 
====Derived forms====
 
====Derived forms====

Revision as of 15:38, 3 December 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: Yoruba ājē, 'to eat' and English butter.

Pronunciation

  • àdʒɛ̀bɔ́tà

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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: 33727

Noun

Person wey get money or come from house wey get money, wey no dey hustle for shingbain because sey im people get money.

  • E be ajebutter o.  — (Egbokhare 2020, He/she is from a rich home. )

Adjective

Wen person no get liver to do sometin or e too dey fear fear.

  • Dat guy na ajebutter, common to toast girl e no fit.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2020, He is too lily-livered to woo a lady.)

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Translations

  • English: wealthy person