Difference between revisions of "ajebutter"
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Person wey get money or come from house wey get money, wey no dey hustle for [[shingbain]] because sey im people get money. | Person wey get money or come from house wey get money, wey no dey hustle for [[shingbain]] because sey im people get money. | ||
:* {{ux|dv|E be '''ajebutter''' o.|(Egbokhare 2020, He/she is from a rich home. )}} | :* {{ux|dv|E be '''ajebutter''' o.|(Egbokhare 2020, He/she is from a rich home. )}} | ||
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====Derived forms==== | ====Derived forms==== | ||
*[[butty]] | *[[butty]] | ||
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====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
* [[ajekpako]], [[ajekpaki]] | * [[ajekpako]], [[ajekpaki]] | ||
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| + | English: ''wealthy'' | ||
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| + | 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_Olukayode.S.M_2020, He is too lily-livered to woo a lady.)}} | ||
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| − | * English: '' | + | * English: ''lily-livered'' |
Revision as of 15:44, 3 December 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: Yoruba ājē, 'to eat' and English butter.
Pronunciation
- àdʒɛ̀bɔ́tà
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. )
Derived forms
Antonyms
Translation
English: wealthy
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.)
Translations
- English: lily-livered