ajebutter

Naija

Alternative forms

• Ajebota

Etymology

From:Yoruba (aje = eat) + 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

ajebutter: person wey come from house wey get moni, wey no dey hustle for shingbain because say im papa get moni.

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E be Ajebota o.  — (He/she is from a rich home)

2. person wey dey form wetin im no be

   de girl too dey form ajebota for school o.  — (the girl pretends to be a spoilt kid/pampered child at school)

Adjective

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

   dat guy na ajebota, common to toast girl e no fit.  — (he is too lily_livered to woo a lady)

Derived forms

• butty

Synonyms

• butty

Antonyms

• ajepákó

Translations

• English: one from a rich home, exempted from the struggles of life as a result of his/her background