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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Amebo''' or aproko be like fuel wey dem add join fire |(jw__1324, gossip can ignite crisis)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|'''Amebo''' or aproko be like fuel wey dem add join fire |(jw__1324, gossip can ignite crisis)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|All na '''amebo''' o. |(NST_cleaned__20493, It's all gossip)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|All na '''amebo''' o. |(NST_cleaned__20493, It's all gossip)}} | ||
| − | #* Na make person dey gossip | + | #* Na make person dey gossip. |
#:*{{ux|dv|Dem sidon do '''amebo''' tire. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020. They sat and had enough gossip.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv|Dem sidon do '''amebo''' tire. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020. They sat and had enough gossip.)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|I beg I no wan talk because if I mistake mention name, e go be like say I don do wetin dem dey cal '''amebo'''. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020, I wont speak otherwise if I drop names while talking, It will look like I'm leaking secrets)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|I beg I no wan talk because if I mistake mention name, e go be like say I don do wetin dem dey cal '''amebo'''. |(NSC_Legbeti_2020, I wont speak otherwise if I drop names while talking, It will look like I'm leaking secrets)}} | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 28 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: Urhobo avwebọ (or amebọ as pronounced by the Yorubas, after adopting it.)
Usage
- Na favorite wife for a polygamous home in Urhobo land and na she dey gossip everyting wey dey happen for house give de husband.
Pronunciation
- ámԑ̀bɔ́
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3672
- Frequency in raw corpus: 23
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4990
Noun
- Na wetin dem dey call person who dey gossip up and down.
- You be amebo. — ( NSC_Legbeti_2020. You are a gossip.)
- Amebo people too don run. — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__189, The Gossips too have ran away.)
- Amebo or aproko be like fuel wey dem add join fire — (jw__1324, gossip can ignite crisis)
- All na amebo o. — (NST_cleaned__20493, It's all gossip)
- Na make person dey gossip.
- Dem sidon do amebo tire. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. They sat and had enough gossip.)
- I beg I no wan talk because if I mistake mention name, e go be like say I don do wetin dem dey cal amebo. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, I wont speak otherwise if I drop names while talking, It will look like I'm leaking secrets)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: a gossip, idle talk