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==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | From: Urhobo ''Avwebọ'' (or Amebọ as it's pronounced in some parts). | + | From: Urhobo ''Avwebọ'' (or Amebọ as it's pronounced in some parts like Yoruba). |
===Usage=== | ===Usage=== | ||
* Na favorite wife for a polygamous home and na she dey tell de husband everytin wey dey happen. | * Na favorite wife for a polygamous home and na she dey tell de husband everytin wey dey happen. | ||
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:* {{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 | + | :*{{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, I don do '''amebo''' | + | :* {{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)}} |
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
Revision as of 17:30, 13 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: Urhobo Avwebọ (or Amebọ as it's pronounced in some parts like Yoruba).
Usage
- Na favorite wife for a polygamous home and na she dey tell de husband everytin wey dey happen.
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