ashawo

Naija

Alternative forms

• labourer 0.76 9, clerical 0.74 8, part-time 0.72 13, houseboy 0.70 7, nofap 0.69 5, potiphar 0.67 11, electrician 0.66 8, boda 0.65 8, arp 0.65 7

Etymology

etymology:Yoruba

Pronunciation

• àʃáwó

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 28
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4504

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

ashawo: prostitute -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E be ashawo.  — (She is a prostitute.)

2. - (frequency:23)

   Hai from dat side, dem dey call me papa ashawo.  — (ONI_04_Women_M__48, Hey ! from that side they call me ' father of prostitutes'.)

   Dem build am for area wia ashawo dey patrol wella.  — (bbc__33343, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:2)

   Ashawo, lesbian.  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__132, Prostitutes, lesbians...)

   PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images Sex workers whether dem be ashawo or any name dem dey call dem for your side dey face plenty palava as dem dey hustle.  — (bbc__80270, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• ashi

Synonyms

• labourer 0.76 9, clerical 0.74 8, part-time 0.72 13, houseboy 0.70 7, nofap 0.69 5, potiphar 0.67 11, electrician 0.66 8, boda 0.65 8, arp 0.65 7

Antonyms

• labourer 0.76 9, clerical 0.74 8, part-time 0.72 13, houseboy 0.70 7, nofap 0.69 5, potiphar 0.67 11, electrician 0.66 8, boda 0.65 8, arp 0.65 7

Translations

• English: prostitute