ashawo
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba ase (person) + owo (money)
Pronunciation
- àʃáwó
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 28
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4504
Noun
ashawo: prostitute -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- E be ashawo. — (She is a prostitute.)
- - (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__)
- 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
Synonyms
Translations
- English: prostitute