Difference between revisions of "babalawo"
(→Naija) |
(→Noun) |
||
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | + | # Person wey dey do juju for people. | |
#:{{ux|dv|E go meet '''babalawo''' make e give am juju. |(Egbokhare_2020. He/she went to meet an oraclist for charms.)}} | #:{{ux|dv|E go meet '''babalawo''' make e give am juju. |(Egbokhare_2020. He/she went to meet an oraclist for charms.)}} | ||
#: {{ux|dv|If I see christian, if I see '''babalawo''', I go follow am word. |(IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__141, If I see a Christain, if I see a Babalawo, I will discuss with them.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|If I see christian, if I see '''babalawo''', I go follow am word. |(IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__141, If I see a Christain, if I see a Babalawo, I will discuss with them.)}} | ||
Revision as of 14:04, 3 March 2021
Naija
Etymology
- From: Yoruba baba, oni, awọ
Pronunciation
- bàbàláwó
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2803
- Frequency in raw corpus: 5
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 11138
Noun
- Person wey dey do juju for people.
- E go meet babalawo make e give am juju. — (Egbokhare_2020. He/she went to meet an oraclist for charms.)
- If I see christian, if I see babalawo, I go follow am word. — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__141, If I see a Christain, if I see a Babalawo, I will discuss with them.)
- Some of di victims say dem first cari dem go babalawo shrine to swear say dem no go tell police or anybodi wetin dey happen. (bbc__91257, — Some of the victims said that they took them first to an oraclist's shrine to take an oath that they won't tell the police or anyone else about the incident.)
- Nearly all de babalawo wey I know dey sabi wicked. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Most Oraclists I know are often wicked.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: an oraclist, herbalist