babariga

Naija

Etymology

• From: Hausa

Pronunciation

• bàbárìgá

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 31517

Noun

• Na cloth wey long come dey flow, wey men dey wear for Nigeria.

1. I sew new babariga  — (Egbokhare _2020. I sewed a new babariga.)

   Na all the Senators wear babariga come de party.  — (NSC_Legbeti _2021. All the Senators wore a flowing gown to the party.)

   For North ehn, friday like dis, e go just be like everyman talk say na babariga  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Every man wears a flowing dress in the North.)

Synonyms

• agbada

Translations

• English: Flowing outfit worn by men in Nigeria