baf

Naija

Alternative forms

• jabi 0.79 6, isheri 0.78 6, chakera 0.77 11, pollute 0.77 10, komuro 0.77 5, grema 0.77 5, 16-month-old 0.76 7, alaba 0.76 11, pupsy 0.76 7

Etymology

etymology:English ' bathe' .English ' bathe' . etymology:English' bathe' .

Pronunciation

• bâf

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 11343

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

baf: a bath tub, a plastic basin for bathing new babies. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I dey baf inside baf.  — (I am having my bath in the bath tub.)

   Abeg give me di baf for outside.  — (Please, give me the plastic basin.)

2. - (frequency:2)

   dem go dey chop shit dey smell shit dem go come dey look girls wey dey baf  — (deuber__1102, __no translation__)

   family handout Na kerosene dem take baf Nusrat Jahan Rafi, come put fire ontop her for her school for Bangladesh.  — (bbc__102333, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• jabi 0.79 6, isheri 0.78 6, chakera 0.77 11, pollute 0.77 10, komuro 0.77 5, grema 0.77 5, 16-month-old 0.76 7, alaba 0.76 11, pupsy 0.76 7

Antonyms

• jabi 0.79 6, isheri 0.78 6, chakera 0.77 11, pollute 0.77 10, komuro 0.77 5, grema 0.77 5, 16-month-old 0.76 7, alaba 0.76 11, pupsy 0.76 7

Translations

• English: a bath tub, a plastic basin for bathing new babies.

Verb

baf: to bathe -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I wan baf for house.  — (I want to have my bath at home.)

Synonyms

• jabi 0.79 6, isheri 0.78 6, chakera 0.77 11, pollute 0.77 10, komuro 0.77 5, grema 0.77 5, 16-month-old 0.76 7, alaba 0.76 11, pupsy 0.76 7

Antonyms

• jabi 0.79 6, isheri 0.78 6, chakera 0.77 11, pollute 0.77 10, komuro 0.77 5, grema 0.77 5, 16-month-old 0.76 7, alaba 0.76 11, pupsy 0.76 7

Translations

• English: to bathe