Difference between revisions of "barb"

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* [[barb wire|barb wire]]
 
* [[barb wire|barb wire]]
  
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di camp dey surrounded wit barb wire and dem dey fire us from di entrance. |(bbc__7541, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di camp dey surrounded wit barb wire and dem dey fire us from di entrance. |(bbc__7541, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Wen one of di drivers try push di barb wire so di oda vehicles go escape, di truck come stuck and na so many soldiers inside oda vehicles and for ground die. Na so di soldier tok. |(bbc__7543, __no translation__)}}* [[iron barb wire|iron barb wire]]
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#: {{ux|dv|Wen one of di drivers try push di barb wire so di oda vehicles go escape, di truck come stuck and na so many soldiers inside oda vehicles and for ground die. Na so di soldier tok. |(bbc__7543, __no translation__)}}
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* [[iron barb wire|iron barb wire]]
  
 
#: {{ux|dv|We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush. |(bbc__7118, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush. |(bbc__7118, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush. |(bbc__58896, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush. |(bbc__58896, __no translation__)}}
  
====Synonymes====
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====Synonyms====
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
  
====Antonymes====
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====Antonyms====
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
  
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====Synonymes====
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====Synonyms====
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
  
====Antonymes====
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====Antonyms====
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
 
* peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: to cut hair
 
* English: to cut hair

Revision as of 19:59, 10 August 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14

Etymology

etymology:English 'barber'

Pronunciation

  • bâb

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2812
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 26
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4632

The word is used more orally than in written texts.


Noun

barb: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:3)
    At least mah, mah go do barb.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__216, At least let, let me go and barb.)
    Di camp dey surrounded wit barb wire and dem dey fire us from di entrance.  — (bbc__7541, __no translation__)

Derived forms

  1. Di camp dey surrounded wit barb wire and dem dey fire us from di entrance.  — (bbc__7541, __no translation__)
    Wen one of di drivers try push di barb wire so di oda vehicles go escape, di truck come stuck and na so many soldiers inside oda vehicles and for ground die. Na so di soldier tok.  — (bbc__7543, __no translation__)
  1. We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush.  — (bbc__7118, __no translation__)
    We jam di iron barb wire dem wey dey di airport until we enter bush.  — (bbc__58896, __no translation__)

Synonyms

  • peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14

Antonyms

  • peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14

Translations

  • English: no definition


Verb

barb: to cut hair -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    I wan barb my hair.  — (I want to cut my hair.)
  2. obj (frequency:2)
    I sabi barb head.  — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__31, I know how to cut hair.)
    Delilah rush go tell Philistine people sey: ‘I know wetin make am get power!’ E come make Samson sleep for im lap and e call person come barb im hair.  — (jw__6373, __no translation__)
  3. mark-obj (frequency:2)
    De no know know sey money no dey to barb hair.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__280, They don't know that there is no money to cut hair.)
    Shey you know sey to barb hair na three hundred naira?  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__275, Do you know that to cut hair now is three hundred naira ?)
  4. aux-mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
    Sometimes, we no even see people wey we go barb.  — (NST_cleaned__24395, __no translation__)
    E fit be how e dey dress, the kind hair wey e dey barb, the way e dey do when e dey give talk or even how e take dey talk with people.  — (jw__26526, __no translation__)
  5. mark-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)
    You go tink say as di Manchester United player barb normal hairstyle, pipo go comot face.  — (bbc__101814, __no translation__)
    If dem barb my hair, I no go get power again.’ You no think sey Samson make big mistake to tell am?  — (jw__22112, __no translation__)
  6. advmod-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)
    I ask di guy, bros, why you no barb your hair,  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__283, I asked this guy, brother, why didn't you cut your hair ?)
    So de say money no dey, people no dey barb head again.  — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__35, So, they said there is no money. People no longer cut hair again.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14

Antonyms

  • peel 0.82 12, bum-bum 0.78 18, roast 0.78 17, stimulate 0.77 5, plait 0.76 15, housegirl 0.76 7, sofa 0.76 5, waterproof 0.75 6, lick 0.75 14

Translations

  • English: to cut hair