barb

Naija

Alternative forms

• barber

Etymology

From: 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

Noun

• Na wetin dem dey cal shokushoku iron wire wey dem take surround fence of house make thief no enter

1. 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

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__)

Derived forms

• barbwire, barber

Synonyms

• peel

Translations

• English: barb

Verb

• Make person cut im hair.

Transitive

• 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, Delilah revealed to the Philistines the source of Samson's power by putting him to sleep and getting someone to shave off his hair.)
• Dem no 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 for haircut.)
• You go tink say as di Manchester United player barb normal hairstyle, pipo go comot face.  — (bbc__101814, You would have thought the regular haircut of th Manchester United players will not draw attention.)

• na when person cheat another person

1. Di girl barb de man head neat!.  — (bbc__7541. The girl played a fast one on the man and collected his money.)

   Some guyman work na to dey barb rich women head !.  — (bbc__7541. Some guys cheat rich women off their money.)

• Make person work be to dey cut hair for person.

• I sabi barb head.  — (ABJ_GWA_07_Waec-Money_DG__31. I know how to cut hair.)for
• Shey you know sey for me to barb your hair for dis my shop na three hundred naira?  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I hope you know that I barb hair hair here in this salon for three hundred naira?)
• Sometimes, we no even see people wey we go barb.  — (NST_cleaned__24395, )
• If dem barb my hair, I no go get power again.’ You no think sey Samson make big mistake to tell am?  — (jw__22112, Don't you think Samson made a big mistake telling Delilah that a haircut will take away his powers?)

Intransitve

• I ask di guy, bros, why you no barb your hair,  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__283, I asked the guy, brother, why didn't you cut your hair ?)

Serial Verb Construction

• I wan go barb my hair.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I am going to cut my hair.)

Derived forms

barber

Synonyms

• cut

Translations

• English: To cut or shave hair off