Difference between revisions of "bitterleaf"

 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
 
From: English ''bitter'' and ''leaf''.
 
From: English ''bitter'' and ''leaf''.
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Botanical name: ''Vernonia amygdalina''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* bìtàlîf
 
* bìtàlîf
 
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bitterleaf.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-bitterleaf.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bitterleaf.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 7
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 975
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 18
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 5700
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
Na plant wey no dey sweet wey de dey use take make soup or medicine.
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* Leaf wey no dey sweet wey de dey use take make soup or medicine.
:*{{ux|dv|'''Bitterleaf''' soup dey sweet well well. |(Egbokhare_2012, Bitter leaf soup is very delicious.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Uh for today cooking now, I go teach una how dem dey take cook '''bitterleaf''' soup. |(deuber__3933, In today's cookery lesson, you will learn how to cook bitterleaf soup.)}}
:*{{ux|dv|Uh for today cooking now, I go teach una how dem dey take cook '''bitterleaf''' soup. |(deuber__3933, In today's cookery lesson you will learn how to cook bitterleaf soup.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|If dem wash '''bitterleaf''' finish, use am cook soup, e dey make sense. |(NSC_2021, When bitter leaf is washed and used to cook, it turns out nice.)}}
 
   
 
   
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
 
* [[bitter]]
 
* [[bitter]]
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: vernonia amygdalina
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* English: ''vernonia amygdalina, bitter leaf''

Latest revision as of 19:47, 17 April 2023

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English bitter and leaf. Botanical name: Vernonia amygdalina

Pronunciation

  • bìtàlîf

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Noun

  • Leaf wey no dey sweet wey de dey use take make soup or medicine.
  • Uh for today cooking now, I go teach una how dem dey take cook bitterleaf soup.  — (deuber__3933, In today's cookery lesson, you will learn how to cook bitterleaf soup.)
  • If dem wash bitterleaf finish, use am cook soup, e dey make sense.  — (NSC_2021, When bitter leaf is washed and used to cook, it turns out nice.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: vernonia amygdalina, bitter leaf