bobo

Naija

Etymology

etymology: unknown (maybe from boy)

Pronunciation

• bɔ̀bɔ́

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1979
• Frequency in raw corpus: 38
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3736

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

bobo: a young man -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Di bobo fine.  — (The young man is handsome.)

2. - (frequency:12)

   Na my guy, na my bobo.  — (LAG_28_Buying-Shawarma_DG__185, He's my guy, he's my boy.)

   My daughter dey like bobo.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__134, My daughter likes Bobo.)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:8)

   Na my guy, na my bobo.  — (NST_cleaned__23719, __no translation__)

   Dat your bobo make sense o!  — (NST_cleaned__1534, __no translation__)

4. case (frequency:4)

   Ariana Grande don break up wit bobo five months afta engagement  — (bbc__16190, __no translation__)

   Ariana Grande don break up wit bobo five months afta engagement Social media dey carri P. Diddy and Cassie mata for head say di rapper 'don chop, clean mouth'  — (bbc__16192, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:2)

   I no get any bobo.  — (BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__186, I do not have any guy.)

   Which bobo, which bobo?  — (BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__184, Which guy? Which guy?)

Synonyms

• lover 0.85 18, fiancé 0.83 8, nwa 0.79 9, boyfriend 0.79 89, grandmama 0.77 25, pale 0.77 8, princess 0.77 51, rowland 0.77 7, bae 0.77 13

Antonyms

• lover 0.85 18, fiancé 0.83 8, nwa 0.79 9, boyfriend 0.79 89, grandmama 0.77 25, pale 0.77 8, princess 0.77 51, rowland 0.77 7, bae 0.77 13

Translations

• English: a young man