Difference between revisions of "bomaboy"
(→Naija) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | + | From English: 'returnees from Burma war' | |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| Line 16: | Line 13: | ||
* Frequency in raw corpus: 0 | * Frequency in raw corpus: 0 | ||
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | + | Person wey rugged wey be [[jagunda]]. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Im pikin don become '''bomaboy'''. |(His/her child is nows a ruffian.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| Children for Yaba garage ehn, na bomaboys plenty for deir midst.|( NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Majority of the children found at Yaba motor park are thugs. )}} | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[agbero]] |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | |||
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English: ''thug, ruffians'' |
Revision as of 16:02, 13 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: 'returnees from Burma war'
Pronunciation
- bɔ́màbɔ́ì
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 0
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
Noun
Person wey rugged wey be jagunda.
- Im pikin don become bomaboy. — (His/her child is nows a ruffian.)
- Children for Yaba garage ehn, na bomaboys plenty for deir midst. — ( NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Majority of the children found at Yaba motor park are thugs. )
Synonyms
Translations
- English: thug, ruffians