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| − | * | + | * Pikin wey be male. |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|How about di '''boy'''? |(KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, How about the boy ?)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|And I don tell her... ask am (di girl) sey ah wetin e dey tell dis '''boy'''? |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__62, And I told her... asked her ah, what is she telling this boy?)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|One day, I dey work, one girl wit one '''boy''' come, and say auntie, see! |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__43, One day, I was at work when a girl came with a boy, and said, auntie, look!)}} | |
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====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
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* [[area boy|area boy]] | * [[area boy|area boy]] | ||
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[[boyboy]] | [[boyboy]] | ||
| + | [[o boy]] | ||
| + | # Male pikin wey be person paddy. | ||
| + | #:*{{ux|dv|Oh boy! di party sweet me. |(KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, Guy, I enjoyed the party.)}} | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * guy | + | * [[guy]] |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | * girl | + | * [[girl]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''a young male''. | * English: ''a young male''. | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 19 May 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English boy
Pronunciation
- bͻ̀í
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 69
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 188
- Frequency in raw corpus: 608
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 560
Noun
- Pikin wey be male.
- How about di boy? — (KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, How about the boy ?)
- And I don tell her... ask am (di girl) sey ah wetin e dey tell dis boy? — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__62, And I told her... asked her ah, what is she telling this boy?)
- One day, I dey work, one girl wit one boy come, and say auntie, see! — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__43, One day, I was at work when a girl came with a boy, and said, auntie, look!)
Related forms
- But all dose area boy, dey con carry cutlass, con dey gada sey if NEPA climb dis pole, sey e wan cut dis light, dat cutlass, na im neck o. — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__2, But those area boys, they will then carry cultlasses and be assembling that if NEPA staff member climbs this pole, that he wants to disconnect the light, that cultlass, is for his neck.)
- Reuters Meghan Markle don born baby boy for Prince Harry. — (bbc__85296, Reuters Meghan Markle has given birth to a bouncing baby boy for Prince Harry.)
- The boy name na Michael. — (jw__23910, The name of the boy is Michael.)
- Male pikin wey be person paddy.
- Oh boy! di party sweet me. — (KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, Guy, I enjoyed the party.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: a young male.