Difference between revisions of "broke"

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===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
 
* Make person no get money.
 
* Make person no get money.
:* {{ux|dv|If I tell you sey eh pepper dey red, X I mean sey I'm '''broke'''. |(ABJ_INF_05_On-Pidgin_M__78, If I tell you eh, pepper is red, X I mean I'm broke.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Baba, di ground dry. I '''broke''' die. |(NSC_2021, Brother, things are hard. I'm really broke.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|De never even talk so, and e con tell me sey e dey '''broke'''. |(JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__122, They have not even talked, he then told me that he is broke.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|De never even talk so, and e con tell me sey e dey '''broke'''. |(JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__122, They have not even talked, he then told me that he is broke.)}}
 
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Revision as of 12:05, 19 May 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English broke

Pronunciation

  • brôk

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 18
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 5741

Adjective

  • Make person no get money.
  • Baba, di ground dry. I broke die.  — (NSC_2021, Brother, things are hard. I'm really broke.)
  • De never even talk so, and e con tell me sey e dey broke.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__122, They have not even talked, he then told me that he is broke.)

Synonyms

dry

Antonyms

loaded, soft

Translations

  • English: broke