buba

Naija

Alternative forms

• adesoji 0.93 5, fatai 0.92 19, ojikutu 0.92 9, olamilekan 0.92 8, omeoga 0.92 5, tallen 0.92 7, oluwatoyin 0.91 12, kuami 0.91 7, akpo 0.91 10

Etymology

etymology:YorubaYoruba ' buba ' - meaning clothes worn at the top

Pronunciation

• bùbá

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2848
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 16896

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

buba: a traditional top worn over traditional shorts or trousers, a blouse worn by women. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Where you sew di buba wey you wear?  — (Where did you sew the trousers?)

   I dey wear buba.  — (I wear blouse.)

2. - (frequency:2)

   Di kind cloth wey I dey sew, I dey sew iro, and buba, I dey sew gown, I dey sew skirt, and blouse.  — (NST_cleaned__36393, __no translation__)

   Tori say, justice ibrahim buba, of di federal high court for lagos-yee, don lift di ban wey ein bin nak ontop dat movie, wey omoni oboli, bin produce, wey she title, okafor’s law, wey one, jude idada, bin use court order take block last friday .  — (ja102__4861, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• adesoji 0.93 5, fatai 0.92 19, ojikutu 0.92 9, olamilekan 0.92 8, omeoga 0.92 5, tallen 0.92 7, oluwatoyin 0.91 12, kuami 0.91 7, akpo 0.91 10

Antonyms

• adesoji 0.93 5, fatai 0.92 19, ojikutu 0.92 9, olamilekan 0.92 8, omeoga 0.92 5, tallen 0.92 7, oluwatoyin 0.91 12, kuami 0.91 7, akpo 0.91 10

Translations

• English: a traditional top worn over traditional shorts or trousers, a blouse worn by women.