Difference between revisions of "buka"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* expenses 0.77 15, featured 0.75 7, gym 0.74 32, sis 0.73 12, receiving 0.73 7, dad 0.72 10, exile 0.72 22, shirts 0.72 9, archbishop 0.72 30
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English buka
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From: ''unknown''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* búkà
 
* búkà
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-buka.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-buka.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-buka.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-buka.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 12
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7325
 
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
buka: a local eating place, cafeteria -- Definition in Naija?
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* Local place wey people dey buy food.
 
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:* {{ux|dv|I go chop for '''buka''' when I dey comot go work |(I will eat at the restaurant when I go to work.)}}
 
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:* {{ux|dv|Di '''buka''' don close |(The buka has been closed.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|E get one new '''buka''' wey dem open  for area. |(There is a new cafeteria in my area.)}}
 
# - (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Because of dat kain mouth, Fela dey go prison like say na '''buka'''. |(bbc__19371, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|You know sey na '''buka''', or beer parlour na im dem take dey see people wey dey gossip, wey we take dey hear news. |(NST_cleaned__18724, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-nmod:poss (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I get enough work to do for my '''buka'''.Mrs. |(deuber__2770, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|People dey still come chop for your '''buka'''.Which luck? |(deuber__6505, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* expenses 0.77 15, featured 0.75 7, gym 0.74 32, sis 0.73 12, receiving 0.73 7, dad 0.72 10, exile 0.72 22, shirts 0.72 9, archbishop 0.72 30
 
  
====Antonymes====
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====Synonyms====
* expenses 0.77 15, featured 0.75 7, gym 0.74 32, sis 0.73 12, receiving 0.73 7, dad 0.72 10, exile 0.72 22, shirts 0.72 9, archbishop 0.72 30
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[[mamaput]], [[bukateria]], [[mami market]]
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: a local eating place, cafeteria
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* English: ''cheap restaurant''

Latest revision as of 18:33, 30 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • búkà

Play Play

Noun

  • Local place wey people dey buy food.
  • I go chop for buka when I dey comot go work  — (I will eat at the restaurant when I go to work.)
  • Di buka don close  — (The buka has been closed.)

Synonyms

mamaput, bukateria, mami market

Translations

  • English: cheap restaurant