Difference between revisions of "bulala"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
bulala: to beat with a horse whip -- Definition in Naija?
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#Make person take tiny stick rope pepper anoder person or ting.
 
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:*{{ux|dv|I go '''bulala''' you o.|(Egbokhare_22, I am going to flog the hell out of you!)}}
 
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#Sey man sabi sleep with woman 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:*{{ux|dv|I go '''bulala''' you o. |(Egbokhare_2I will whip you with a horsewhip.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|I go '''bulala''' you o. |(I will whip you with a horsewhip.)}}
 
  
 
====Derived forms====
 
====Derived forms====
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: to beat with a horse whip
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* English: ''to flog, to

Revision as of 17:14, 24 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: Hausa "bulala" for cain

Pronunciation

  • bùlálà

Play

Frequency

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

Noun

Tiny stick or rope

As teacher enter class with bulala everybody couple.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2020 When the teacher walked into the classroom brandishing a cain the students behaved themselves.)

Synonyms


Translations

  • English: horsewhip

Verb

  1. Make person take tiny stick rope pepper anoder person or ting.
  • I go bulala you o.  — (Egbokhare_22, I am going to flog the hell out of you!)
  1. Sey man sabi sleep with woman
  • I go bulala you o.  — (Egbokhare_2I will whip you with a horsewhip.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: to flog, to