bulala

Naija

Etymology

From: Hausa "bulala" for cain

Pronunciation

• bùlálà

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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

• cain

Translations

• English: horsewhip

Verb

bulala: to beat with a horse whip -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I go bulala you o.  — (I will whip you with a horsewhip.)

Translations

• English: to beat with a horse whip