Difference between revisions of "chukuchuku"
 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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From: the Cameroonian word ''chuku chuku'' meaning ''spiny/thorny'' often used to refer to the ''minute spinules visible on the male African puddle frog''.
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From: ''unknown''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 5
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12217
 
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===Definition===
 
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Someting wey [[sharp]] wey be sey e fit [[wound]] person.
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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# part of tree wey e be sey e [[sharp]].
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# Wetin dey dey for tree body wey sharp, wey fit enter person body.  
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Chukuchuku''' don chuk me for leg o. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, A thorn has pierced my leg. )}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| '''Chukuchuku''' don chuk me for leg o. |(A thorn has pierced my leg.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Dem come use '''chukuchuku''' do cap wey King dey wear for am. |(jw__25661, They then used thorns to make a crown for him.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Dem come use '''chukuchuku''' do cap wey King dey wear for am. |(jw__25661, They then used thorns to make a crown for him.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| When the seed grow for where '''chukuchuku''' dey, all the other things wey person fit like come enter, kill the seed, and e no come fit produce fruit.— Mark 4:14, 18, 19 . |(jw__31809, When the seed grew where the thorns where, all the other pleasures were)}}
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# Someting wey [[sharp]] wey be sey e fit [[wound]] person.
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# Someting wey [[sharp]] wey be sey e fit [[wound]] person
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#:* {{ux|dv| When tortoise fall from heaven, di place wey e fall put, different type of '''chukuchuku''' full am, na im make im back be like sey e break. |(When the tortoise fell from heaven, the spot where it fell had different sharp things, that's why it's back looks broken.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| When tortoise fall from heaven, di place wey e fall put, different type of '''chukuchuku''' full am, na im make im back be like sey e break. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, When the tortoise fell from heaven, the spot where it fell had different sharp things, that's why it's back looks broken.)}}
 
  
 
====Translation====
 
====Translation====
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===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
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# Person wey be sey e dey [[nack]] anyhow.
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Person wey be sey e dey [[nack]] anyhow.
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#: {{ux|dv| Ejiro na '''chukuchuku'''| (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Ejiro is a philanderer. )}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Ejiro na '''chukuchuku'''. | (NSC_2020, Ejiro is a philanderer.)}}
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====Translation====
 
====Translation====
 
English: ''Philanderer''
 
English: ''Philanderer''

Latest revision as of 21:18, 3 May 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • tʃùkùtʃúkú

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Noun

  1. Wetin dey dey for tree body wey sharp, wey fit enter person body.
    • Chukuchuku don chuk me for leg o.  — (A thorn has pierced my leg.)
    • Dem come use chukuchuku do cap wey King dey wear for am.  — (jw__25661, They then used thorns to make a crown for him.)
  2. Someting wey sharp wey be sey e fit wound person.
    • When tortoise fall from heaven, di place wey e fall put, different type of chukuchuku full am, na im make im back be like sey e break.  — (When the tortoise fell from heaven, the spot where it fell had different sharp things, that's why it's back looks broken.)

Translation

  • English: thorns

Adjective

Person wey be sey e dey nack anyhow.

  • Ejiro na chukuchuku.  —  (NSC_2020, Ejiro is a philanderer.)

Translation

English: Philanderer

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