chukuchuku

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English chukuchuku

Pronunciation

• tʃùkùtʃúkú

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12217

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

chukuchuku: thorns -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Chukuchuku don chuk me for leg o.  — (Thorns pierced his/her leg.)

2. - (frequency:3)

   Dem come use chukuchuku do cap wey King dey wear for am.  — (jw__25661, __no translation__)

   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, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• chalk 0.64 6, migrant 0.61 55, machete 0.60 5, motor-dem 0.60 14, overload 0.59 13, palava-dem 0.59 6, orishirishi 0.59 8, helmet 0.59 16, activity-dem 0.58 17

Antonyms

• chalk 0.64 6, migrant 0.61 55, machete 0.60 5, motor-dem 0.60 14, overload 0.59 13, palava-dem 0.59 6, orishirishi 0.59 8, helmet 0.59 16, activity-dem 0.58 17

Translations

• English: thorns