danfo

Naija

Alternative forms

• waterway 0.85 5, burnt 0.85 9, pineapple 0.84 7, somersault 0.84 11, kasuwan 0.84 9, camry 0.83 8, whale 0.82 20, manhattan 0.82 10, ropes 0.82 7

Etymology

Borrowed from English danfo

Pronunciation

• dánfó

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 11
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 7750

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

danfo: a mini bus usually used for transportation in Lagos -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   All di danfo drivers dem dey rough cos deir motor strong.  — (All the mini bus drivers drive rough because the body of their buses are strong.)

2. - (frequency:6)

   Before you know danfo don clear person gbam,  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__49, Before you know what was happening, commuter busses would have hit someone, gbam,)

   Even if you no wan enter danfo, you fit enter BRT straight,  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__8, Even if you don't want to board a bus, you can board BRT straight to your destination.)

Synonyms

• waterway 0.85 5, burnt 0.85 9, pineapple 0.84 7, somersault 0.84 11, kasuwan 0.84 9, camry 0.83 8, whale 0.82 20, manhattan 0.82 10, ropes 0.82 7

Antonyms

• waterway 0.85 5, burnt 0.85 9, pineapple 0.84 7, somersault 0.84 11, kasuwan 0.84 9, camry 0.83 8, whale 0.82 20, manhattan 0.82 10, ropes 0.82 7

Translations

• English: a mini bus usually used for transportation in Lagos