Difference between revisions of "ekelebe"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ekelebe
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From: ''unknown''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-ekelebe.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ekelebe.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ekelebe.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ekelebe.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3823
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 22809
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
ekelebe: police -- Definition in Naija?
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* [[uniform people]] wey be sey law give power to protect people life and property.
 
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:*{{ux|dv|As '''ekelebe''' show, everybody take off. |(When the police arrived, everyone ran away.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Ekelebe''' wahala eh no be here. |(Policemen can be quite troublesome.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|As '''ekelebe''' show, everybody take off. |(As soon as the police came, everyone ran away.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
  
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====Related Forms====
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[[eke]]
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
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[[koti]], [[popo]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
*
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: police
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* English: ''police''

Latest revision as of 15:16, 25 January 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • ékélébé

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Noun

  • uniform people wey be sey law give power to protect people life and property.
  • As ekelebe show, everybody take off.  — (When the police arrived, everyone ran away.)
  • Ekelebe wahala eh no be here.  — (Policemen can be quite troublesome.)

Related Forms

eke

Synonyms

koti, popo

Translations

  • English: police