Difference between revisions of "fada"
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| − | * | + | * Man wey born [[pikin]]; [[reverend]] father; [[gang]] [[leader]]. |
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| − | * [[pile]], [[pàlè]], papa, daddy | + | * [[pile]], [[pàlè]], [[papa]], [[daddy]] |
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* English: ''father'', ''reverend father'', ''gang leader'', ''founder''. | * English: ''father'', ''reverend father'', ''gang leader'', ''founder''. | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 22 September 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English: father.
Pronunciation
- fádà.
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 44
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3436
Definition
Noun
- Man wey born pikin.
- Your fada na beta person o. — (Your father is a good person. EGBOKHARE 2020)
- So I reach dere, I reach my fada community, I see my relation, I see my relation dere. — (ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__52, So, I got there... I got to my father's community and I saw my relation....I saw my relation there.)
- Oga for church (Catholic) wey no marry.
- I go see fada for confession. — (I will see the reverend father for confession. EGBOKHARE 2020)
- Oga patapata for gang.
- Deir fada for aye don talk say make dem kill di boy. — (Their gang leader has talked that they should kill the boy. EGBOKHARE 2020)
- Person wey kick start or plant someting.
- If you be fan of science fiction movie or movie dem wey get special effects den you need to twale for Méliès, dem call am di fada of special effects. — (bbc__57819, If you are a fan of scientific fiction movie or movies that have special effects , then you will thrill for Melies, they call him the father of special effects.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: father, reverend father, gang leader, founder.