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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* snacks 0.84 8, stout 0.84 12, calcium 0.83 7, mushroom 0.83 14, coke 0.83 10, amala 0.83 15, aluminium 0.82 16, cancers 0.82 6, anopheles 0.82 7
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
etymology:Yoruba
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From: Yoruba ''fufu''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* fùfú
 
* fùfú
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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2872
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 9
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8270
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
fufu: a processed cassava made into balls and eaten with soup. -- Definition in Naija?
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* [[swallow]] wey dem dey use cassava make. some people dey call am [[akpu]].
 
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:* {{ux|dv|I like '''fufu'''.|(Egbokhare _2020, I like eating fufu.)}}
 
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:* {{ux|dv| I no go ever fit stop to chop '''fufu''' [[lailai]]. |(I can never stop eating fufu.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:* {{ux|dv|Dem dey deir papa house dey chop amala, dey chop '''fufu'''. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__247, They are in their father's house, eating amala, eating fufu.)}})
#: {{ux|dv|I like '''fufu'''.|no translation}}
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:* {{ux|dv|And dis kind of soup wey I dey talk about, you fit eat am with pounded yam, you fit eat am with '''fufu''', you fit eat am with eh... even your semo sef. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__39, And you can eat this kind of sauce I'm talking about with pounded yam, you can eat it with fufu, you can eat it with uh... even your semovita.)}}
# - (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You sef, go chop amala, go chop '''fufu'''. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__386, You too should go and eat amala; go and eat fufu.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem dey deir papa house dey chop amala, dey chop '''fufu'''. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__247, They are in their father's house, eating amala, eating fufu.)}}
 
# case (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And dis kind of soup wey I dey talk about, you fit eat am with pounded yam, you fit eat am with '''fufu''', you fit eat am with eh... |(NST_cleaned__35647, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And dis kind of soup wey I dey talk about, you fit eat am with pounded yam, you fit eat am with '''fufu''', you fit eat am with eh... even your semo sef. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__39, And you can eat this kind of sauce I'm talking about with pounded yam, you can eat it with fufu, you can eat it with uh... even your semovita.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
  
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* snacks 0.84 8, stout 0.84 12, calcium 0.83 7, mushroom 0.83 14, coke 0.83 10, amala 0.83 15, aluminium 0.82 16, cancers 0.82 6, anopheles 0.82 7
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* [[akpu]], [[santana]], [[six to six]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* snacks 0.84 8, stout 0.84 12, calcium 0.83 7, mushroom 0.83 14, coke 0.83 10, amala 0.83 15, aluminium 0.82 16, cancers 0.82 6, anopheles 0.82 7
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: a processed cassava made into balls and eaten with soup.
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* English: ''A processed powdery cassava eaten with soup.''

Latest revision as of 12:12, 29 February 2024

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba fufu

Pronunciation

  • fùfú

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Noun

  • swallow wey dem dey use cassava make. some people dey call am akpu.
  • I like fufu.  — (Egbokhare _2020, I like eating fufu.)
  • I no go ever fit stop to chop fufu lailai.  — (I can never stop eating fufu.)
  • Dem dey deir papa house dey chop amala, dey chop fufu.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__247, They are in their father's house, eating amala, eating fufu.))
  • And dis kind of soup wey I dey talk about, you fit eat am with pounded yam, you fit eat am with fufu, you fit eat am with eh... even your semo sef.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__39, And you can eat this kind of sauce I'm talking about with pounded yam, you can eat it with fufu, you can eat it with uh... even your semovita.)


Synonyms

Translations

  • English: A processed powdery cassava eaten with soup.