Difference between revisions of "fukufuku"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
from Yoruba fùkú
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from Yoruba ''fùkú''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 38754
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 38754
  
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
  
 
===Definition===
 
===Definition===
* fukufuku: lungs of cattle, eaten as a delicacy -- part of animal wey soft pass liver
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* Someting wey soft as polyfoam.
  
 
   
 
   
===Noun===
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===Adjective===
  
  
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Di cloth dey do '''fukufuku''' as I dey squeeze am .|NSC_Tella_2020, The cloth was contracting as foam as I was squeezing it.}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I dey like fuku.|I like lungs}}
 
 
 
  
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: lungs of cattle, eaten as a delicacy
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* English: Something as soft as polyfoam.

Revision as of 13:58, 6 November 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • fuku

Etymology

from Yoruba fùkú

Pronunciation

  • fùkùfùkù

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 38754


Definition

  • Someting wey soft as polyfoam.


Adjective

  1. Di cloth dey do fukufuku as I dey squeeze am .  — NSC_Tella_2020, The cloth was contracting as foam as I was squeezing it.


Translations

  • English: Something as soft as polyfoam.