gbab

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Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • gbâb

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1959
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 193
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1359

Verb

Sey person take force catch anoder person.

  • So pikin wey you no train well, na im go gbab you, come ask for ransom join again.  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__54, A spoilt child will turn around and kidnap the parents in exchange for ransom.)
  • According to Haruna, investigation don start to find out how kidnappers take gbab and kill am.  — (bbc__11430, Haruna said investigations has commenced into the kidnap and killing of the victim.)
  • According to police, Umar wey dem gbab on Saturday night confess say im plan na to just go touch woman body for di hostel.  — (bbc__12134, The police said Umar whom they arrested admitted that his intention was only to rape a woman in the hostel.)
  • Police don dey try tey-tey to gbab Melaye but im don escape before dem fit pick am up more than once.  — (bbc__82421, The police has been trying to arrest Melaye but he escaped before being re-arrested.)

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Translations

  • English: catch