Difference between revisions of "gbanja"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
* Na di kind [[kola]] wey be twins.
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* Di kind [[kola]] wey be twins.
 
:*{{ux|dv|Na '''gbanja''' I dey like. |(Egbokhare_2021, I prefer two-lobed kolanuts.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|Na '''gbanja''' I dey like. |(Egbokhare_2021, I prefer two-lobed kolanuts.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| De dey talk sey ancestors no dey like '''gbanja''', e must dey three or five. |(NSC_2021, They say that the ancestors don't like it when the kola is split into two lobes, it must be spilt into three or five lobes.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| De dey talk sey ancestors no dey like '''gbanja''', e must dey three or five. |(NSC_2021, They say that the ancestors don't like it when the kola is split into two lobes, it must be spilt into three or five lobes.)}}

Revision as of 16:39, 1 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • gbàndʒá

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Noun

  • Di kind kola wey be twins.
  • Na gbanja I dey like.  — (Egbokhare_2021, I prefer two-lobed kolanuts.)
  • De dey talk sey ancestors no dey like gbanja, e must dey three or five.  — (NSC_2021, They say that the ancestors don't like it when the kola is split into two lobes, it must be spilt into three or five lobes.)

Translations

  • English: a kolanut with two lobes