gbege

Naija

Alternative forms

kasala , katakata, fight-fight

Etymology

from: unknown

Pronunciation

• gbègé

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1178
• Frequency in raw corpus: 249
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1141

Definition

sey somebody/something cause kasala

Noun

1. sey person no want wahala

   I no wan any gbege o.  — (Egbokhare 2020, I do not want any problem)

   I don enter gbege.  — (ABJ_INF_05_On-Pidgin_M__19, I am in trouble.)

2. sey political yawa

   Thousands of people don scatter, many run enter Nigeria, since di gbege for di English-speaking regions of Cameroon increase.  — (bbc__93849, __no translation__)

   E reach 13 states wey gbege happun.  — (bbc__45136, __no translation__)

   Gun cartridge wey fall for ground during di gbege  — (bbc__55078, __no translation__)

   Di gbege wey happun for 1950-53 stop wen di two Koreans agree to stop, but dem no stamp am for paper.  — (bbc__29074, __no translation__)

3. sey something bi de real thing

   Because Pidgin na im be di gbege.  — (NST_cleaned__2549, __no translation__)

   Any gbege you bring come, any gbege you bring come, Nigerian man dey inside.  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__128, Any challenge you bring up, Nigerian man is involved.)

4. sey people dey drag matter

   Afta much gbege di organisers allow am.  — (bbc__22148, __no translation__)

   Anoder gbege?  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__33, Another trouble ?)

   Na when dem try dey counter one anoda, di whole gbege start tok one resident wey no want make im name comot.  — (bbc__5258, __no translation__)

5. say fight dey shele

   Cult gbege kill at least one pesin for daylight shooting  — (bbc__26534, __no translation__)

   One member of di women football squad, Raisa Ajeba say she bin dey train di same day di gbege happun.  — (bbc__78375, __no translation__)

Synonyms

kasala , katakata, yawa, fight-fight

Antonyms

soft, calm

Translations

English: chaos, trouble, fight, argument