gbese

Naija

Alternative forms

• n23 0.70 15, igbese 0.70 23, debt 0.69 57, n5000 0.68 23, kpogiri 0.68 23, 5m 0.67 51, cash 0.67 104, moni 0.66 871, 5million 0.65 20

Etymology

etymology:Yoruba

Pronunciation

• gbèsè

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 26
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4728

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

gbese: debt -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Di money wey you wan go borrow so, na gbese you wan enter o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:17)

   People go con carry Big Bird, carry eh Dave Oroh to go, go do gbese for inside town.  — (JOS_28_Exams_DG__157, He will then take Big Bird, take eh Dave oroh to go...go and fight in town.)

   Why Africa dey rush China Buhari borrow borrow don cari Nigeria gbese reach N23 trillion  — (bbc__100270, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:3)

   And se~, thirdly, make you no go take a gbese sey you dey do marriage.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__120, And se-... thirdly, don't take a loan to get married.)

   Because when you go take a gbese, after marriage now, instead of you to dey enjoy di marriage, you go dey tink how you take dey pay debt.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__121, Because if you go and take a loan, after the marriage, instead of enjoying the marriage, you will keep thinking of how to pay back your loan.)

4. compound-det (frequency:2)

   Di chairman of FIRS wey be Tunde Fowler advise people make dem use di tax amnesty programme wey di Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme dey do, to settle dia tax gbese before 31 March.  — (bbc__33507, __no translation__)

   Two years ago, di kontri bin give Nigerians 12 months break say make dem pay dia tax gbese to run from di legal punishments but World Bank report tok say e no really suceed as na only 8% of di target na im dem reach by di end of di grace.  — (bbc__96524, __no translation__)

5. acl:relcl-amod-det (frequency:2)

   Di kain gbese wey pipo dey enta for burial make Catholic Bishops for east of Nigeria to condemn di practice.  — (bbc__35416, __no translation__)

   James wey be BBC radio listener bin no believe di kain gbese wey im wife carri from credit card company so e say e be like im wife bin dey cheat on am with di card.  — (bbc__60850, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• n23 0.70 15, igbese 0.70 23, debt 0.69 57, n5000 0.68 23, kpogiri 0.68 23, 5m 0.67 51, cash 0.67 104, moni 0.66 871, 5million 0.65 20

Antonyms

• n23 0.70 15, igbese 0.70 23, debt 0.69 57, n5000 0.68 23, kpogiri 0.68 23, 5m 0.67 51, cash 0.67 104, moni 0.66 871, 5million 0.65 20

Translations

• English: debt