gbosa

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

• gbòsà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1902
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8755

Noun

• Sound wey loud.

• As we see di soldiers dey come, wetin we hear na gbosaǃ Dem don kill di man.  —  Egbokhare_2020, When we saw the soldiers coming, what we heard was the loud sound of gunshot; the man had been killed.)
• As e slap am, wetin we hear na gbosa!  —  Egbokhare, 2020, As soon as he slapped him, we heard a loud sound.)

• Special greeting for person.

• Dem give de chairman seven gbosa!  — NSC_Agnes_2020, The chairman was given seven rounds of applause.)
• All di youth corpers shout gbosa! togeda as de remove head dressing.  — NSC_Agnes_2020, All the corpers gave a loud ovation as they removed their caps.)

Synonyms

• twale,salute

Translations

• English: boom, hurrah

Adverb

Di kind way wey someting sound (ideophone)

• Fear grab Okonkwo, e remove im cutlass, waya am gbosa.  — (katakata__60, Okonkwo got scared, removed his cutlass and cut him.)
• Di helicopter crash gbosa.  — (NSC_Agnes_2020, __ The helicopter crashed.)

Synonyms

gba

Translations

• English: A sudden loud sound.