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

Definition

Noise of sound wey loud.

Noun

1. sound wey loud.

   • As we see di soldiers dey come, wetin we hear na gbosaǃ Dem don kill di man. Egbokhare, 2020  — no translation)
   • As e slap am, wetin we hear na Gbosa! Egbokhare, 2020,  — no translation)

2. Special greeting for person.

   • {{ux|dv| De give di chairman seven gbosa!|
   • {{ux|dv| All de student shout gbosa as dey remove head dressing

Synonyms

gbam,kpai

Translations

• English: An explosive sound.

Adverb

1. Di kind way wey someting sound.

   • 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.)

Translations

• English: Sudden explosive sound