gele

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Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba gele meaning head wrap

Pronunciation

  • gèlè

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 7
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9826

Noun

women's head gear

  • Im fit tie gele o.  — (Egbokhare_2021, S/he can really tie a head wrap!)
  • Fatai begin practice how to tie gele with im younger sister, but now im don dey make money from am.  — (bbc__48734, When Fatai began learning how to tie head wraps, he used his younger for dummy practice but now he has made a success of it as a means of livelihood.)
  • Gbenga Kareem wey dey tie gele for women di traditional way still believe say gele wey dem tie na di best anytime anyday.  — (bbc__53581, Gbenga Kareem who is a staunch conservative when it comes to tying head wraps traditionally asserts that that remains the way to go regardless of time and temper.)

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Translations

  • English: women's head gear