gele
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba gele (head wrap)
Pronunciation
- gèlè
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 7
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9826
Noun
Na di fashion cloth wey get different different style wey woman dey tie ontop head when e wear native.
- 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.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: women's head gear