Difference between revisions of "houseboy"
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| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Our '''houseboy''' dey wash car.|(Egbokhare_2021, .)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Dem dey do prostitution and '''houseboy''' work. |(bbc__55031, __no translation__)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|E also include to sell pickin to dey beg and do '''houseboy''' work without pay. |(bbc__39286, __no translation__)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|or de go give am job make e be '''houseboy''' or housegirl for where no be im papa and mama house. |(hildrights__38, __no translation__)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|De no go use pikin take dey do begbeg, to dey follow people wey dey begbeg, ashawo, '''houseboy''' or house girl or ashawo work or any oder ting wey no dey follow law or dey do bad ting ; |(hildrights__268, __no translation__)}} | |
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Revision as of 18:23, 1 February 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English houseboy
Pronunciation
- háúsbɔ́ì
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 7
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9986
Noun
a male house keeper
- Our houseboy dey wash car. — (Egbokhare_2021, .)
- Dem dey do prostitution and houseboy work. — (bbc__55031, __no translation__)
- E also include to sell pickin to dey beg and do houseboy work without pay. — (bbc__39286, __no translation__)
- or de go give am job make e be houseboy or housegirl for where no be im papa and mama house. — (hildrights__38, __no translation__)
- De no go use pikin take dey do begbeg, to dey follow people wey dey begbeg, ashawo, houseboy or house girl or ashawo work or any oder ting wey no dey follow law or dey do bad ting ; — (hildrights__268, __no translation__)
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Antonyms
Translations
- English: a male house keeper