Difference between revisions of "houseboy"
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* kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5 | * kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5 | ||
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* kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5 | * kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5 | ||
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* English: a male house keeper | * English: a male house keeper | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 10 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5
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
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
houseboy: a male house keeper -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Our houseboy dey wash car. — no translation
- - (frequency:4)
- 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__)
- conj (frequency:2)
- 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__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5
Antonyms
- kpa 0.75 7, creeks 0.73 5, carrying 0.73 10, prescribe 0.73 7, jumoke 0.73 6, ibenge 0.72 5, bama 0.72 14, clark 0.72 12, iyare 0.72 5
Translations
- English: a male house keeper