Difference between revisions of "housewife"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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From: English ''house'' and ''wife''
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
===POS===
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* háúswîf
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-housewife.f.ogg</sm2>
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-housewife.m.ogg</sm2>
====Related forms====
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* [[houseboy]]
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===Noun===
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* Na woman wey dey man marry put for house.
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:*{{ux|dv|Na full time '''housewife''' I be. I no dey do any work pass make I take cre of our children.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021, I am a full time housewife and all I do is look after the kids.)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Since dem born me, I neva see where '''housewife''' do housework finish, come tell husbnd make e pay am. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, In all my years, I have never heard a wife ask her husband for payment for house chores done.)}}
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====Synonyms====
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* [[wife]]
  
====Synonym====
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====Translations====
====Antonym====
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* English: ''A married woman''
====Translation====
 

Revision as of 20:39, 28 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English house and wife

Pronunciation

  • háúswîf


Noun

  • Na woman wey dey man marry put for house.
  • Na full time housewife I be. I no dey do any work pass make I take cre of our children.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, I am a full time housewife and all I do is look after the kids.)
  • Since dem born me, I neva see where housewife do housework finish, come tell husbnd make e pay am.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, In all my years, I have never heard a wife ask her husband for payment for house chores done.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: A married woman