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Revision as of 19:45, 4 November 2020
Naija
Etymology
Derived from the title of a Yorua politician who was honoured with the title of Jagaban by Emir of Borgu.
Pronunciation
- jàgàbâ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 14079
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Definition
- Person wey be oga for group.
Noun
- Jagaban no go contest for president o. — Leader does not want to contest for presidency.
- Free am, im no know sey you be di jagaban for this hood. — Ignore him! He doesn't know you are the leader in this area.
Synonyms
- leader
Antonyms
Translations
- English: leader