Difference between revisions of "jiga"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English jiga
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From English: ''chigger''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* dʒìgá
 
* dʒìgá
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-jiga.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-jiga.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-jiga.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-jiga.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
 
 
 
No documented examples in our corpora.
 
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
jiga: tick from pigs -- Definition in Naija?
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* Insect wey dey stay for person skin dey suck blood.
 
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:*{{ux|dv|If you want collect house for where bush dey, you gats careful [[jiga]] dey dey dat kind place well well.|(If you want a rent an apartment in a bushy area, be careful, there are usually a lot of bugs around that sort of place.)}}
 
 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I get '''jiga''' for leg.|no translation}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
*
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
*
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: tick from pigs
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* English: ''chigger''

Latest revision as of 20:32, 17 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: chigger

Pronunciation

  • dʒìgá

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Noun

  • Insect wey dey stay for person skin dey suck blood.
  • If you want collect house for where bush dey, you gats careful jiga dey dey dat kind place well well.  — (If you want a rent an apartment in a bushy area, be careful, there are usually a lot of bugs around that sort of place.)

Translations

  • English: chigger