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Revision as of 13:42, 21 June 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba pako (wood)
Pronunciation
- kpákó
Noun
- Person wey no get money or come from house wey get money, wey dey hustle because sey im people no get money.
- All dese kpako dem, dem too dey make noise. — Egbokhare _2020, The not so rich people, disturbs a lot.)
- Kpako no get time for dat one o. — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__10, An hustler has no time for that.)
- We wey be kpako, we no get time to con form mummies pet. — (NST_cleaned__41717, Those of us born with a wooden spoon, have no time to be pampered by our mums.)
- And one ting be sey ajebo no go fit mix with ghet-... eh kpako. — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__8, And the fact is that the spoilt brats can't mix with the ghet-... uh, the underprivileged.)
Derived forms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: poor, one from an humble background