Difference between revisions of "kpako"

 
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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1772
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 7
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9428
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
Person wey no get money, wey dey struggle for everyting for life.
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* Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.
#: {{ux|dv| All dese '''kpako''' dem, dem too dey make noise.|Egbokhare _2020, no translation}}
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:* {{ux|dv| All dese '''kpako''' dem, dem too dey make noise.|(The not so rich people, disturbs a lot.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Kpako''' no get time for dat one o. |(PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__10, The poor have no  time for that.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Kpako''' no get time for dat one o. |(PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__10, The poor people don’t have time for that.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv| We wey be '''kpako''', we no get time to con form mummies pet. |(NST_cleaned__41717, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|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====
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:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
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====Related forms====
 
* [[ajekpako]],[[ajekpaki]]
 
* [[ajekpako]],[[ajekpaki]]
  
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* [[ajebutter]]
 
* [[ajebutter]]
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''one from a poor home, one accustomed to the struggles of life as a result of his/her background''
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* English: ''streetwise, one from an humble background''
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===Adjective===
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* Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.
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:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
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====Translation====
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* English: ''poor'', ''underprivileged''

Latest revision as of 14:55, 5 March 2024

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba pako (wood)

Pronunciation

  • kpákó

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Noun

  • Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.
  • All dese kpako dem, dem too dey make noise.  — (The not so rich people, disturbs a lot.)
  • Kpako no get time for dat one o.  — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__10, The poor have no time for that.)
  • 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.)

Related forms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: streetwise, one from an humble background

Adjective

  • Person wey im mama and papa no get money, wey dey hustle.
  • 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.)

Translation

  • English: poor, underprivileged