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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
etymology:Hausa - kura 'Hyena'.
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From: Hausa kura ''Hyena''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* kúrá
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*kúrá
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-kura.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-kura.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-kura.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-kura.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===
kura: a crook -- Definition in Naija?
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* Person wey [[sharp]] pass imsef con dey sabi do some kind [[badbad]] ting but e dey do  like [[holyholy]].
 
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:*{{ux|dv| You be '''kura'''.|(You are a crook.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv| Dat guy dey talk [[smallsmall]] like better person but im be '''kura'''.|(The man talks gently, but he is not sincere.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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====Synonyms====
#: {{ux|dv|you be '''kura'''.|no translation}}
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* [[smart guy]], [[sharp man]], [[fast guy]]
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
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====Antonymes====
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: a crook
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* English: ''a crook''

Latest revision as of 18:32, 3 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: Hausa kura Hyena

Pronunciation

  • kúrá

Play

Noun

  • You be kura.  — (You are a crook.)
  • Dat guy dey talk smallsmall like better person but im be kura.  — (The man talks gently, but he is not sincere.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: a crook