Difference between revisions of "mama"

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#Woman wey don old.
 
#Woman wey don old.
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Na wetin one '''mama''' for Japan do. |(jw__21118, That was what a particular old woman in Japan did.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Na wetin one '''mama''' for Japan do. |(jw__21118, That was what a particular old woman in Japan did.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| You be old '''mama''' now, |(NST_cleaned__11552, You are an old woman now.)}
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#:* {{ux|dv| You be old '''mama''' now, |(NST_cleaned__11552, You are an old woman now.)}}
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[màlè]]
 
* [[màlè]]
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''mother''
 
* English: ''mother''
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===

Revision as of 15:18, 16 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: mama

Pronunciation

  • ˈmɑmə


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 85
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 159
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1850
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 206



Noun

  1. Person mother.
    • Abeg na person mama be dat.  — (NST_cleaned__8134, Please is that someones mother?)
    • Mama and pikin dey well.  — (bbc__59707, Both mother and child are well.)
  2. Woman wey don old.
    • Na wetin one mama for Japan do.  — (jw__21118, That was what a particular old woman in Japan did.)
    • You be old mama now,  — (NST_cleaned__11552, You are an old woman now.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: mother

Adjective

Woman wey too sabi someting.

  • mama tailor .  — (NST_cleaned__36576, A veteran in tailoring.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: veteran