mary amaka
Naija
Etymology
From: Di English name Mary and di Igbo name Amaka
Pronunciation
- mèrí àmáká
Noun
- Cloth wey woman dey wear wey no fine wey dey cover everywhere for body.
- You don go wear dis your mary amaka again. — (You are wearing this oversized cloth again.)
- I like dat girl wey dey dress like mary amaka for your hostel. — (I like that girl in your hostel that usually wears oversized clothes.)
- Woman wey dey dress like person wey no sabi fashion.
- See you like one mary amaka. — (You look like an old-fashioned lady.)
- If you see di mary amaka wey my ex-boyfriend dey follow ehn, you go shock. — (If you see the old-fashioned girl my ex-boyfriend is going out with, you'll be shock.)
Translation
- English: old fashioned, modest prude
Adjective
- Make woman cloth big pass am con no let di woman shape show.
- No be sey you sabi di cloth wey you go buy, but just carry person follow body make you no go buy mary amaka gown sey na cloth you buy. — (It’s not that you don’t know what cloth you want to buy, but just take someone along so that you wont buy an oversized gown.)
Synonym
Translations
- English: old-fashioned, oversized