Difference between revisions of "mates"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From: ''unknown''
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From: English ''mates''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* gbòsà
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* mates
<sm2>Pcm-ng-gbosa.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-mates.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-gbosa.m.ogg</sm2>
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-mates.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1902
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 8
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8755
 
 
 
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
#Special greeting for person.
 
#Special greeting for person.
#:* {{ux|dv| De give di chairman seven '''gbosa!'''|NSC_Agnes_2020, The chairman was given several rounds of applause.)}}  
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#:* {{ux|dv|we no be  '''mates!'''|NSC_Agnes_2020, (We are not age equals.)}}  
#:*{{ux|dv| All di youth corpers shout '''gbosa!''' togeda as de remove head dressing.|NSC_Agnes_2020, All the students gave a loud ovation and removed their caps.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv| de housegirl don begin tink say she be madam mate as oga don dey pres am.|NSC_Agnes_2020, .)}}
====Synonyms====
 
[[twale]],[[salute]]
 
====Translations====
 
*English: ''boom'', ''hurrah''
 
 
 
===Ideophone===
 
#Sound wey loud.
 
#:* {{ux|dv| As we see di soldiers dey come, wetin we hear na '''gbosa'''ǃ Dem don kill di man.| Egbokhare_2020, When we saw the soldiers coming, what we heard was the loud sound of gunshot; the man had been killed.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| As e slap am, wetin we hear na '''gbosa'''!| Egbokhare, 2020, As soon as he slapped him, we heard a loud sound.)}}
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
[[gboa]]
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[[seefinish]],
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
*English: ''boom''
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*English: ''Equals'''

Revision as of 15:05, 13 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English mates

Pronunciation

  • mates


Noun

  1. Special greeting for person.
    • we no be mates!  — NSC_Agnes_2020, (We are not age equals.)
    • de housegirl don begin tink say she be madam mate as oga don dey pres am.  — NSC_Agnes_2020, .)

Synonyms

seefinish,

Translations

  • English: Equals'