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Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • gbòsà

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1902
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 8
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8755

Noun

  1. Special greeting for person.
    • De give di chairman seven gbosa!  — NSC_Agnes_2020, The chairman was given several rounds of applause.)
    • 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.)

Synonyms

twale,salute

Translations

  • English: boom, hurrah

Ideophone

  1. Sound wey loud.
    • As we see di soldiers dey come, wetin we hear na gbosaǃ 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.)
    • As e slap am, wetin we hear na gbosa!  —  Egbokhare, 2020, As soon as he slapped him, we heard a loud sound.)

Synonyms

gboa

Translations

  • English: boom