mumu

Naija

Alternative forms

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Etymology

Borrowed from English mumu

Pronunciation

• mùmú

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2329
• Frequency in raw corpus: 44
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3414

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

mumu: stupid, to behave in a stupid way -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   1. Mumu boy. 2. Di boy be mumu. 3. You dey mumu o.  — no translation

Synonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Antonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Translations

• English: stupid, to behave in a stupid way

Noun

mumu: stupid, to behave in a stupid way -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   1. Mumu boy. 2. Di boy be mumu. 3. You dey mumu o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:35)

   We be mumu,  — (NST_cleaned__25962, __no translation__)

   You be mumu.  — (NST_cleaned__27006, __no translation__)

3. case (frequency:6)

   I dey behave like mumu,  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__31, I am behaving like a fool ?)

   Who dey behave like mumu?  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__26, Who is behaving like a fool ?)

4. nmod:poss (frequency:6)

   As she mumu reach, na im you sef mumu.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__115, As stupid as she is, so also you are stupid.)

   Nobodi fit comot me from AAC - Sowore Buhari 2019: Our mumu don do - Sowore  — (bbc__75331, __no translation__)

5. cop-nsubj (frequency:2)

   We be mumu,  — (LAG_38_Elections_DG__37, We are fools.)

   You be mumu.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__19, You are an idiot.)

Synonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Antonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Translations

• English: stupid, to behave in a stupid way

Verb

mumu: stupid, to behave in a stupid way -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   1. Mumu boy. 2. Di boy be mumu. 3. You dey mumu o.  — no translation

Synonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Antonymes

• ezekwesili 0.57 129, oby 0.56 110, dreams 0.53 35, sowore 0.50 153, cv 0.50 16, client 0.50 32, suggestion 0.50 9, please 0.50 71, pres 0.49 106

Translations

• English: stupid, to behave in a stupid way