oga

Naija

Etymology

From: Efik oga

Pronunciation

• ɔ̀gá

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 54
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 228
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3650
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 104

Noun

1. • Na person boss for work.

   • Oga never gree pay us.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The boss hasnt paid.)
   • Our Oga too like fine girls.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Our boss likes fine girls a lot.)
   • Better Oga no too plenty for dis Nigeria.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Great bosses are uncommon in Nigeria.)

   • Na person husband for house.

   • My oga vex leave de food sey I no cook before im come back.  — (My husband left the food in anger because I didnt get the meal ready on time.)
   • E dey pain my Oyinbo friend for body anytime I call my husband my Oga.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. My foreign friend dislike it when I call my husband "my boss".)

Synonyms

• presido, chairmo

Translations

• English: boss, husband