oga

Naija

Alternative forms

• presido 0.72 1670, mr 0.67 1884, governor 0.64 873, osinbajo 0.62 333, presidency 0.60 257, pres 0.59 106, president 0.58 6735, offload 0.56 161, senator 0.56 798

Etymology

etymology:Efik

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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

oga: boss,husband -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Oga never gree pay us. My oga dey vex sey I no cook before im come back.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:868)

   Oga!  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__119, Boss.)

   Oga.  — (ENU_27_Mechanic-Guys_DG__114, Mister.)

3. nmod (frequency:114)

   Oga of opposition  — (bbc__77047, __no translation__)

   Naaman na oga of soldier.  — (jw__11482, __no translation__)

4. det (frequency:57)

   Di oga.  — (bbc__58624, __no translation__)

   Na the oga get am.  — (jw__49200, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:38)

   I con tell am sey oga...  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__101, And I said boss...)

   We no dey take dem as oga.  — (jw__40129, __no translation__)

6. amod (frequency:17)

   De are not serious oga,  — (NST_cleaned__24249, __no translation__)

   And dem come make am be second oga after Pharaoh for Egypt.​— Gen.  — (jw__21618, __no translation__)

7. cc-flat (frequency:10)

   But since oga Ganduje become govnor, im and oga Kwankwaso don dey kwanta.  — (bbc__23446, __no translation__)

   AFP Saraki and oga Presido Muhammadu Buhari no dey see eye to eye on plenti mata  — (bbc__10353, __no translation__)

8. obj (frequency:8)

   State goment officials don tok say dem go give oga Walke family 1.2m rupees .  — (bbc__92219, __no translation__)

   Oga di 28 milokita Randa Doguru- Gallu Kwanar-Gwanti-Shargalle road, for inside Katsina state.  — (ja102__3714, __no translation__)

9. nsubj (frequency:8)

   Oga Presido also warn say to prevent any pikin form going to school na criminal offence.  — (bbc__76872, __no translation__)

   Notin go dey. Na so oga Itubo tok as she lead di march go goment office for Port Harcourt.  — (bbc__5421, __no translation__)

10. dep (frequency:7)

    Haha oga I get, I go, I get CCTV o.  — (NST_cleaned__31640, __no translation__)

    Dia oga go give dem box wey contain food and gifts to carry go.  — (bbc__78953, __no translation__)

11. advmod (frequency:7)

    No oga, we dey sell packet.  — (NST_cleaned__10858, __no translation__)

    Ah no oga, we no dey do short time now.  — (JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__79, Ah no sir, we do not do short time now.)

12. cc (frequency:4)

    Oga…  — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__139, Sir.)

    Tell dem sey abeg o, Federal Government, make una check dis detention wey una give v~, g~, oga Ifeanyi Uba.  — (WAZA_04_Press-Review_DG__30, He told them that please, Federal Government, you should check this detention that you det...det... detained mister Ifeanyi Uba.)

13. appos (frequency:3)

    Oga for airport.  — (ja102__3829, __no translation__)

    De say, oga pence, tok dis word weyn ein visit South Korea, to go see all di army bizzy bodi wey don dey go on now inside dat peninsula, wey dis two Korea dey.  — (ja102__1320, __no translation__)

14. dep-det (frequency:3)

    So the oga sey e go sack the man.  — (jw__20897, __no translation__)

    ah-ah why now?na di thing wey we just dey talk na so di oga wey for dey do.  — (deuber__3057, __no translation__)

15. conj (frequency:2)

    Oga or reduce tax money for genuine manufacturer-dem and importer-dem.  — (ja102__3743, __no translation__)

    Oga to make sure say, dem prosecute di 40 suspect-dem, wey dem don already arrest ontop dis mata and con also tok say, di Force go put more effort to make sure dem arrest other suspect-dem, wey don dey lofe now.  — (ja102__3673, __no translation__)

16. cc-nmod (frequency:2)

    Di committee wey di president appoint from workers union and government oga dem na im go shook eye for di matter.  — (bbc__33663, __no translation__)

    Na on top dis katakata Yinka Odumakin, wey be social activist and oga for Yoruba pressure group Afenifere chook mouth talk im own.  — (bbc__71505, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• presido 0.72 1670, mr 0.67 1884, governor 0.64 873, osinbajo 0.62 333, presidency 0.60 257, pres 0.59 106, president 0.58 6735, offload 0.56 161, senator 0.56 798

Antonyms

• presido 0.72 1670, mr 0.67 1884, governor 0.64 873, osinbajo 0.62 333, presidency 0.60 257, pres 0.59 106, president 0.58 6735, offload 0.56 161, senator 0.56 798

Translations

• English: boss,husband