Difference between revisions of "ovoko"
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf) | # Egbokhare (frequency:Inf) | ||
| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''ovoko'''! so herdsmen still dey kill innocent people?.| | + | #: {{ux|dv|'''ovoko'''! so herdsmen still dey kill innocent people?.|What?! You mean herdsmen are still killing innocent people?}} |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|De man still die upon all de money im children send, '''ovoko'''!.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. The man still died despite all the money sent by his children, what a pity?!)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|'''ovoko'''! , so, no be love?.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. So its not all about love?, what a surprise!.)}} | |
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[okomeh]], [[ebabu]] |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: use to show surprise | + | * English: ''use to show surprise'' |
Revision as of 15:28, 12 March 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English ovoko
Pronunciation
- òvòkò
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 0
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
No documented examples in our corpora.
Interjection
ovoko: use to show surprise -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- ovoko! so herdsmen still dey kill innocent people?. — What?! You mean herdsmen are still killing innocent people?
- De man still die upon all de money im children send, ovoko!. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The man still died despite all the money sent by his children, what a pity?!)
- ovoko! , so, no be love?. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. So its not all about love?, what a surprise!.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: use to show surprise