Difference between revisions of "ovoko"
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| − | + | * Na words wey dem dey use take show surprise. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|'''ovoko'''! so herdsmen still dey kill innocent people?.|(Egbokhare_2020. What?! You mean herdsmen are still killing innocent people?}} | |
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| − | :* {{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|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!.)}} | :* {{ux|dv|'''ovoko'''! , so, no be love?.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. So its not all about love?, what a surprise!.)}} | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 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
- Na words wey dem dey use take show surprise.
- ovoko! so herdsmen still dey kill innocent people?. — (Egbokhare_2020. 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