Difference between revisions of "ovoko"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ovoko
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From: ''unknown''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-ovoko.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ovoko.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ovoko.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ovoko.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===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===
 
===Interjection===

Revision as of 15:39, 12 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • òvòkò


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