Difference between revisions of "papa"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
# Na name dem dey call man wey get children.
 
# Na name dem dey call man wey get children.
#: {{ux|dv|Sabo bin dey live wit im mama and '''papa'''. |(bbc__86638. Sabo once lived with his parents.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Sabo bin dey live wit im mama and '''papa'''. |(bbc__86638. Sabo once lived with his parents.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Person suppose read books make im for know how to be better '''papa''' and mama? |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. It is recommended that one read books on how to be a good parent.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Person suppose read books make im for know how to be better '''papa''' and mama? |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. It is recommended that one read books on how to be a good parent.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv|As we reach dere, im '''papa''' start to dey flog am sotay peopl con dey beg di '''papa'''.|Egbokhare _2020. On arrival, his father began flogging him so much that people had to intervene.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|As we reach dere, im '''papa''' start to dey flog am sotay peopl con dey beg di '''papa'''.|(Egbokhare _2020. On arrival, his father began flogging him so much that people had to intervene.)}}
 
# Na anoder name for who be pastor for church.
 
# Na anoder name for who be pastor for church.
#: {{ux|dv|Tunde go meet '''papa''' make e pray for am.|(Tunde went to meet the pastor to pray for him.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Tunde go meet '''papa''' make e pray for am.|(Tunde went to meet the pastor to pray for him.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Na Unoka be Okonkwo '''papa'''. |(katakata__305. Unoka is Okonkwo's father.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Na Unoka be Okonkwo '''papa'''. |(katakata__305. Unoka is Okonkwo's father.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Abeg dis '''papa''', very correct somebody jare
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#:* {{ux|dv|Abeg dis '''papa''', very correct somebody jare
 
|(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__23, Please this Pastor is a very correct person.)}}  
 
|(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__23, Please this Pastor is a very correct person.)}}  
 
# Na man wey im wife born newly
 
# Na man wey im wife born newly
#: {{ux|dv|E don turn '''papa'''. |(JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__96, He has turned a father.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|E don turn '''papa'''. |(JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__96, He has turned a father.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Chidi na '''papa''' now o, Im wife born yesterday. |(NSC_Legebti_2020. Chidi has become a man now o, his fathe gave birth yesterday.)}}
 
# Na de person wey be de head of de house.
 
# Na de person wey be de head of de house.
#: {{ux|dv|As de person wey old pass, na him be '''papa''' for everybody for. |(katakata__305. As the eldest in the compound, he is the father of the home.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|As de person wey old pass, na him be '''papa''' for everybody for. |(katakata__305. As the eldest in the compound, he is the father of the home.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Which advice one brother give the '''papa''' of the house? |(jw__45468. Which advice did the brother give the father of the house.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Which advice one brother give the '''papa''' of the house? |(jw__45468. Which advice did the brother give the father of the house.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Nobody, no '''papa''', no help. |(ONI_09_Before-I-Marry_M__57, Nobody, no father, no help.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Nobody, no '''papa''', no help. |(ONI_09_Before-I-Marry_M__57, Nobody, no father, no help.)}}
  
 
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Revision as of 18:18, 24 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English papa (old word for father)

Pronunciation

  • pàpá


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 66
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 197
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1874
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 201

Noun

  1. Na name dem dey call man wey get children.
    • Sabo bin dey live wit im mama and papa.  — (bbc__86638. Sabo once lived with his parents.)
    • Person suppose read books make im for know how to be better papa and mama?  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. It is recommended that one read books on how to be a good parent.)
    • As we reach dere, im papa start to dey flog am sotay peopl con dey beg di papa.  — (Egbokhare _2020. On arrival, his father began flogging him so much that people had to intervene.)
  2. Na anoder name for who be pastor for church.
    • Tunde go meet papa make e pray for am.  — (Tunde went to meet the pastor to pray for him.)
    • Na Unoka be Okonkwo papa.  — (katakata__305. Unoka is Okonkwo's father.)
    • Abeg dis papa, very correct somebody jare

 — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__23, Please this Pastor is a very correct person.)

  1. Na man wey im wife born newly
    • E don turn papa.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__96, He has turned a father.)
    • Chidi na papa now o, Im wife born yesterday.  — (NSC_Legebti_2020. Chidi has become a man now o, his fathe gave birth yesterday.)
  2. Na de person wey be de head of de house.
    • As de person wey old pass, na him be papa for everybody for.  — (katakata__305. As the eldest in the compound, he is the father of the home.)
    • Which advice one brother give the papa of the house?  — (jw__45468. Which advice did the brother give the father of the house.)
    • Nobody, no papa, no help.  — (ONI_09_Before-I-Marry_M__57, Nobody, no father, no help.)

Related forms

papadashme

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: Father or dad, a pastor