Difference between revisions of "twale"

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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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# Sey person dey greet person or people
#: {{ux|dv|'''Twale''' baba! You too much.|no translation}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Twale''' baba! You too much.|Egbokhare_2020, I greet you father. You indeed good}}
  
 
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Revision as of 15:24, 25 October 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

  • twálè

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 10
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8188

Usage

Definition

  • Sey dem dey gbaji or hail person, leader or people

Noun

twale: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  • Di hailings wey dem dey give person, leadder or people.
  • Winter Olympics 2018: Buhari troway twale give Team Nigeria  — (bbc__100905, __Winter Olympics: Buhari saluted the Nigerian team__)


Synonyms

  • congratulobia 0.79 16, salot 0.77 10,

Antonyms

  • To be completed

Translations

  • English: greeting

Verb

twale: salutation, used by motor park touts. -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Sey person dey greet person or people
    Twale baba! You too much.  — Egbokhare_2020, I greet you father. You indeed good

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • congratulobia 0.79 16, salot 0.77 10, bedsheet 0.75 11, confirmate 0.73 9, egunje 0.71 7, midday 0.70 6, claudio 0.70 13, hailing 0.70 10, query 0.68 16

Antonyms

  • congratulobia 0.79 16, salot 0.77 10, bedsheet 0.75 11, confirmate 0.73 9, egunje 0.71 7, midday 0.70 6, claudio 0.70 13, hailing 0.70 10, query 0.68 16

Translations

  • English: salutation, used by motor park touts.