wuruwuru

Naija

Alternative forms

• wuru-wuru, wuru wuru

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

• wùrùwúrú

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 43
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3485

Noun

1. Na say things or person ways no pure

   • Dat mean say de wuruwuru go continue.  — (bbc__62589. It means the deception continues.)
   • wuruwuru no dey ever pay.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Deception never pays anyone.)

2. Na when wetin person do deceive person or people.

   • Im voice fear man as e come do wuruwuru like thunder for inside darkness.  — (katakata__1022. He scared the people by pretending there was real thunder rumbling in the dark.)
   • wuruwuru musicians sef dey talk like better musicians.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Fake musicians are pretending like they are real.)

Adjective

1. Na when person way no straight.

   • im papa na wuruwuru man o  — (Egbokhare_2020. His father is dubious.)
   • wuruwuru and magomago ways full everywhere for dis world.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Insincerity is everywhere.)
   • De love wey he dey show her nawuruwuru love but she never still know.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. His love is deceptive but she is yet to know.)

Synonyms

• mago-mago, lie lie,

Antonyms

• true true

Translations

• English: dubious ways