wuruwuru

Naija

Alternative forms

• campaigns 0.68 41, wuru-wuru 0.68 57, supplementary 0.67 41, mago-mago 0.65 92, observers 0.65 34, calculation 0.64 23, intimidation 0.64 27, mago 0.63 62, collation 0.63 78

Etymology

Borrowed from English wuruwuru

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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

wuruwuru: cunning, not straight forward -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   im papa na wuruwuru man o  — no translation

Synonyms

• campaigns 0.68 41, wuru-wuru 0.68 57, supplementary 0.67 41, mago-mago 0.65 92, observers 0.65 34, calculation 0.64 23, intimidation 0.64 27, mago 0.63 62, collation 0.63 78

Antonyms

• campaigns 0.68 41, wuru-wuru 0.68 57, supplementary 0.67 41, mago-mago 0.65 92, observers 0.65 34, calculation 0.64 23, intimidation 0.64 27, mago 0.63 62, collation 0.63 78

Translations

• English: cunning, not straight forward

Noun

wuruwuru: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:26)

   Dat mean say de wuruwuru go continue.  — (bbc__62589, __no translation__)

   Im voice fear man as e come do wuruwuru like thunder for inside darkness.  — (katakata__1022, __no translation__)

2. cc (frequency:4)

   Justice Banjoko rule say Nyame wey even be Christian pastor, tif pipo trust wen e be govnor of Taraba, wen e play wayo and wuruwuru wit goment moni wey reach 250 million Naira.  — (bbc__61537, __no translation__)

   Dis particular Executive Order 6 na Oga Buhari order for federal goment to begin torchlight 50 top Nigerians wey goment don ban from travelling outside di kontri as dem dey torchlight dia case wey concern wayo and wuruwuru.  — (bbc__42412, __no translation__)

3. obj (frequency:2)

   Nigeria secret service don arrest 'fake first lady' My ADC use my name do 2.5 billion naira wuruwuru - Aisha Buhari Aisha Buhari wan shake APC table?  — (bbc__74040, __no translation__)

   Former President Goodluck Jonathan wen e launch im book 'My Transition Hours' tok say vote buying na di main rigging formula wey don replace oda types of election wuruwuru for Nigeria.  — (bbc__52691, __no translation__)

4. conj (frequency:2)

   Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas release film wey show how wuruwuru and magomago take dey happun for inside football for Ghana.  — (bbc__60422, __no translation__)

   Na wetin Yemi Adamolekun, di oga of Enough is Enough Nigeria joindbodi, wey dey torchlight wuruwuru and magomago in Nigeria goment, tell BBC.  — (bbc__2684, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• campaigns 0.68 41, wuru-wuru 0.68 57, supplementary 0.67 41, mago-mago 0.65 92, observers 0.65 34, calculation 0.64 23, intimidation 0.64 27, mago 0.63 62, collation 0.63 78

Antonyms

• campaigns 0.68 41, wuru-wuru 0.68 57, supplementary 0.67 41, mago-mago 0.65 92, observers 0.65 34, calculation 0.64 23, intimidation 0.64 27, mago 0.63 62, collation 0.63 78

Translations

• English: no definition