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Mama put, okada, danfo and the 26 Nigerian words included in Oxford dictionary by amstamon: 8:23am On Jan 22, 2020 |
And so, Oxford dictionary had smiled on us for consistently using these words evenn though we knew it was wrong. Oya gramanazi and Co, ur attention is needed o. These words are : agric, adj. & n. barbing salon, n. buka, n. bukateria, n. chop, chop-chop, n danfo, n. to eat money, in eat, v. ember months, n. flag-off, n. to flag off in flag, v. gist, n. gist, v. guber, adj. Kannywood, n. K-leg, n. mama put, n. next tomorrow, n. & adv. non-indigene, adj. & n. okada, n. to put to bed, in put, v. qualitative, adj. to rub minds (together) in rub, v./ sef, adv. send-forth, n. severally, adv. tokunbo, adj. zone, v. zoning, n. https://m.guardian.ng/news/oxford-dictionary-adds-okada-danfo-mama-put-26-other-nigerian-words-expressions/ |
Re: Mama put, okada, danfo and the 26 Nigerian words included in Oxford dictionary by amstamon: 8:23am On Jan 22, 2020 |
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Re: Mama put, okada, danfo and the 26 Nigerian words included in Oxford dictionary by Joshmodest(m): 8:46am On Jan 22, 2020 |
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