单词 | oga |
释义 | ogan. West African. In Nigeria and surrounding areas: a chief, employer, or superior; (frequently as a form of address) sir, master. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > head or chief headeOE headmanOE headsmanOE masterlinga1200 dukec1275 chevetaine1297 chief1297 headlingc1300 principalc1325 captainc1380 primatec1384 chieftainc1400 master-man1424 principate1483 grand captain1531 headmaster?1545 knap of the casec1555 capitano1594 muqaddam1598 mudaliyar1662 reis1677 sachem1684 doge1705 prytanis1790 gam1827 main guy1882 oga1917 ras1935 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [noun] > for a man > in languages other than English Messer1566 signory1585 signor1592 signore1594 mynheer1605 signorship1633 tuan1779 Bwana1860 meneer1899 oga1917 Thakin1920 sayyid1964 1917 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 47 162 The eldest son of the dead man brings a dog and a chicken to purify the house. The o̱ga of the nkpese passes them round the heads of all the umunna widdershins. 1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown (1983) 146 ‘Don't you know me again?’ ‘What is it, Oga’ ‘I want a taxi.’ 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 21 May 16/3 The indignities..to which they are subjected by their ‘oga’. 1991 B. Bandele-Thomas Man who came in from Back of Beyond iv. 118 ‘I beg oga,’ pleaded the specialist, ‘make you no vex, the charge na only fifty naira.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917 |
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