See buguyaga on Wiktionary
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"4": "",
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"name": "der"
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"2": "ee",
"3": "yakayaka",
"4": "",
"5": "slovenly?"
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"2": "ha",
"3": "buguzunzum",
"4": "",
"5": "fat slob"
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"name": "der"
}
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"etymology_text": "Caribbean English bugo-bugo (“rough/crusty”) + Ewe yakayaka (“slovenly?”) + Hausa buguzunzum (“fat slob”)",
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"form": "buguyaga dem",
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]
},
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"8": "",
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81
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102
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"english": "Boy, there [hell] people are going to suffer. Church members or not. Big shot or poor worthless person.",
"ref": "1973, 02:44 from the start, in The Heart of Man:",
"text": "Bwai a de-so piipl a-go sofa. Choch memba ar no choch memba. Big shot ar buguyaga.",
"translation": "Boy, there [hell] people are going to suffer. Church members or not. Big shot or poor worthless person.",
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"(derogatory) sloppy, low-class, worthless person"
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"ipa": "/buɡujaɡa/"
}
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"word": "buguyaga"
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"4": "",
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"name": "der"
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"tags": [
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"Jamaican Creole terms derived from Ewe",
"Jamaican Creole terms derived from Hausa",
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"ref": "1973, 02:44 from the start, in The Heart of Man:",
"text": "Bwai a de-so piipl a-go sofa. Choch memba ar no choch memba. Big shot ar buguyaga.",
"translation": "Boy, there [hell] people are going to suffer. Church members or not. Big shot or poor worthless person.",
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"(derogatory) sloppy, low-class, worthless person"
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"ipa": "/buɡujaɡa/"
}
],
"word": "buguyaga"
}
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