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Revision as of 15:05, 11 March 2019

Etymology

Often stated to be borrowed from English book, but Paul Newman disputes this.

Noun

bōkṑ m (possessed form bōkòn)

  1. fraud, deceit, trick
  2. a mock or imitation version of something real
  3. Western education
  4. Boko alphabet (Latin script used to write Hausa)

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