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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== |
Revision as of 20:24, 1 September 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- wan 0.74 6206,
Etymology
Borrowed from English want
Pronunciation
- wɔnt
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 119
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 119
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4767
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 83
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Verb
want: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- nsubj (frequency:454)
- I want... — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__5, I want...)
- Wetin God want — (jw__40757, __no translation__)
- nsubj-obj (frequency:99)
- Police want ansa — (bbc__82775, __no translation__)
- You want all di filla? — (bbc__101884, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:29)
- People no go read, people no want read. — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__13, People will not read; people don't want to read.)
- Im no tell us since sey na student im want. — (IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__11, He didn't tell us earlier that he want a student.)
- mark-obj (frequency:29)
- If you know sey you want drink,… — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__90, If you know you want to drink...)
- Maria dey among people wey want baptize. — (jw__22544, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:20)
- No be only Catalonia want independence; — (bbc__74950, __no translation__)
- De no wan want work, people no wan go school. — (JOS_05_Buhari-Government_M__39, They don't want to work; people don't want to go to school.)
- ccomp (frequency:16)
- want make I dey do? — (jw__48850, __no translation__)
- Want make you dey help dem dey grow. — (jw__38820, __no translation__)
- mark (frequency:11)
- Jesus touch am, come talk sey: ‘I want! — (jw__38201, __no translation__)
- I don tell you sey anytime wey you want… — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__26, I have told you that anytime you want ...)
- cc-ccomp (frequency:10)
- E sey: “We want make una know the truth about people wey dey sleep for death . — (jw__4589, __no translation__)
- insult you, talk everything wey you do, and want make you gree sey na your fault — (jw__48744, __no translation__)
- dep-nsubj (frequency:9)
- E do wetin God want even though sey e go die. — (jw__4453, __no translation__)
- Hm dem dey pay me well, but I want to, I need job, I need… — (NST_cleaned__1734, __no translation__)
- aux (frequency:4)
- Who dey want, who want go dig mud, — (NST_cleaned__1676, __no translation__)
- Meanwhile, di fear of sey Nigerians no go patronise you, sey, na di Obodo Oyinbo pattern dey want patronise. — (WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__89, Meanwhile, the fear of the fact that Nigerians will not patronise you. That it is the foreign things they want to patronise.)
- advmod (frequency:4)
- Just want. — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__74, They just want...)
- Na im I dey tell you sey na wetin I want now. — (ENU_12_Social-Life_DG__155, That's what I'm telling you, that's what I want.)
- obl:arg (frequency:4)
- So I, wetin I want for you is advice. — (ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__83, So I... what I want from you is advice.)
- Na so we go do sotay we go achieve wetin we want for life? — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__70, Is that how we'll do till we achieve what we want to achieve in life ?)
- aux-obj (frequency:3)
- Con dey want embarrass, con dey want embarass us. — (NST_cleaned__18576, __no translation__)
- Even as lawyers say no answer mean say deh fit hold dia meeting deh bin want authorisation weh goment write'am. — (bbc__47437, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:2)
- wetin anoder person wey State Government see sey e dey important dey feel and want, as e concern di matter wey e wan decide. — (hildrights__1161, __no translation__)
- or another state government wey get interest or want or wey suppose carry pikin come mek dem look after am / care for am, any of di party wey no see eye to eye on top di matter disagreement fit report di matter give Minister to help settle the matter. — (hildrights__1514, __no translation__)
- dep (frequency:2)
- Eh even we never really reach what we really want to reach, but ehm di work dey rewarding. — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__72, Eh, even we have never really reached what we really wanted to reach, but ehm, the work is rewarding.)
- You understand we no wan anyting wey go catch us by surprise right now, we no want at all. — (WAZK_09_Fuel-Price-Increase_M__70, You understand, we don't want anything that we catch us by surprise right now; we don't want, at all.)
- conj (frequency:2)
- No be until you open everytin before people go know sey see wetin you want, see wetin you want become. — (JOS_08_Girls-Wey-No-Sabi-Cook_M__82, It's not until you open everything before people will know that look at waht you want...look at what you want to become.)
- After Jesus teach one woman about the correct way to serve God, e come tell im disciple dem sey: ‘My food na to do wetin the Person wey send me want and to finish im work.’ Jesus happy because e do wetin show sey e love God and people. — (jw__44260, __no translation__)
- aux-mark (frequency:2)
- As de no enta court strike pass for Bamenda, Barrister Mbah say de strike pass as deh want. — (bbc__16702, __no translation__)
- Vanessa e massa join e woman say even if e di hard some taim, disability no bi end of de world and notin di stop dem for anytin weh deh want. — (bbc__97545, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- wan 0.74 6206, mistake 0.60 514, fit 0.58 19431, allow 0.57 1182, try 0.57 3008, gree 0.57 1776, suppose 0.54 3425, let 0.54 839, sense 0.54 1009
Antonyms
- wan 0.74 6206, mistake 0.60 514, fit 0.58 19431, allow 0.57 1182, try 0.57 3008, gree 0.57 1776, suppose 0.54 3425, let 0.54 839, sense 0.54 1009
Translations
- English: no definition