sky

Naija

Alternative forms

• volcano 0.67 15, everiwia 0.66 22, bethzatha 0.63 10, float 0.63 22, canal 0.62 28, nightclub 0.62 6, ocean 0.62 50, circle 0.61 31, diesel 0.61 26

Etymology

Borrowed from English sky

Pronunciation

• skáì

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 49
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3207

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

sky: fifty naira -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Give me sky make I use dey see front. I dey H.  — no translation

2. case (frequency:13)

   Di one wey dey fly for di sky?  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__23, The one that flies in the sky ?)

   Some dey for sky, some dey live inside river,  — (jw__32525, __no translation__)

3. - (frequency:12)

   Wia sky dey clear and cloud no dey.  — (bbc__100738, __no translation__)

   Na so Okonkwo begin watch sky everyday whether e go see sign say rain go fall.  — (katakata__856, __no translation__)

4. det (frequency:10)

   Accelerate TV Fireworks full di sky for di OneLagosFestival show  — (bbc__11270, __no translation__)

   Drew Angerer/Getty Images People make special glasses to take look di sky  — (bbc__43647, __no translation__)

5. case-det (frequency:4)

   Evri airline, everi aircraft dey save to be in di sky and if e no dey save e no go dey for di sky.  — (bbc__2728, __no translation__)

   Before you know wetin dey happen, half of the sky done loss, that black wrapper come full of small small shining dots.  — (katakata__644, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• volcano 0.67 15, everiwia 0.66 22, bethzatha 0.63 10, float 0.63 22, canal 0.62 28, nightclub 0.62 6, ocean 0.62 50, circle 0.61 31, diesel 0.61 26

Antonyms

• volcano 0.67 15, everiwia 0.66 22, bethzatha 0.63 10, float 0.63 22, canal 0.62 28, nightclub 0.62 6, ocean 0.62 50, circle 0.61 31, diesel 0.61 26

Translations

• English: fifty naira