Difference between revisions of "sha"
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Naija== | ==Naija== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
− | + | From: Yoruba ''sha'' | |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 17:59, 14 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba sha
Pronunciation
- ʃɑ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 72
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 181
- Frequency in raw corpus: 352
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 873
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Particle
sha: no definition, really -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:370)
- Who sha? — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__84, Who sha...)
- sure sha — (deuber__1159, __no translation__)
- advmod:emph (frequency:12)
- No be all of dem sha o, but many. — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__52, Not all of them of course, but many.)
- But sha o, we sha thank God sey God don catch am. — (IBA_33_News-Comments_MG__120, Well, we thank God that he's been apprehended.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- mstchew 0.76 423, hm 0.70 1176, oh 0.66 337, really 0.64 1685, haha 0.64 836, yes 0.63 760, ehen 0.62 871, toh 0.60 307, sometimes 0.60 599
Antonyms
- mstchew 0.76 423, hm 0.70 1176, oh 0.66 337, really 0.64 1685, haha 0.64 836, yes 0.63 760, ehen 0.62 871, toh 0.60 307, sometimes 0.60 599
Translations
- English: no definition, really