highway
Naija
Etymology
From: English high and way
Pronunciation
- ˈhaɪˌweɪ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1874
- Frequency in raw corpus: 26
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4625
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
highway: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- case (frequency:6)
- FG go put soldiers for highway - Osinbajo Hmm Who kill Funke Olakunri? — (bbc__48207, __no translation__)
- Also, di new strategy where dem place dustbin for highway don also increase di rubbish wey dey road, as people see am as free thing. — (bbc__334, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:5)
- Na, na, na dem be highwa~, high~, highway robber now. — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__103, It is them who are the highway robbers now.)
- You don see highway robber wey wan enter your house?Sorry sir, I forget. — (deuber__5628, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:2)
- FG go use drones, CCTV monitor forest and highway — (bbc__48209, __no translation__)
- Fresh kidnap along Lagos-Ibadan highway FG go use drones, CCTV monitor forest and highway Ogun state police rescue five Redeemed Church kidnap victims — (bbc__53072, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:2)
- She finally leave di house around 17:30 local time, cross di highway and waka go di direction of di forest. — (bbc__88645, __no translation__)
- As we dey come, dis eh highway (we wan pass di highway, ), so okadas con plenty for dere, and you gats climb up. — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__15, As we were coming, this, uh, highway... we wanted to pass the highway, so a lot of bikers were there, and you had to climb.)
- case-det-nmod (frequency:2)
- BBC tori person Chris Eworkor say police say di kidnapping happen around Kagarko village, along di Abuja/Kaduna highway. — (bbc__18717, __no translation__)
- Aside from dis one, to travel for di Abuja-Kaduna highway na sometin wey pipo dey avoid as kidnappers no dey allow pipo see road. — (bbc__17605, __no translation__)
Derived forms
- Lagos boat accident: 12 People don die Accra-Kumasi highway accident kill 11 pipo — (bbc__62962, __no translation__)
- Accra-Kumasi highway accident kill 11 pipo Another accident happen where Ebony Reigns die — (bbc__12275, __no translation__)
- Na, na, na dem be highwa~, high~, highway robber now. — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__103, It is them who are the highway robbers now.)
- You don see highway robber wey wan enter your house?Sorry sir, I forget. — (deuber__5628, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- lekki-epe 0.75 7, mine 0.75 25, pipeline 0.75 84, go-slow 0.75 24, mall 0.74 39, graves 0.74 19, bombs 0.73 19, tiffs 0.73 11, cemetery 0.73 30
Antonyms
- lekki-epe 0.75 7, mine 0.75 25, pipeline 0.75 84, go-slow 0.75 24, mall 0.74 39, graves 0.74 19, bombs 0.73 19, tiffs 0.73 11, cemetery 0.73 30
Translations
- English: no definition