double

Naija

Etymology

From: English double

Pronunciation

• dɔ́bù

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 4
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1334
• Frequency in raw corpus: 112
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1936

Adjective

• Two tings wey be sey dem be di same ting.

• When you don old, you need to work double wetin you dey do before.  — (bbc__99846, When you get old you need to do twicer of what you used to do.)
• You sef, everyting wey you dey buy double double.  —  (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, You, you always buy things in twos)

Related forms

double double

Translations

• English: double

Noun

1. Two tings wey be sey dem be di same ting.

   • Dis na double of dia match bonus wey suppose be $5,000 for di finals.  — (bbc__41502, This is double of their match bonus which is supposed to be $5,000 for the finals. )

2. As person take dey see when e don take someting wey dey enter eye.

   • If you smoke igbo, you go dey see double.  — (Egbokhare _2020, If you smoke marijuana, you will have blurred vision.)

Related forms

double double,

Synonyms

• shayo, jonze

Translations

• English: blurry vision, double

Verb

Intransitive

• Make someting join someting.

• Nigerian doctors for UK dey double  — (bbc__74471,Nigerian doctors in the UK are doubling.)
• Nigeria wey sabi pipo dey tok say e population go double by 2050 don already dey face claim say life no easy for millions of Nigerians.  — (bbc__74156, Nigeria which experts have said will double it's population by 2050 is already facing the claim that life is not easy for millions of Nigerians.)

Transitive

• Make someting join someting.

• Tori say Chelsea dey ready to reward striker Tammy Abraham sake of the way e carry start the season and the Blues ready to double im £50,000-per-week wages for Stamford Bridge.  — (brila__1849, The story says that Chelsea is ready to reward striker Tammy Abraham because of his start to the season, and the blues are ready to double his £50,000-per-week wages. )

Translations

• English: double