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Revision as of 14:34, 24 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
etymology:"From the English phrase, "" I beg ""."
Pronunciation
- àbɛ̂g
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 41
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 278
- Frequency in raw corpus: 303
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 977
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
abeg: please -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Abeg, help me draw di picture. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonyms
- mey 0.69 183, yes 0.63 760, hm 0.63 1176, toh 0.62 307, oya 0.62 127, oh 0.62 337, mah 0.61 135, haha 0.60 836, meh 0.59 796
Antonyms
- mey 0.69 183, yes 0.63 760, hm 0.63 1176, toh 0.62 307, oya 0.62 127, oh 0.62 337, mah 0.61 135, haha 0.60 836, meh 0.59 796
Translations
- English: please
Interjection
abeg: no definition, please -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:290)
- abeg — (deuber__3775, __no translation__)
- Abeg. — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__212, Please !)
- advmod:emph (frequency:19)
- Abeg o! — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o !)
- Abeg o. — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__76, Please.)
- discourse (frequency:4)
- Eh abeg. — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__52, Eh ! please.)
- Ah abeg kai. — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__113, Please.)
- vocative (frequency:2)
- God abeg. — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__7, God, please!)
- Na im, wey we go God, abeg! — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__89, That's why we go begging God.)
- advcl:relcl (frequency:2)
- I tell Jehovah sey: “If the dog dem reach where we dey, abeg, make we quick die!” When the dog reach where we dey, dem come stop. — (jw__8524, __no translation__)
- Jesus ask the papa sey: “Since when this thing start?” E answer Jesus sey: “Na from small pikin and many times, e go push am enter fire and water make e die.” The man come dey beg: “If you go fit do anything, abeg, pity for us and help us.”— Mark 9:21, 22 . — (jw__3047, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- mey 0.69 183, yes 0.63 760, hm 0.63 1176, toh 0.62 307, oya 0.62 127, oh 0.62 337, mah 0.61 135, haha 0.60 836, meh 0.59 796
Antonyms
- mey 0.69 183, yes 0.63 760, hm 0.63 1176, toh 0.62 307, oya 0.62 127, oh 0.62 337, mah 0.61 135, haha 0.60 836, meh 0.59 796
Translations
- English: no definition, please