Difference between revisions of "abeg"

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===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
abeg: no definition, please -- Definition in Naija?
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abeg:
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:290)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''abeg''' |(deuber__3775, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Abeg'''. |(IBA_22_School-Children_DG__212, Please !)}}
 
# advmod:emph (frequency:19)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o! |(ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o! |(ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o. |(LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__76, Please.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Abeg''' o. |(LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__76, Please.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
  
====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====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition, please
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* English: please

Revision as of 15:13, 24 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English pronoun I and beg

Pronunciation

  • àbɛ̂g

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 41
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 278
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 303
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 977

Adverb

Na word wey de dey take ask person make e do someting.

  • Abeg, help me draw di picture.  — (Egbokhare_ )

Related forms

Translations

  • English: please

Interjection

abeg:

  1. Abeg o!  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__121, Please o !)
    Abeg o.  — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__76, Please.)
  2. discourse (frequency:4)
    Eh abeg.  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__52, Eh ! please.)
    Ah abeg kai.  — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__113, Please.)
  3. 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.)
  4. 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__)


Translations

  • English: please