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| − | * sey 0.41 21386, follow 0.40 3872, word 0.38 889, bible 0.37 3843, affect 0.36 1028, listen 0.35 505, share 0.34 642, reason 0.32 1045, concern 0.32 1183
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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | Borrowed from English ?
| + | From: English ''about'' |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
| − | * əˈbaʊt | + | * àbát |
| | <sm2>Pcm-ng-about.f.ogg</sm2> | | <sm2>Pcm-ng-about.f.ogg</sm2> |
| − | <sm2>Pcm-ng-about.m.ogg</sm2> | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-about.m.ogg</sm2> |
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| − | ===Frequency===
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| − | * Frequency in NSC treebank: 114
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| − | * Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 125
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| − | * Frequency in raw corpus: 6819
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| − | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 61
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| − | The word is used more in written texts than orally.
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| | ===Preposition=== | | ===Preposition=== |
| − | about: -- Definition in Naija?
| + | * Word wey de show di person or someting wey di talk talk concern. |
| − | | + | :*{{ux|dv|For di summit, oga Buhari [[tok]] '''about''' plenty mata dem like poverty, xenophobia plus climate change wey dey related to di topic of di event. |(bbc__51370, At the summit, President Buhari spoke on issues as poverty, xenophobia, and climate change.)}} |
| − | | + | :*{{ux|dv|As I grow reach, my mama still dey tell story '''about''', '''about''' me like sey I be small pikin of yesterday. |(ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__74, Even though I am now grown-up, my mother still shares my childhood experiences as though I were just a little child.)}} |
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| + | :*{{ux|dv|Na di money we dey talk '''about''' o! |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__88, The discussion is about the money!)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|6859|no translation}}
| + | :*{{ux|dv|Abeg who be di Barrabbas wey dose people dey shout '''about''' sef? |(IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__8, Please, who exactly is this Barrabbas that is generating much controversy among those people?)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''About''' Us |(jw__234, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|talk '''about'''. |(NST_cleaned__41165, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # cc
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|3|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|No forget dat girl, aba, aba, '''about''' girl. |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__83, Do not forget that girl...abou...abou...about the girl.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Poverty wey tie wrapper dey increase reach six pipo every minute or '''about''' 3.2 million everi year. |(bbc__82964, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # dep
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|31|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|wetin you see '''about''' di--oh boy all dat one na story |(deuber__1606, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Wetin I hear today '''about''' di, dat one really shock me. |(NST_cleaned__8576, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # conj
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Ehm okay make you tell us '''about''' yourself, '''about''' eh like… |(ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__149, E, okay, tell us about yourself, about er like...)}}
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| − | # nsubj
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Young women for di state bin don demonstrate '''about''' dis killikilli go police headquarters on Friday , come demand among oda tins say make goment close any hotels wey dis kain tin happun. |(bbc__101926, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''About''' rumour say na wetin candidate score inside di exam, na im go determine whether na university di pesin go enter or polytechnic, Benjamin say When we enter go do policy meeting, we go discuss dat one. |(bbc__11205, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # advcl
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|For di summit, oga Buhari tok '''about''' plenty mata dem like poverty, xenophobia plus climate change wey dey related to di topic of di event. |(bbc__51370, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|BBC tori person Chris Ewokor report say many of di refugees for now dey live among residents of some communities inside Ikom and Ogoja area wey dey '''about''' 297 kilometres north of di port city of Calabar. |(bbc__18713, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # ccomp
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|E say everi Nigerian life dey important especially young ones wey dey '''about''' to start dia own lives and careers and dis na loss wey dem for fit avoid. |(bbc__45452, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # advmod
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|20|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Go, and know what is all '''about'''. |(NST_cleaned__36532, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na im di programe dey all '''about'''. |(BEN_21_Love-Matters_DG__5, That's what the programe is all about.)}}
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| − | # cc-dep
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Bangladesh Cricket Board tok-tok pesin Jalal Yunus tok say di team bin go mosque and '''about''' to enta inside wen di incident happun. |(bbc__19040, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # obl:mod
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Mary open one container or small flask wey dem put '''about''' “327g of original perfume oil wey dey scent.” This na special oil wey dey expensive. |(jw__24272, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # conj-dep
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Mr Messi na, as a matter of fact, public figure wey everybodi know, wey dem dey see for television and wey dem dey always talk '''about''' for television or ontop radio, di court bin talk |(bbc__4852, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # discourse
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|4|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''about''' eh... |(NST_cleaned__40751, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Den talking '''about''' ehn… , |(NST_cleaned__3069, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # advmod-cop
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Go, and know what is all '''about'''. |(WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__34, Go, and find out what it's all about.)}}
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| − | # conj:dicto
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I think '''about''', na Ebonyi state wey you dey talk. |(ONI_25_Nigeria-Don-Wowo_DG__131, I think, it's about, it's Ebonyi state you are talking about)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|As I grow reach, my mama still dey tell story '''about''', '''about''' me like sey I be small pikin of yesterday, |(ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__74, As I have grown, my mother is still telling stories about me as if I am a little child of yesterday.)}}
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| − | # advmod:emph
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na di money we dey talk '''about''' o! |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__88, It is the money we are talking about !)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Abeg who be di Barrabbas wey dose people dey shout '''about''' sef? |(IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__8, Please, who is even the Barrabbas that those people are shouting about ?)}}
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| − | # conj:dicto-dep
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|2|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|My sister, haha okay, how do you prepare '''about''' di~, dis Easter? |(LAG_06_Easter-Preparation_DG__1, My sister, haha, okay, how are you preparing for this...this Easter ?)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Eh wetin prompt me, dey give me joy '''about''' eh di, di work wey I dey do be sey e dey make me happy. |(KAD_30_Education_M__24, Eh, what prompted me, and is giving me joy about eh, the work that I do is that it makes me happy.)}}
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| − | # advmod-discourse
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Eh di way dem dey play eh right '''about''' now for inside eh Gombe, eh sey de go try to improve, but e no dey easy. |(NST_cleaned__25063, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # advmod-cop-nsubj
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|1|no translation}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So na everyting we get to do with us as Naija people na im di issue be all '''about'''. |(WAZL_11_Kabuchi_DG__41, So it's everything that has to do with us as Nigerians, That's what the show is about.)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms====
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| − | # Proverbs about
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|If you be wife, dey respect your husband well well and dey carry yourself down for am and make you try be like the better wife wey Proverbs 31:10 -31talk about. |(jw__16141, __no translation__)}}
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| − | ====Synonymes====
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| − | * sey 0.41 21386, follow 0.40 3872, word 0.38 889, bible 0.37 3843, affect 0.36 1028, listen 0.35 505, share 0.34 642, reason 0.32 1045, concern 0.32 1183
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| − | ====Antonymes==== | + | ====Synonyms==== |
| − | * sey 0.41 21386, follow 0.40 3872, word 0.38 889, bible 0.37 3843, affect 0.36 1028, listen 0.35 505, share 0.34 642, reason 0.32 1045, concern 0.32 1183 | + | * [[concern]] |
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | * English: ? | + | * English: ''about'' |