Difference between revisions of "ah"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* ma 0.77 408, yi 0.68 263, laik 0.63 306, nova 0.63 157, deh 0.63 2926, okay 0.61 1302, haha 0.61 836, kam 0.61 182, fain 0.60 81
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ah
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From: English ''ah''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* ɑ
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* â
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ah.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ah.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-ah.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-ah.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 253
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 64
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1610
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 239
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
  
 
===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
ah: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey person dey use show sey someting shock am or sey e tire [[well well]] for someting.  
 
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Ah''' okay, |(NST_cleaned__13831, Ah! It is okay.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Ah''' abi? |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__57, Ah, or, haha.)}}
# - (frequency:1284)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''ah''' |(deuber__5039, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah'''! |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__220, Ah !)}}
 
# discourse (frequency:20)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' en! |(IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__24, Eh, eh ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' oh. |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__84, Ahah oh.)}}
 
# dep (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Con really see sey '''ah'''... |(NST_cleaned__34777, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' in, in terms of this season sha. |(NST_cleaned__29926, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod:emph (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' o se o! |(WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__157, Ah, thank you.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' o kwa you said! |(NST_cleaned__12013, __no translation__)}}
 
# parataxis:conj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' okay, |(NST_cleaned__13831, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' abeg kai. |(NST_cleaned__34927, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah'''… |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__132, Ah...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Ah''' abi? |(LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__57, Ah, or, haha.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* ma 0.77 408, yi 0.68 263, laik 0.63 306, nova 0.63 157, deh 0.63 2926, okay 0.61 1302, haha 0.61 836, kam 0.61 182, fain 0.60 81
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* ma 0.77 408, yi 0.68 263, laik 0.63 306, nova 0.63 157, deh 0.63 2926, okay 0.61 1302, haha 0.61 836, kam 0.61 182, fain 0.60 81
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''ah''

Latest revision as of 15:32, 15 March 2022

Naija

Etymology

From: English ah

Pronunciation

  • â

Play Play

Interjection

  • Word wey person dey use show sey someting shock am or sey e tire well well for someting.
  • Ah okay,  — (NST_cleaned__13831, Ah! It is okay.)
  • Ah abi?  — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__57, Ah, or, haha.)

Translations

  • English: ah