as

Etymology

from English as

Pronunciation

  • as

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 521
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 39
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 18271
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 26


Definition

as: im dey show basis for comparision

Adverb

  • Women no dey make as much as man.  — (bbc__101183, __no translation__)
  • We even get video coverage as well.  — (KAD_19_Kabiru-Gymnasium_DG__75, We even have video coverage service as well.)

Synonyms

  • like


Translations

  • English:Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.

Preposition

as: such an extent

  1. As Jehovah make Jesus King.  — (jw__2457, __As Jehovah made Jesus the king__)
    Even as rasta man dey here.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__24, Rasta man is here.)


Derived forms

Translations

  • English: To such an extent or degree