aye

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba aye meaning the world

Pronunciation

• ˈayé

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 300
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 61
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4049
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 93

Noun

• Dis planet wey we dey so.

1. Dis aye dey complex o.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, This world is indeed complex.)

• Street boss wey dey control tings.

1. Aye don land o.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, The gang leader has arrived .)

Related forms

• babaalaye, ayelala

Translations

• English: Our planet, third out from the Sun, a dreadful gang leader.

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba aye meaning the world

Pronunciation

• àyê

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 300
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 61
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4049
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 93

Definition

• A secret cult.

Noun

1. No [Ayê and eye clash for UNIBEN last session dey bloody.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, The clash between aye and eye confraternities in UNIBEN last session was bloody.)

Translations

• English: A secret cult