Difference between revisions of "back"
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English back
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From English: ''back''
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* bak
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* bâk
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-back.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-back.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-back.m.ogg</sm2>
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-back.m.ogg</sm2>
  
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 148
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 100
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 2950
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 134
 
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====Usage====
 
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===Definition===
 
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Sey someting no dey for front, e dey behind
 
  
 
===Adverb===
 
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'''back''':
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#where person/someting from dey come.
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# where person/someting from dey come.
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#:*{{ux|dv| Go '''back''' |(bbc__54302, Go back)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Go '''back''' |(bbc__54302, Go back)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv| No go '''back'''.|(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__271, Don't go back.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|No go '''back'''… , |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__271, Don't go back...)}}
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#Sey dem return someting to person.
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#: {{ux|dv| give am back im money o, I don comot hand for una matter | ( give him back his money, I am no longer involved in the matter ) }}
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#:*{{ux|dv| Give am '''back'' im money o, I don comot hand for una matter | (NSC_2021, Give him back his money, I am no longer involved in the matter.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|When God give dis power '''back''', dominion over everything, woman never comot. |(JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__187, When God gave this power about dominion over everything, woman was yet to come out.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|When God give dis power '''back''', dominion over everything, woman never comot. |(JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__187, When God gave this power about dominion over everything, woman was yet to come out.)}}
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====Related forms====
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* [[backyard]]
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====Translations====
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* English: ''back''
  
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====Derived forms====
 
  
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===Noun===
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# Part of person / animal body wey no be di front where start from where di neck end for where di spinal cord end. Na im dey opposite chest and belle.
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#: {{ux|dv| Doctor abeg help me check, I get rashes for my back | (NSC_2021,Doctor please take a look, I have rashes all over my back.)}}
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# Person [[nyash]].
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#: {{ux|dv| you want marry woman because of '''back'''.| ( You want to marry a woman because of her buttocks.)}}
 
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* return, again, later
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* [[nyash]], [[backyard]]
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* [[chest]], [[face]]
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: back
 
* English: back
  
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===Noun===
 
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'''back''':
 
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# Part of person / animal body wey no be di front where start from where di neck end for where di spinal cord end. Na im dey opposite chest and belle
 
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#: {{ux|dv| Doctor abeg help me check, I get rashes for my back | ( Doctor please take a look, I have rashes all over my back )}}
 
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# Person [[nyash]]
 
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#: {{ux|dv| you want use because of back marry woman? | ( Do you want to marry a woman because of her buttocks?) }}
 
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# [[backup]] sey person get anoder person/plan wey be sey dem go use if e be sey di one wey de dey use no work.
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E even dey try for '''back''' up. |(ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__65, He even tries as a back up)}}
 
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[[nyash]]
 
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chest, face
 
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====Translations====
 
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* English: back
 
  
 
===Verb===
 
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''back''
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#Sey dem support person.
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# Sey dem support person
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#:* {{ux|dv|Reuters Britain Prime Minister Theresa May don promise Tory MPs say she go stand down if dem '''back''' her Brexit deal.|(bbc__85133, The Prime minister of Britain has promised Tory MPs that she will stand down if they support her Brexit deal.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Reuters Britain Prime Minister Theresa May don promise Tory MPs say she go stand down if dem '''back''' her Brexit deal. |(bbc__85133, The Prime minister of Britain has promised Tory MPs that she will stand down if they back her brexit deal)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| We dey '''back''' am because we know sey im be better person | ( We are supporting him because we know that he is a good person.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| we dey back am because we know sey im be better person | ( We are supporting him because we know that he is a good person )}}
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#Sey person no gree support person.
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# Sey person carry him back face person
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#:* {{ux|dv| Oga why you back am now? |( Boss, why did you turn your back on him.) }}
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#: {{ux|dv|You know sey dis idiot '''back''' me, chop everyting finish. |(NST_cleaned__38702, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv| You know sey dis idiot '''back''' me, chop everyting finish. |(NST_cleaned__38702, Did you know that I rejected by this idiot, after squandering everything.)}}
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# Sey person no gree support person
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#Sey dem carry pikin for back.
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#: {{ux|dv| Oga why you back am now? | ( Boss, why did you turn your back on him ) }}
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#:*{{ux|dv| E dey dey good make mama back deir [[pikin]].|(NSC_2021, It is very good for mothers to carry their children on their back.)}}
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# Sey dem carry pikin for back
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#: {{ux|dv| E dey dey good make mama back deir pikin | ( It is very good for mothers to carry their children on their back )}}
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* [[backyard]]
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====Translations====
 
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* English: back
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* English: ''support, reject, to carry a child on the back''

Revision as of 14:40, 2 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: back

Pronunciation

  • bâk

Play Play


Adverb

  1. where person/someting from dey come.
    • Go back  — (bbc__54302, Go back)
    • No go back.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__271, Don't go back.)
  2. Sey dem return someting to person.
    • Give am 'back im money o, I don comot hand for una matter  —  (NSC_2021, Give him back his money, I am no longer involved in the matter.)
    • When God give dis power back, dominion over everything, woman never comot.  — (JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__187, When God gave this power about dominion over everything, woman was yet to come out.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: back


Noun

  1. Part of person / animal body wey no be di front where start from where di neck end for where di spinal cord end. Na im dey opposite chest and belle.
    Doctor abeg help me check, I get rashes for my back  —  (NSC_2021,Doctor please take a look, I have rashes all over my back.)
  2. Person nyash.
    you want marry woman because of back.  —  ( You want to marry a woman because of her buttocks.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: back


Verb

  1. Sey dem support person.
    • Reuters Britain Prime Minister Theresa May don promise Tory MPs say she go stand down if dem back her Brexit deal.  — (bbc__85133, The Prime minister of Britain has promised Tory MPs that she will stand down if they support her Brexit deal.)
    • We dey back am because we know sey im be better person  —  ( We are supporting him because we know that he is a good person.)
  2. Sey person no gree support person.
    • Oga why you back am now?  — ( Boss, why did you turn your back on him.)
    • You know sey dis idiot back me, chop everyting finish.  — (NST_cleaned__38702, Did you know that I rejected by this idiot, after squandering everything.)
  3. Sey dem carry pikin for back.
    • E dey dey good make mama back deir pikin.  — (NSC_2021, It is very good for mothers to carry their children on their back.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: support, reject, to carry a child on the back
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