backup

Naija

Alternative forms

• return 0.60 976, home 0.56 569, again 0.52 3160, out 0.52 3110, down 0.51 2093, outside 0.50 702, then 0.49 427, later 0.48 1056, meet 0.47 1651

Etymology

Borrowed from English back

Pronunciation

• bak

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 148
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 100
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2950
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 134

Usage

Common Usage

Definition

Sey someting no dey for front, e dey behind

Adverb

back:

1. where person/someting from dey come.

   Go back  — (bbc__54302, __no translation__)

   No go back… ,  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__271, Don't go back...)

Derived forms

1. backup

   E even dey try for back up.  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__65, He even tries as back up)

Synonyms

• return 0.60 976, home 0.56 569, again 0.52 3160, out 0.52 3110, down 0.51 2093, outside 0.50 702, then 0.49 427, later 0.48 1056, meet 0.47 1651

Antonyms

• return 0.60 976, home 0.56 569, again 0.52 3160, out 0.52 3110, down 0.51 2093, outside 0.50 702, then 0.49 427, later 0.48 1056, meet 0.47 1651

Translations

• English: no definition