Difference between revisions of "backyard"
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Noun
 
Noun
 
  The area wey dey behind the house.
 
  The area wey dey behind the house.
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#: {{ux|dv|Di ball dey '''backyard'''. |(The ball is behind the house.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|E no tay, e go for '''backyard''' begin vomit with pain. |(She went to the bck of the house to vomit in pains shotly after Katakata, 259)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Or maybe na your '''backyard''', you for cut am. |(Did you get it from the back of your huse? NST, 38102)}}
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Noun 2
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When something dey local, small, or below person level
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#: {{ux|dv|I no wan work for '''backyard''' restaurant.Chuy! |(my level is above working at a local or small restaurant level. Deuber, 3559)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Na my company you dey call '''backyard''' restaurant? |(is it my company you are referring to as local? Deuber, 3560)}}
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Noun 3
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Where person get control, advantage, or stronghold
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#: {{ux|dv|Cameroon President Paul Biya change inside e own '''backyard''' as e put new civil cabinet director and assistant and ministers dem. |(President Paul Biya changed  members of his immediate cabinet. BBC,79926)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|If you dey work for technology field, to live for Yaba go favor you die because your office fit even dey your '''backyard'''. |(If you work in the field of technology, living in Yaba will be a big advantage you can just find you live close to your workplace if you stay in Yaba since Yaba is the centre of technological activities)}}
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Noun 4
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When person dey talk about woman behind
  
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#: {{ux|dv|Di ball dey '''backyard'''. |(The ball is behind the house.)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dat chick get better '''backyard''' o. |(That girl has big buttocks.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dat chick get better '''backyard''' o. |(That girl has big buttocks.)}}
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# case (frequency:6)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E no tay, e go for '''backyard''' begin vomit with pain. |(katakata__259, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dey smell charcoal, and kerosine wey e for cook for '''backyard'''. |(NST_cleaned__28254, __no translation__)}}
 
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# - (frequency:4)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|I no wan work for '''backyard''' restaurant.Chuy! |(deuber__3559, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na my company you dey call '''backyard''' restaurant? |(deuber__3560, __no translation__)}}
 
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# amod-case-nmod:poss (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Cameroon President Paul Biya change inside e own '''backyard''' as e put new civil cabinet director and assistant and ministers dem. |(bbc__79926, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Rafsanjani talk say, ''I believe say na di new assignment wey African Union give President Buhari as di person wey go lead di fight against corruption for Africa ginger am to make dis kain promise, because e no fit be dis kain big-big corruption wey dey happen inside im own '''backyard''' fit motivate am.'' |(bbc__84553, __no translation__)}}
 
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# nmod:poss (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Or maybe na your '''backyard''', you for cut am. |(NST_cleaned__38102, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|If you dey work for technology field, to live for Yaba go favour you die because your office fit even dey your '''backyard'''. |(bbc__94683, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
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* Bakassi, nyash, ikebe, backside,
  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
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* frontage
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* frontage, flat nyash, kpalasa bottom.
  
 
====Translations====
 
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* English: ''area behind the house, a woman's buttocks''
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* English: ''area behind the house, small or local, area of control or advantage, a woman's buttocks''

Revision as of 00:52, 30 September 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English

Pronunciation

  • bàkíjâd

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2604
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 20
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 5363

Usage

Definition

Any area wey fall put for back of a house.

POS

Noun 

The area wey dey behind the house.
  1. Di ball dey backyard.  — (The ball is behind the house.)
    E no tay, e go for backyard begin vomit with pain.  — (She went to the bck of the house to vomit in pains shotly after Katakata, 259)
    Or maybe na your backyard, you for cut am.  — (Did you get it from the back of your huse? NST, 38102)

Noun 2 

When something dey local, small, or below person level
  1. I no wan work for backyard restaurant.Chuy!  — (my level is above working at a local or small restaurant level. Deuber, 3559)
    Na my company you dey call backyard restaurant?  — (is it my company you are referring to as local? Deuber, 3560)

Noun 3 

Where person get control, advantage, or stronghold
  1. Cameroon President Paul Biya change inside e own backyard as e put new civil cabinet director and assistant and ministers dem.  — (President Paul Biya changed members of his immediate cabinet. BBC,79926)
  1. If you dey work for technology field, to live for Yaba go favor you die because your office fit even dey your backyard.  — (If you work in the field of technology, living in Yaba will be a big advantage you can just find you live close to your workplace if you stay in Yaba since Yaba is the centre of technological activities)

Noun 4 

When person dey talk about woman behind
  1. Dat chick get better backyard o.  — (That girl has big buttocks.)

Related forms

back, yard,

Synonyms

  • Bakassi, nyash, ikebe, backside,

Antonyms

  • frontage, flat nyash, kpalasa bottom.

Translations

  • English: area behind the house, small or local, area of control or advantage, a woman's buttocks
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