backyard

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

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 back of the house to vomit in pains shortly after Katakata, 259)

   Or maybe na your backyard, you for cut am.  — (Did you get it from the back of your house? 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. 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)

: 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 as you can just find you live close to your workplace  since Yaba is the center 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

House, body, woman, area,

Synonyms

• Bakassi, nyash, ikebe, backside,

Antonyms

• Frontage,
• Flat nyash, kpalasa bottom. ironing board.

Translations

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