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Revision as of 14:43, 30 September 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: English backyard
Pronunciation
- bàkíjâd
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2604
- Frequency in raw corpus: 20
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 5363
Definition
Area wey dey back of house.
POS
Noun
The area wey dey behind the house.
- 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
- 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
- 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 the talk na about woman behind
- 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