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)

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 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