band

Naija

Alternative forms

• superstar 0.78 36, legend 0.77 81, famous 0.77 46, star 0.77 361, dj 0.76 98, afro 0.76 22, reggae 0.76 24, potter 0.76 12, jr 0.76 28

Etymology

etymology:English ' band'.

Pronunciation

• bând

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2753
• Frequency in raw corpus: 41
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3569

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

band: drum band -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I like to dey play band.  — (I like playing band.)

2. - (frequency:11)

   De go dey play band.  — (IBA_02_Igwe-Festival_MG__41, There will be a band playing.)

   So if we don go band practice like this,  — (KAD_27_Boys-Brigade-Talk_M__18, So, if we have gone for band practice like this,)

3. det (frequency:4)

   The band begin shake ground.  — (katakata__71, __no translation__)

   The band done dey scatter the head of the people.  — (katakata__94, __no translation__)

4. nmod:poss (frequency:2)

   Di pop star tok say dem no give im band visa for di show.  — (bbc__102698, __no translation__)

   Beyoncé wey be di first black woman to headline Coachella, pay tribute to Fela Anikulapo Kuti as her band perform Zombie.  — (bbc__20020, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• superstar 0.78 36, legend 0.77 81, famous 0.77 46, star 0.77 361, dj 0.76 98, afro 0.76 22, reggae 0.76 24, potter 0.76 12, jr 0.76 28

Antonyms

• superstar 0.78 36, legend 0.77 81, famous 0.77 46, star 0.77 361, dj 0.76 98, afro 0.76 22, reggae 0.76 24, potter 0.76 12, jr 0.76 28

Translations

• English: drum band