belle

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English belle

Pronunciation

• bɛl

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 15
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 567
• Frequency in raw corpus: 788
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 444

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

belle: no definition, belly -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:337)

   I get belle.  — (deuber__6111, __no translation__)

   she get belle.  — (bbc__49324, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:116)

   But dis accolade sweet me for belle.  — (bbc__791, __no translation__)

   Dis ogbonge night sweet us for belle.  — (bbc__2052, __no translation__)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:105)

   My belle!  — (deuber__3585, __no translation__)

   My belle sweet me.  — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__35, I was very excited.)

4. det (frequency:39)

   We go remove di belle.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__20, We will take out the intestines.)

   Na im give am dat belle.  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__52, It was him who got her pregnant.)

5. amod (frequency:28)

   Bad belle don dey plenty  — (bbc__18943, __no translation__)

   Bad belle dey between di two of us.  — (bbc__638, __no translation__)

6. nmod (frequency:18)

   See as dis woman carry 9 months belle dey dance!  — (bbc__87425, __no translation__)

   The pikin wey dey Elizabeth belle come start to dey jump.  — (jw__24264, __no translation__)

7. det-nmod (frequency:11)

   But dis one no sweet di belle of Lagos people wey get places wey dem wan waka go.  — (bbc__22486, __no translation__)

   Di last seven days for Nigeria don sweet di belle of many pipo sotay some dey think na feem trick.  — (bbc__35568, __no translation__)

8. cc (frequency:3)

   Im say dem cover im head wit bag, beat am well-well, come use electric shock am for im head, private part and belle.  — (bbc__78242, __no translation__)

   If you dey hungry, just try and get two bag of pure water, put am for your bo~, for b~, for your belle, your belle go big like dis.  — (LAG_17_Food-On-Campus_DG__136, If you are hungry, get two bags of sachet water. And drink everything. Your stomach will be filled.)

9. dep (frequency:3)

   Some undergraduate student wey dey campus tell BBC Pidgin say dia belle no sweet dem for dis strike at all.  — (bbc__91627, __no translation__)

   Woman dem weh de get problem for belle especially fibroid, or growth, endometriosis, pregnancy outside womb, ovarian cyst fit well fast and dia belle no get mark afta operation, gynaecologist don tok.  — (bbc__101110, __no translation__)

10. case-det (frequency:3)

    She no too surprise wen scan tell her say na three pikin she carri inside di belle.  — (bbc__14946, __no translation__)

    Among tins wey she suggest make dem change na di law wey go allow flight crews to give medicine to passengers to help reduce mess for dia belle.  — (bbc__14926, __no translation__)

11. amod-det (frequency:2)

    The old man no get any bad belle for okonkwo at all.  — (katakata__1014, __no translation__)

    Di Theatre Command no go tolerate dis kain bad belle from any individual, group of pesins or organisation.  — (bbc__1356, __no translation__)

12. amod-dep (frequency:2)

    No be say e no good make our country people put mouth for di thing wey concern dem o, but e just come be like say na bad belle some our country people just dey take talk anything comot like dat.  — (deuber__6054, __no translation__)

    Nigeria corruption police bin freeze three accounts wey Lagos state open wen Ambode be govnor Di committee wey di Lagos state lawmakers setup to investigate former govnor Akinwunmi Ambode, say no be bad belle dem wan do.  — (bbc__73452, __no translation__)

13. case-dep (frequency:2)

    Welcome to di world of surrogacy: women wey dey carri anoda pesin pikin inside dia belle for nine months.  — (bbc__98476, __no translation__)

    Nobert get de kana sickness weh ngirish di call'am Inguinal hernia, e di make some part for under belle, near 'kanas' high and pain sotei weh pesin cough.  — (bbc__75319, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• belle pain

1. Donation centres go also turn you down if dem notice any sign say you get cold, sore throat, flu, belle pain.  — (bbc__43190, __no translation__)

   Di girl wey dey dash sanitary pads for Nigeria Menstrual cycle dey come with plenty wahala for some girls - from belle pain, to serious weakness and even money to use buy sanitary products dem.  — (bbc__34837, __no translation__)

• belle pipo

1. Peter Afunanya wey sign di DSS statement wey INEC post, also add say dis fake news na work of bad belle pipo wey wan cause kasala.  — (bbc__81162, __no translation__)

   Di tok say Govnor Ganduje donate moni to EFCC and ICPC na from bad belle pipo wey dey bent on spoiling di govnor name. Na wetin di release read.  — (bbc__1860, __no translation__)

• bite belle

1. Eric Suh Cameroon lawyers don komot some tins dem weh deh di bite dia belle sotei deh wan close all court room for kontri from 16 to 20 September.  — (bbc__47142, __no translation__)

   De effect for dis kana tok weh e di bite belle na say e di make pipo worry, and wen e happen de pipo fit react for kosh back, use violence or pick gun, Achaleke add.  — (bbc__974, __no translation__)

• fish belle

1. As Jonah dey inside the fish belle, e pray sey: ‘I promise sey I go dey do wetin you talk.’ Jehovah keep Jonah for the fish belle for three days, the fish no kill am.  — (jw__21505, __no translation__)

   E tell dem sey dem no go see any sign apart from “the sign of Jonah.” The three days wey Jonah stay for the fish belle and the preaching wey e preach for Nineveh wey make the people repent show sey Jonah na sign.  — (jw__21742, __no translation__)

• girl belle

1. Ghana fit get law against men wey deny say dem give girl belle 'We dey cut girls so dem no go prostitute'  — (bbc__53977, __no translation__)

   Nigeria: 30 people don lose job after dem fail drug test Ghana fit get law against men wey deny say dem give girl belle  — (bbc__74221, __no translation__)

• mama belle

1. E make Jesus grow inside Mary belle as other pikin dey grow for inside their mama belle.  — (jw__18172, __no translation__)

   Jesus explain sey some men dey wey no fit born pikin, and na so dem be from their mama belle.  — (jw__20760, __no translation__)

• of belle

1. Dey sip Krest take cause of my belle.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__105, I was sipping Krest because of my stomach.)

   Dey sip Krest dey... cause of my belle.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__104, I was sipping Krest and... because of my stomach.)

• pipo belle

1. Even how Messi give Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos hard tackle sweet some pipo belle.  — (bbc__47515, __no translation__)

   Wetin go dey sweet pipo belle na say e no go cost anytin to use dis internet, because na free!  — (bbc__99419, __no translation__)

• sweet belle

1. And, and di ting dey sweet belle, to dey see how ehm dat opposite sex, how de dey operate, how de dey function, how dey dey grow, how deir life be.  — (WAZP_06_Tommys-Life-Story_M__86, And... and the thing sweeten the stomach to see how ehm that opposite sex, how they operate; how they function; how they are growing; how their life is.)

   Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Paul Biya don dey run things for Cameroon for 35 years Video weh e di show how President Biya no use sweet belle greet di Higher Education Minister Jacques Fame Ndongo, na big tori for social media.  — (bbc__80637, __no translation__)

• woman belle

1. if you give woman belle.  — (deuber__3367, __no translation__)

   Things wey fit cause Fibroid inside woman belle  — (bbc__93657, __no translation__)

• women belle

1. One big change wey dey sweet Rwanda women belle na law wey give dem di same right as men to inherit land, to get work, to get same salary and to get same education.  — (bbc__83568, __no translation__)

   'Fibroid na di most common tumour wey dey grow inside women belle well-well for Nigeria according to wetin Dr Ugwu Brown, wey be senior Registrar for Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital tell BBC News Pidgin.  — (bbc__8329, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• teeth 0.63 77, heart 0.62 565, mind 0.62 3840, body 0.61 1958, hair 0.61 360, faith 0.60 848, baby 0.57 257, bed 0.57 159, bodi 0.57 1294

Antonyms

• teeth 0.63 77, heart 0.62 565, mind 0.62 3840, body 0.61 1958, hair 0.61 360, faith 0.60 848, baby 0.57 257, bed 0.57 159, bodi 0.57 1294

Translations

• English: no definition, belly

Verb

belle: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. mark-obj (frequency:2)

   No forget sey anywhere wey belle face, na front.  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__237, Don't forget that whatever direction the stomach faces, is the front.)

   Ejike Kanife, wey sabi football wella, tell BBC News Pidgin say e sweet am for belle di way Super Eagles play very tactical football.  — (bbc__46595, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• teeth 0.63 77, heart 0.62 565, mind 0.62 3840, body 0.61 1958, hair 0.61 360, faith 0.60 848, baby 0.57 257, bed 0.57 159, bodi 0.57 1294

Antonyms

• teeth 0.63 77, heart 0.62 565, mind 0.62 3840, body 0.61 1958, hair 0.61 360, faith 0.60 848, baby 0.57 257, bed 0.57 159, bodi 0.57 1294

Translations

• English: no definition