Difference between revisions of "better"
 
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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etymology:English ' better'
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From: English ''better''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* bètá
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* bɛ̀tá
 
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 84
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 163
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 2664
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 154
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
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Na sey someting or somewhere good pass.
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* Sey someting or somewhere good pass.
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:*{{ux|dv|This travel na really '''better''' one! |(jw__7630, The was really good!)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|This travel na really '''better''' one! |(jw__7630, The journey was really a good one!)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|So e go dey '''better''' dat way. |(IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__60, So, it will be better that way.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Who no like '''better''' ting? If de give you [[okada]] or de give you [[moto]] which one you go collect? |(NSC_2021, Who hates good things? If you are given a motorcycle or a car which will you choose?)}}
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Better''' dey chop '''better''' food. |(IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)}}
 
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:*{{ux|dv|So I tink it's '''better''' to have female first before I go come get boys. |(KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__47, So, I think it's preferable to have a girl child before having males.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Wetin e talk make me remember wetin my mama dey tell us when we small, e sey: ‘E '''better''' to chop vegetable for where love dey.’”  So make you no dey worry yourself. |(jw__8409, What he said made me recall what my mother told me as a child that it is preferable to eat vegetable where there is love.)}}
 
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====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[correct]], [[good]]  
 
* [[correct]], [[good]]  
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''better, good''
 
* English: ''better, good''
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===Verb===
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====Modal====
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Better''' dey [[chop]] better food. |(IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)}}
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====Translation====
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English: ''better''

Latest revision as of 11:42, 19 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English better

Pronunciation

  • bɛ̀tá

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Adjective

  • Sey someting or somewhere good pass.
  • This travel na really better one!  — (jw__7630, The journey was really a good one!)
  • Who no like better ting? If de give you okada or de give you moto which one you go collect?  — (NSC_2021, Who hates good things? If you are given a motorcycle or a car which will you choose?)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: better, good

Verb

Modal

  • Better dey chop better food.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__241, You better eat nutritious food.)

Translation

English: better

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