Difference between revisions of "black"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* film 0.61 588, panther 0.60 103, blue 0.59 128, hollywood 0.59 68, dress 0.57 234, movie 0.57 183, shirt 0.55 52, harambee 0.55 10, naked 0.55 110
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English black
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From English: ''black''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 455
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 455
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 698
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 698
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
 
===Usage===
 
 
===Definition===
 
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
black: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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#Na di color of someting. 
 
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#*: {{ux|dv|I get '''black'''. |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__76, I have the colour black.)}}
 
 
# - (frequency:428)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I get '''black'''. |(JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__76, I have black.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|See '''black''' ba, |(JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__199, Look, black, right ?)}}
 
# conj (frequency:15)
 
#: {{ux|dv|The kind love wey we get even if we be '''black''' or white, |(jw__35208, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|That time, people no want see '''black''' and white people together. |(jw__34436, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:6)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|AFP For Ghana red and '''black''' na traditional colours for mourning |(bbc__9949, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|AFP For Ghana red and '''black''' na traditional colours for mourning |(bbc__9949, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Law even talk say they no want see white and '''black''' people together. |(jw__34450, __no translation__)}}
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#Na di color of di skin of person wey no dark.
# mark (frequency:4)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|You see sey I '''black''' so so wine colour dey fit, e dey fit '''black''' people. |(LAG_01_Hairdressing_M__15, You see I'm black, so wine colour looks good... it looks good on black people.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|You see sey I '''black''' so so wine colour dey fit, e dey fit '''black''' people. |(LAG_01_Hairdressing_M__15, You see I'm black, so wine colour looks good... it looks good on black people.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|den-- oyibo person and '''black''' person uh-- person wey yellow and person wey '''black''' no be di same now |(deuber__4556, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod (frequency:2)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|As I enter Cameroon, na only '''black''', '''black''' I dey see o. |(NST_cleaned__20244, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|As I enter Cameroon, na only '''black''', '''black''' I dey see o. |(NST_cleaned__20244, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Namata Family Marcel Namata Diteng Five moons afta gunmen kidnap Divisional Officer, DO for Batibo for Northwest region na total '''black''' bi dey until deh read e name for pipo weh deh die as Prime minister wan launch emergency humanitarian and financial plan. |(bbc__72327, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|no be say  you see say you '''black'''. |(deuber__3727, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Kasala burst wen Chicago police comot say Smollett, 36, pay two brothers, both of dem '''black''', $3,500 to stage di attack because e no satisfy wit im salary ontop im TV show. |(bbc__61999, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-det (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di National Funeral Practitioners Association of SA  for dia Facebook page describe demsef as funeral association wey dey represent di majority of di '''black''' and funeral companies wey no get mouth before. |(bbc__31913, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem don make Igun street Unesco cultural heritage site sake of wetin e dey represent for hundreds of years for bronze art including from wia di 16th century ivory mask of Queen Idia, wey be di official logo of di second '''black''' and African Festival of Arts and Culture  1977 bin come from. |(bbc__28971, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-mark (frequency:2)
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|E fit happen to anybodi, whether dem '''black''' or white or dem dey for Africa, Asia or Europe. |(bbc__44474, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E fit happen to anybodi, whether dem '''black''' or white or dem dey for Africa, Asia or Europe. |(bbc__44474, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Even with that one, the brothers still de do good for their brothers and sisters, whether '''black''' or white. |(jw__32864, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl:relcl (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Black''' wey be, wey be purple, purple wey be yellow. |(IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__83, Black that is... that is purple, purple that is yellow.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|As I enter Cameroon, na only '''black''', '''black''' I dey see o. |(NST_cleaned__20244, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
dudu:
 
 
 
# Person wey be black man
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be '''black'''. |(He is a black man.)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
  
  
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====Related forms====
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* [[blacky]]
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[dudu]]
 
* [[dudu]]
  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* White
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* [[yellow]]
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: black man
 
 
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
* [[black hole|black hole]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Reuters Dis na di first ever photo of black hole ever taken with di use of global network of telescopes |(bbc__85219, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Prof Heino Falcke, from Radboud University inside Netherlands, wey come wit di idea of di experiment, tell BBC News say dem see di black hole for one galaxy we dem call M87. |(bbc__83972, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[black holes|black holes]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|And na one of di heaviest black holes wey we think say dey exists. |(bbc__2404, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na big monster, di heavyweight champion of black holes for di whole Universe. |(bbc__2405, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[black market business|black market business]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|De shiddon bi too na for prepare high level meeting for bush animal black market business  weh e go take place for London for October dis year. |(bbc__27721, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For stop dis black market business for bush animals weh deh fit disappear for dis world, British High Commissioner to Cameroon, H.E Rowan James Laxton with e partners, government pipo, civil society and journalists don shiddon for see weti deh don do and fit do for stop dis business. |(bbc__52465, __no translation__)}}
 
* [[black pipo|black pipo]]
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|“Di only advice I get be say if e be say partiality dey, make black pipo strong dia mind to face am. |(bbc__103022, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di way wey Gambino use shoot am dey like dat of Jim Crow, one character wey represent di laws wey dem dey use do black pipo one kain for United States for di mid-nineteenth century. |(bbc__39520, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* film 0.61 588, panther 0.60 103, blue 0.59 128, hollywood 0.59 68, dress 0.57 234, movie 0.57 183, shirt 0.55 52, harambee 0.55 10, naked 0.55 110
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* film 0.61 588, panther 0.60 103, blue 0.59 128, hollywood 0.59 68, dress 0.57 234, movie 0.57 183, shirt 0.55 52, harambee 0.55 10, naked 0.55 110
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: no definition
 
 
 
===Noun===
 
black: African -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dem sack am cos im na '''black'''. |(They fired him because he/she is an African.)}}
 
# - (frequency:11)
 
#: {{ux|dv|All na '''black'''. |(NST_cleaned__20247, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Everywhere wey I enter '''black'''. |(NST_cleaned__20245, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* film 0.61 588, panther 0.60 103, blue 0.59 128, hollywood 0.59 68, dress 0.57 234, movie 0.57 183, shirt 0.55 52, harambee 0.55 10, naked 0.55 110
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* film 0.61 588, panther 0.60 103, blue 0.59 128, hollywood 0.59 68, dress 0.57 234, movie 0.57 183, shirt 0.55 52, harambee 0.55 10, naked 0.55 110
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: African
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* English: ''black''

Revision as of 15:11, 7 January 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: black

Pronunciation

  • blâk

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 7
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 904
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 455
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 698

Adjective

  1. Na di color of someting.
    • I get black.  — (JOS_21_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-1_DG__76, I have the colour black.)
    AFP For Ghana red and black na traditional colours for mourning  — (bbc__9949, __no translation__)
  2. Na di color of di skin of person wey no dark.
    You see sey I black so so wine colour dey fit, e dey fit black people.  — (LAG_01_Hairdressing_M__15, You see I'm black, so wine colour looks good... it looks good on black people.)
    As I enter Cameroon, na only black, black I dey see o.  — (NST_cleaned__20244, __no translation__)
    E fit happen to anybodi, whether dem black or white or dem dey for Africa, Asia or Europe.  — (bbc__44474, __no translation__)


Related forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: black