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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
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* girl 0.86 1023, woman 0.75 2792, guy 0.71 746, baby 0.71 257, man 0.70 4389, sister 0.68 740, brother 0.67 925, mary 0.64 355, pickin 0.64 840
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* [[boyi]]
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English boy
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From: English ''boy''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* bɔɪ
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*bͻ́ì
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy.m.ogg</sm2>
  
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===Frequency===
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====Noun====
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 69
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# Pikin wey be male.
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 188
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#:* {{ux|dv|How about di '''boy'''? |(KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, How about the boy?)}}
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 608
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#:* {{ux|dv|One day, I dey work, one girl wit one '''boy''' come, and say auntie, see! |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__43, One day, I was at work when a girl came with a boy, and said, auntie, look!)}}
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 560
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#:*{{ux|dv|Meghan Markle don born baby '''boy''' for Prince Harry. |(bbc__85296, Reuters Meghan Markle has given birth to a bouncing baby '''boy''' for Prince Harry.)}}
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# Person wey dey serve person.
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na because you no too dey shout na im make dis your '''boy''' get mind tell you sey e no go do wetin you tell am. |(NSC_2021, It's because you are not harsh that's why your apprentice can boldly say that he won't do what you asked him to do.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Person wey be person '''boy''' go still dey reason sey im go be [[oga]] one day; and e too, e go get im own '''boy''' wey go dey work for am. |(NSC_2021, A person who is a subordinate to someone will hope that one day he will become the boss, and he too will have a subordinate who will work for him.)}}
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=====Related forms=====
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* [[area boy]], [[boyboy]], [[oboy]],
  
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The word is used more orally than in written texts.
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=====Synonyms=====
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* [[guy]]
  
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=====Antonyms=====
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* [[girl]]
  
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===Noun===
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=====Translations=====
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boy: no definition, househelp -- Definition in Naija?
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* English: ''a young male'', ''apprentice'', ''subordinate'', ''
  
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===Pronunciation2===
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* bͻ̀í
  
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# - (frequency:179)
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy2.f.ogg</sm2>
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#: {{ux|dv|Oh '''boy''', |(NST_cleaned__2351, __no translation__)}}
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-boy2.m.ogg</sm2>
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#: {{ux|dv|Oh '''boy'''. |(NST_cleaned__2353, __no translation__)}}
 
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# det (frequency:139)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|dis '''boy'''. |(deuber__2103, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dat '''boy''' spoil… |(ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__179, That boy spoilt...)}}
 
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# amod (frequency:46)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Bad '''boy'''! |(ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__23, Bad boy.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Lazy '''boy'''. |(IBA_22_School-Children_DG__30, Lazy boy !)}}
 
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# amod-det (frequency:36)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|one small '''boy'''. |(NST_cleaned__41829, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na the '''boy''' own? |(jw__49198, __no translation__)}}
 
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# case-det (frequency:19)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|for di '''boy'''. |(NST_cleaned__39876, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|How about di '''boy'''? |(KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, How about the boy ?)}}
 
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# nmod (frequency:11)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Omo dat one na idiot '''boy'''. |(NST_cleaned__21763, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|happen last week?one '''boy''' like dat. |(deuber__2006, __no translation__)}}
 
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# conj (frequency:11)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Boy''' and girl |(bbc__29122, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'I dey cari my albinism wit swag' 'Wen I find out say I no be '''boy''' or girl, shock catch me' |(bbc__8917, __no translation__)}}
 
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# conj-det (frequency:7)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|One '''boy''' and two girls. |(jw__35189, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dis time na one '''boy''' and one girl get di disease; |(bbc__42704, __no translation__)}}
 
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# case (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|dem dey look for '''boy''' by all means |(deuber__815, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|all dis '''boy''' wey be say-- okay like dis O.P.C. O.P.C. C09  60 people. |(deuber__2841, __no translation__)}}
 
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# det-nmod (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na so another Fulani '''boy''' use revenge kill one 25-year-old woman. |(bbc__71882, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Okonkwo dey let the '''boy''' them know say im mind dey sweet when them come sidon with am for im obi. |(katakata__480, __no translation__)}}
 
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# dep-det (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dat '''boy''' wey no… |(IBA_22_School-Children_DG__18, That boy that does not...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|And I don tell her... ask am (di girl) sey ah wetin e dey tell dis '''boy''' X? |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__62, And I told her... asked her ah, what is she telling this boy X...?)}}
 
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# det-flat (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Con see di '''boy''' XX. |(ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__138, Then if you see the boy...)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|ask am  sey ah wetin e dey tell dis '''boy''' X? |(NST_cleaned__33860, __no translation__)}}
 
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# dep (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na '''boy''' e born, and nothing happen to am. |(jw__31450, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na '''boy''' e go born, make you name am Jesus, because na im go save im people from all their sin.”— Matthew 1:20, 21 . |(jw__21596, __no translation__)}}
 
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# cc-det (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|One day, I dey work, one girl wit one '''boy''' come, and say auntie, see! |(ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__43, One day, I was at work when a girl came with a boy, and said, auntie, look!)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Reyes dey leave im wife wey im marry for June 2017, Noelia Lopez and three pikin dem, two girls and one '''boy'''. |(bbc__85617, __no translation__)}}
 
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# dep-nmod (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'I be Lesbian, but I also be pesin’ Na '''boy''' dem first raise me |(bbc__8903, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Ghana '''boy''' who dey imitate sound of over 50 animals want enter Guinness Book of Records |(bbc__53926, __no translation__)}}
 
  
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====Derived forms====
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====Noun====
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* Person wey dey serve person for shop.
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:* {{ux|dv| All dis '''boy''' wey you pack full for here and you say market no dey move. Make dem comot go find customer for market naw. |(NSC_2021, You have a lot of apprentices here and you say sales are bad. Let them go and canvass for customers in the market.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| No be sey you get money o. How many '''boy''' you don train for here? |(NSC_2021, It isn't all about your wealth. How many apprentices have you trained here?)}}
  
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* [[area boy|area boy]]
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=====Related Forms=====
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* [[boyboy]]
  
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#: {{ux|dv|But all dose area boy, dey con carry cutlass, con dey gada sey if NEPA climb dis pole, sey e wan cut dis light, dat cutlass, na im neck o. |(LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__2, But those area boys, they will then carry cultlasses and be assembling that if NEPA staff member climbs this pole, that he wants to disconnect the light, that cultlass, is for his neck.)}}
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=====Translations=====
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#: {{ux|dv|Other Di market wey dem scata Police for Lagos don arrest five pipo, afta clash between one Hausa scavenger wey dey pick tins and one Yoruba area boy for Ilepo market, south west Nigeria almost turn tribal war. |(bbc__79428, __no translation__)}}
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* English: ''Apprentice''
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* [[baby boy|baby boy]]
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Reuters Meghan Markle don born baby boy for Prince Harry. |(bbc__85296, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Afta di feem reign, kontri pipo begin call dis Honda Accord model baby boy. |(bbc__94851, __no translation__)}}
 
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* [[boy name|boy name]]
 
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#: {{ux|dv|The boy name na Michael. |(jw__23910, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|The boy name na Ikemefuna. |(katakata__727, __no translation__)}}
 
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====Synonyms====
 
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* girl 0.86 1023, woman 0.75 2792, guy 0.71 746, baby 0.71 257, man 0.70 4389, sister 0.68 740, brother 0.67 925, mary 0.64 355, pickin 0.64 840
 
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====Antonyms====
 
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* girl 0.86 1023, woman 0.75 2792, guy 0.71 746, baby 0.71 257, man 0.70 4389, sister 0.68 740, brother 0.67 925, mary 0.64 355, pickin 0.64 840
 
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====Translations====
 
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* English: no definition, househelp
 

Latest revision as of 20:01, 27 February 2024

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English boy

Pronunciation

  • bͻ́ì

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Noun

  1. Pikin wey be male.
    • How about di boy?  — (KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__77, How about the boy?)
    • One day, I dey work, one girl wit one boy come, and say auntie, see!  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__43, One day, I was at work when a girl came with a boy, and said, auntie, look!)
    • Meghan Markle don born baby boy for Prince Harry.  — (bbc__85296, Reuters Meghan Markle has given birth to a bouncing baby boy for Prince Harry.)
  2. Person wey dey serve person.
    • Na because you no too dey shout na im make dis your boy get mind tell you sey e no go do wetin you tell am.  — (NSC_2021, It's because you are not harsh that's why your apprentice can boldly say that he won't do what you asked him to do.)
    • Person wey be person boy go still dey reason sey im go be oga one day; and e too, e go get im own boy wey go dey work for am.  — (NSC_2021, A person who is a subordinate to someone will hope that one day he will become the boss, and he too will have a subordinate who will work for him.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
  • English: a young male, apprentice, subordinate,

Pronunciation2

  • bͻ̀í

Play


Noun

  • Person wey dey serve person for shop.
  • All dis boy wey you pack full for here and you say market no dey move. Make dem comot go find customer for market naw.  — (NSC_2021, You have a lot of apprentices here and you say sales are bad. Let them go and canvass for customers in the market.)
  • No be sey you get money o. How many boy you don train for here?  — (NSC_2021, It isn't all about your wealth. How many apprentices have you trained here?)
Related Forms
Translations
  • English: Apprentice
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