broda

Naija

Alternative forms

• uncle 0.87 128, daughter 0.86 274, cousin 0.84 39, colleague 0.83 48, broder 0.83 138, father 0.83 338, neighbour 0.83 85, sista 0.81 39, boyfriend 0.79 89

Etymology

etymology:English ' brother' etymology:English ' brother'

Pronunciation

• brɔ̀dá

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 4
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1324
• Frequency in raw corpus: 150
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1598

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

broda: brother, male relative -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   My brother dey come.  — (My brother is coming.)

2. nmod:poss (frequency:72)

   Abi my broda.  — (NST_cleaned__31215, __no translation__)

   My broda, na you.  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__224, My brother, it's you.)

3. - (frequency:13)

   O boy my wife dey, my broda, de dey.  — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__57, O boy, my wife is fine; my brother, they are fine.)

   Even for death tears dey my broda eye  — (bbc__47502, __no translation__)

4. det (frequency:4)

   Ogar younger sister, stephanie say she still dey shock say di broda die dis brutal way.  — (bbc__77063, __no translation__)

   She say e really pain her say di broda die painful death for di hand of police and dem still dey lie on top di mata.  — (bbc__88926, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:2)

   Wit dia elder broda for front, di family of di girls try raise di money but dem no fit meet up.  — (bbc__100934, __no translation__)

   Dan Lawal wey dey wit im broda Daura chief for Abuja at dis time, add say dem dey aware say even President Buhari no dey sleep well over di mata because na something wey also affect am wella.  — (bbc__26820, __no translation__)

6. conj-det (frequency:2)

   Di broda and sista act as dia own lawyers for di case wey bin involve $30,000 wey dem bin dey owe for 2017.  — (bbc__39809, __no translation__)

   Abc Di broda and sister say to pay tax na rebellion to God Court for Australia don order one Christian family wey tok say dem no pay tax because e go against di will of God say make dem pay $1.4 million.  — (bbc__10999, __no translation__)

7. det-nmod (frequency:2)

   Di broda of Senegal President Macky Sall don resign from top goment position, afta BBC investigation into one magomago oil deal.  — (bbc__33360, __no translation__)

   Di broda of Sadiya Amin, one of di pipo wey miss, say two months ago she just leave house to buy soap for shop wey no too far from dia house and she no come back house.  — (bbc__33359, __no translation__)

8. amod-flat (frequency:2)

   Conte fellow Italian broda Maurizio Sarri dey road to take ova from am.  — (bbc__26176, __no translation__)

   Few months afta im disappear, Dzamara younger broda Patson, bin receive text message wit private number, di message bin dey try explain wetin happun.  — (bbc__49046, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• uncle 0.87 128, daughter 0.86 274, cousin 0.84 39, colleague 0.83 48, broder 0.83 138, father 0.83 338, neighbour 0.83 85, sista 0.81 39, boyfriend 0.79 89

Antonyms

• uncle 0.87 128, daughter 0.86 274, cousin 0.84 39, colleague 0.83 48, broder 0.83 138, father 0.83 338, neighbour 0.83 85, sista 0.81 39, boyfriend 0.79 89

Translations

• English: brother, male relative

Noun (vocative)

broda: friend, acquintance, age grades -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Broda, I hail you.  — (Friend, I am greeting you.)

Synonyms

• uncle 0.87 128, daughter 0.86 274, cousin 0.84 39, colleague 0.83 48, broder 0.83 138, father 0.83 338, neighbour 0.83 85, sista 0.81 39, boyfriend 0.79 89

Antonyms

• uncle 0.87 128, daughter 0.86 274, cousin 0.84 39, colleague 0.83 48, broder 0.83 138, father 0.83 338, neighbour 0.83 85, sista 0.81 39, boyfriend 0.79 89

Translations

• English: friend, acquintance, age grades