but

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English but

Pronunciation

• bɔt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 469
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 43
• Frequency in raw corpus: 14155
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 33

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Coordinating Conjunction

but: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:14313)

   But.  — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__11, But...)

   But…  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__172, But...)

2. conj:dicto (frequency:9)

   But, but you know serious, serious!  — (WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__45, But, but you know... let's be serious here... let's be serious here.)

   Ehn na good ting o, but at, at least…  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__148, Ehn, it is a good thing. But at... at least...)

3. discourse (frequency:4)

   So but…  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__118, So but...)

   But ehn…  — (NST_cleaned__32120, __no translation__)

4. dep (frequency:2)

   But di…  — (NST_cleaned__29447, __no translation__)

   But di… ,  — (NST_cleaned__25695, __no translation__)

5. obl:mod (frequency:2)

   but for Naija  — (deuber__5394, __no translation__)

   Mey I come, but.  — (NST_cleaned__23705, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• butu

Synonyms

• because 0.63 7992, so 0.52 11908, and 0.51 60996, becos 0.50 210, again 0.47 3160, if 0.46 11277, sey 0.45 21386, self 0.44 595, ever 0.44 674

Antonyms

• because 0.63 7992, so 0.52 11908, and 0.51 60996, becos 0.50 210, again 0.47 3160, if 0.46 11277, sey 0.45 21386, self 0.44 595, ever 0.44 674

Translations

• English: no definition