but
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Naija
Alternative forms
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from English but
Pronunciation
- bət
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?
- - (frequency:14313)
- But. — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__11, But...)
- But… — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__172, But...)
- 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...)
- discourse (frequency:4)
- So but… — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__118, So but...)
- But ehn… — (NST_cleaned__32120, __no translation__)
- dep (frequency:2)
- But di… — (NST_cleaned__29447, __no translation__)
- But di… , — (NST_cleaned__25695, __no translation__)
- obl:mod (frequency:2)
- but for Naija — (deuber__5394, __no translation__)
- Mey I come, but. — (NST_cleaned__23705, __no translation__)
Derived forms
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