but
Naija
Etymology
Borrowed from English but
Pronunciation
- bɔt
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
- 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