call

Naija

Alternative forms

• ask 0.50 2236, select 0.49 153, greet 0.49 161, teach 0.49 1674, search 0.49 252, invite 0.48 417, send 0.47 1680, translate 0.47 103, release 0.46 1660

Etymology

etymology:English ̊'call̊.'

Pronunciation

• kɔ̂

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 208
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 79
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3450
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 111

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

call: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:36)

   Mtn, I want call,  — (ENU_35_To-Become-A-Man_M__31, MTN, I want to call.)

   And di guy dey make call.  — (ENU_08_Strange-Customers_M__23, And the guy was making calls.)

2. det (frequency:24)

   E pick di call.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__35, He picked the call.)

   Okay just give me a call.  — (NST_cleaned__12267, __no translation__)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:17)

   E no pick my call.  — (ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__61, He didn't pick my call.)

   I no con see im call.  — (ENU_22_Barman-Interview_MG__18, I didn’t get a call from him.)

4. det-nmod (frequency:14)

   Di call for Trump impeachment cost reach $10 Million Wetin happen before dem stop di advert.  — (bbc__33385, __no translation__)

   'Di other day, I receive one call from Indonesia from person wey wan start vitiligo NGO for dia.  — (bbc__8278, __no translation__)

5. nmod (frequency:8)

   de dey call call to glory.  — (NST_cleaned__41219, __no translation__)

   Dat dey... de dey call call to glory.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__94, That's... that's also known as Call to Glory.)

6. acl (frequency:4)

   Since when im enter our shop, im dey make call till im comot.  — (ENU_08_Strange-Customers_M__39, Since when he entered our shop, he was making calls till he left.)

   Accra Mall ceiling collapse na call for improve maintenance culture - Akufo-Addo  — (bbc__25375, __no translation__)

7. case (frequency:4)

   , amb eh you know many laws in dis country is for call, and dose House fo Rep don't know deir duty.  — (WAZK_01_Mose-And-Ubike_DG__51, Eh, you know, many laws in this country is for poor, and those in House of Representative members don't know their duties.)

   Dem begin di protest from dia secretariat and dia first point of call na di National Assembly, wey dem carry dia cry go.  — (bbc__28342, __no translation__)

8. obl:arg (frequency:3)

   So, as di tori be na, dem no gree do call to bar for one woman lawyer because she wear Hijab, come nack lawyer wig on top.  — (bbc__90657, __no translation__)

   Im follow go back after im degree for Ghana to enter di Inner Temple for England from where person fit get call to bar without say im get law degree.  — (bbc__58637, __no translation__)

9. case-det (frequency:3)

   Dem no even see di transcript of di call.  — (bbc__1230, __no translation__)

   But till now, de manager say e still di wait for dia call and e say if na tief deh for don ask for moni.  — (bbc__23560, __no translation__)

10. amod-nmod (frequency:3)

    Di PDP say President Muhammadu Buhari threat to di lives of Nigerians na direct call for jungle justice.  — (bbc__32158, __no translation__)

    Na final call from scientists say dis na di last warning on di risk of temperatures wey dey rise around di world.  — (bbc__70732, __no translation__)

11. amod (frequency:2)

    I tink sey maybe na better call na im dis person call me.  — (NST_cleaned__25788, __no translation__)

    Di next day dis innocent pesin go receive fake call from sombori wey go pretend say e dey work for DHL, say make di target bring moni to clear di parcel.  — (bbc__36553, __no translation__)

12. acl-det (frequency:2)

    So, make pipo for public no believe wetin dey di document wey NCP dey spread and we dey equally condemn everi-everi, di call to divert our hard earn democracy.  — (bbc__1297, __no translation__)

    Meanwhile, wi newtory person for Abuja, Raliat Adenekan, katapot report say, di lawmaker-dem show plenty worry-worry about some of di heavy palava-dem wey wi contri-naija dey face-now, wey bi threat to wi contri unity-mata, and con add say, di call for make wi dey wi own, ethnicity and religious bad-belle, don dey too high now a-days, inside di contri.  — (ja102__3241, __no translation__)

13. amod-det (frequency:2)

    Okay make we take di first call.  — (BEN_17_Cctv-Jamb-And-Elections_DG__113, Okay, let's take the first call.)

    Even before all dis one, for 2004 quarter final match against Jennifer Capriati, one bad call go against her.  — (bbc__47462, __no translation__)

14. acl:relcl (frequency:2)

    Sacramento television station KCRA report say police answer call wey report say dem shoot inside di school for around 8:am dia time.  — (bbc__86656, __no translation__)

    Di SUG President say dem discover from im friends say im receive call wey bring am comot from im house for wia im dey live for Chinda Estate wey dey near RSU and since den, dem no see am until dem go discover im body for bush wey dey near Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Iwofe.  — (bbc__32427, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• call screener

1. de call am call screener for radio.  — (NST_cleaned__38182, __no translation__)

   I get job as ehm... de call am call screener for radio.  — (WAZP_07_Imonirhua-Lifestory_MG__37, I got a job as uh... they call it a call screener on the radio.)* distress call

1. I just get distress call from Kanu now and I no fit reach am for phone again.  — (bbc__3719, __no translation__)

   Nigerian Army troops respond to distress call to rescue one pesin wey dem kidnap along Ibi-Wukari road for Taraba state.  — (bbc__5326, __no translation__)* phone call

1. I just get one phone call wey disturb.  — (bbc__3721, __no translation__)

   Di oda half dey for di phone call wey you dey make.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__30, The other half is on the phone call that you are making.)* wake-up call

1. Di organization add say dia figures na wake-up call.  — (bbc__97976, __no translation__)

   We want dis to be wake-up call to all countries wey malaria dey worry.  — (bbc__7461, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• ask 0.50 2236, select 0.49 153, greet 0.49 161, teach 0.49 1674, search 0.49 252, invite 0.48 417, send 0.47 1680, translate 0.47 103, release 0.46 1660

Antonymes

• ask 0.50 2236, select 0.49 153, greet 0.49 161, teach 0.49 1674, search 0.49 252, invite 0.48 417, send 0.47 1680, translate 0.47 103, release 0.46 1660

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

call: call -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I try call am but e no hear for di crowd.  — (I tried to call him/her but he/she didn't hear in the crowd.)

2. obj (frequency:81)

   Call am…  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__133, They call it...)

   Call my name,  — (NST_cleaned__31015, __no translation__)

3. mark-obj (frequency:47)

   to call di ting.  — (NST_cleaned__37699, __no translation__)

   I no know which one to call you.  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__41, I said, I don't know which of them to call you.)

4. - (frequency:33)

   call...  — (NST_cleaned__38855, __no translation__)

   Mtn, I want call,  — (NST_cleaned__22700, __no translation__)

5. aux-obj (frequency:33)

   E go, e don call person.  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__108, he will... he has called someone.)

   No wonder you dey call am talent.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__248, No wonder you are calling it talent.)

6. obl:arg (frequency:13)

   Call for Help  — (bbc__24208, __no translation__)

   Call for boycott of Brunei hotels  — (bbc__24209, __no translation__)

7. nsubj (frequency:12)

   Na so Baba God call… ,  — (ENU_15_Music_M__6, That's how Father God called...)

   We call, we dey call am Egbon.  — (NST_cleaned__21057, __no translation__)

8. cc-obj (frequency:8)

   I waka inside di ward and call di name.  — (bbc__69006, __no translation__)

   Ekeopara say: Onah waka come meet me and call me terrorist and fake BBC reporter.  — (bbc__46619, __no translation__)

9. mark (frequency:6)

   to call...  — (NST_cleaned__37698, __no translation__)

   , amb eh you know many laws in dis country is for call, and dose House fo Rep don't know deir duty.  — (NST_cleaned__15953, __no translation__)

10. conj-obj (frequency:5)

    Call me, join me on top dis discussion.  — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__34, Call me and join me on this discussion.)

    She get up, call am im name, come go back for im hut.  — (katakata__639, __no translation__)

11. aux (frequency:3)

    No dey bother dey call.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__182, Don’t bother calling me.)

    So one of dem con come, con make call.  — (BEN_24_Bunkering_DG__27, So one of them came... put a call through.)

12. conj (frequency:3)

    BBC contact commissioner of health for Sokoto State Dr Ali Inname and permanent Secretary Almustapha Usman over di issue but none of dem pick call or reply text message.  — (bbc__18631, __no translation__)

    When BBC Pidgin call di President office, senior special assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu no pick call but special adviser on media and publicity Femi Adesina wey pick promise to tok to us later.  — (bbc__99692, __no translation__)

13. advcl (frequency:3)

    Since when im enter our shop, im dey make call till im comot.  — (NST_cleaned__13287, __no translation__)

    For Mombasa, many people no obey Odinga call as dem go do their work as usual.  — (bbc__50465, __no translation__)

14. advmod (frequency:3)

    No be your mate, na im call just now?  — (IBA_39_Easter-Preparations_DG__77, Wasn't it your mate who just called now.)

    She con dey message am, dey call am everytime.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__146, She was then messaging him. Calling him everytime.)

15. ccomp (frequency:2)

    If I get di man number, I suppose call di man sey ah see wetin dey happen, abi na you tell di Gungu, Dangurugu?  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__168, If I have the man's number, I was supposed to call the man that, ah, look at what is happening or is it you that told the cro... crooked legs ?)

    Hijab girl don finally do lawyers call to bar Di Nigerian city wey if you be single lady, you no fit waka for night  — (bbc__55944, __no translation__)

16. dep-obj (frequency:2)

    Call am sey…  — (NST_cleaned__2228, __no translation__)

    Call us if you, if you ge, if you dey with us dis afternoon.  — (BEN_37_French-President-Marriage_DG__93, Call us if you, if you ge-, if you are with us this afternoon.)

17. obl:mod (frequency:2)

    Anglophone crisis: Commission ask President Biya for apologise for pipo weh crisis affect Human Rights group di call kidnappers for free principal Anglophone Crisis: Na fight or deh fool pipo kill dem for Santa?  — (bbc__15381, __no translation__)

    Abaribe, El-shalom na Tochukwu Uchendụ gbaara Nnamdi Kanu akaebe mgbe eji ya eji Activities paralyse for di three major commercial cities for south east of Nigeria, Aba, Nnewi and Onitsha on Thursday as residents comply wit di sit-at-home call by di Indigenous People of Biafra to mark Biafra Remembrance Day.  — (bbc__10979, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• ask 0.50 2236, select 0.49 153, greet 0.49 161, teach 0.49 1674, search 0.49 252, invite 0.48 417, send 0.47 1680, translate 0.47 103, release 0.46 1660

Antonymes

• ask 0.50 2236, select 0.49 153, greet 0.49 161, teach 0.49 1674, search 0.49 252, invite 0.48 417, send 0.47 1680, translate 0.47 103, release 0.46 1660

Translations

• English: call