carry

Naija

Alternative forms

• cari 0.68 793, carri 0.65 565, pack 0.59 339, tie 0.58 181, dig 0.57 102, touch 0.56 489, rush 0.56 236, drive 0.55 431, cut 0.55 495

Etymology

Borrowed from English carry

Pronunciation

• kárì

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 312
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 59
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4276
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 89

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

carry: contract -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   E don carry coro.  — (He has contracted corona virus.)

2. mark-obj (frequency:134)

   De concert, wey carry di topic;  — (ja102__1070, __no translation__)

   E never ready to carry responsibility.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__42, He is not yet ready for responsibilities.)

3. obj (frequency:121)

   carry your fish...  — (NST_cleaned__35919, __no translation__)

   Carry your banga soup.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__129, Get your banga sauce.)

4. - (frequency:57)

   And dat belle I must carry am.  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__73, That pregnancy I must take it.)

   Two days, make in carry in mamu.  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__119, Two days, for him to park his things.)

5. aux-obj (frequency:38)

   Go carry indomie.  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__119, Go and take Indomie.)

   Who go go carry am?  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__107, Who will go and take it ?)

6. conj-obj (frequency:14)

   Carry your frying pan, put small oil inside.  — (NST_cleaned__35951, __no translation__)

   wait who carry am di girls abi na di guys?di girls  — (deuber__2019, __no translation__)

7. mark (frequency:13)

   E go still release di oil wey e carry.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__59, It will still release the oil it contains.)

   The truth be sey, Jesus load really easy to carry!  — (jw__31006, __no translation__)

8. nsubj (frequency:12)

   Last season, wetin you carry?  — (PRT_03_Football_DG__42, Last season, what did you win ?)

   Which load many people carry, and how Jesus go take give dem rest of mind?  — (jw__45689, __no translation__)

9. cc-obj (frequency:11)

   Come, and carry it.  — (WAZA_04_Press-Review_DG__34, Come and take it.)

   E no vex or carry wetin happen for mind.  — (jw__18975, __no translation__)

10. advcl (frequency:5)

    Sometimes she go help me carry small.  — (NST_cleaned__33958, __no translation__)

    We no dey slack, we no dey carry last.  — (ABJ_INF_05_On-Pidgin_M__87, We don't mess up, we don't lag behind.)

11. obl:arg (frequency:3)

    Who wan inherit e property, who wan carry in name?  — (NST_cleaned__21916, __no translation__)

    Anyhow e take start, one thing wey people wey start am carry for mind na to give and receive gifts on Boxing Day.  — (bbc__15992, __no translation__)

12. aux (frequency:2)

    E left for you mey you carry whether e good  —  or bad.

    Den di way de take dey carry, use spanner dey knack, you just sit dere dey hear kpai.  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__53, Then, the way they used to carry use spanner to hit, you will just sit there, hearing ' kpai '.)

13. advmod (frequency:2)

    no be book you too carry so?ah  — (deuber__1465, __no translation__)

    If sey no be strong man wey be sey im no want eh dey look all dese guys you know wey di scatter tings, wey di carry tings anyhow…  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__118, If that he is not a strong man that he does not want eh, to look at all thse guys, you know, that are scattering tings, that are carrying things anyhow.)

14. aux-conj (frequency:2)

    We dey work with traditional rulers and oda ogbonge tori pipo wey go teach di pipo to stop am onto say na rat na im dey carry and spread di Lassa disease.'  — (bbc__33635, __no translation__)

    Dis new order, wey di police force re-panel beat in collabo with di International Committee of di Red Cross-so, e bring out some new guideline-dem, wey top oga-dem of wi naija police and di cosmoriogba-dem or costrobo-dem, wey dey inside di force, go dey follo, to take dey carry and use gun-dem.  — (ja102__2263, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• cari 0.68 793, carri 0.65 565, pack 0.59 339, tie 0.58 181, dig 0.57 102, touch 0.56 489, rush 0.56 236, drive 0.55 431, cut 0.55 495

Antonyms

• cari 0.68 793, carri 0.65 565, pack 0.59 339, tie 0.58 181, dig 0.57 102, touch 0.56 489, rush 0.56 236, drive 0.55 431, cut 0.55 495

Translations

• English: contract