cement

Naija

Etymology

From: English cement

Pronunciation

  • sìmɛ̂nt

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1139
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 26
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4627

Noun

cement: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:12)
    cement, eh...  — (NST_cleaned__37497, __no translation__)
    Just carry dem, mix cement, carry gravel, just start dey build o,  — (ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, they mixed cement, added gravel, and they just started building.)
  2. case (frequency:7)
    SEYLLOU/Getty Images Dangote Cement, na di producer of cement for Africa  — (bbc__86264, __no translation__)
    You go see a new piller wey dem dey attach and dis na bags of cement under di portion of di building wey fall down.  — (bbc__55898, __no translation__)
  3. case-discourse (frequency:2)
    But now, if you no bring goat, twenty bags of eh... cement, eh... twenty bags of eh... salt, rice, everyting!  — (KAD_15_Money-Wahala_MG__17, But nowadays, if you don't bring a goat, twenty bags of uh... cement, uh... twenty bags of uh... salt, rice, everything!)
    One trailer of eh... cement dey go dey follow you so dat people go know sey yes people wey de forget for many years, God don remember dem.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__59, One trailer of uh... cement, they'll follow you so that people will know that yes, God has remembered the people they've forgotten about for many years.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Antonyms

  • necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Translations

  • English: no definition


Verb

cement: apply cement, coat -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    Make una cement the floor quick quick.  — (You should cement the floor quickly.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Antonyms

  • necklace 0.80 7, coal 0.78 18, swap 0.77 6, horn 0.76 49, ocean 0.76 50, lean 0.75 10, scent 0.75 13, shares 0.75 31, controlled 0.74 14

Translations

  • English: apply cement, coat