come

Naija

Alternative forms

• con 0.61 3175, go 0.55 63583, knock 0.50 85, carry 0.48 4692, am 0.47 25602, then 0.45 427, dere 0.45 1047, hang 0.44 109, find 0.43 2553

Etymology

Borrowed from English come

Pronunciation

• kəm

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 719
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 33
• Frequency in raw corpus: 16273
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 32

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Auxiliary

come: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:7842)

   Come check.  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__72, Come and check.)

   I come pick.  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__147, So I picked mine.)

2. mark-nsubj (frequency:8)

   De dey say if I come, make de do me interview.  — (NST_cleaned__17719, __no translation__)

   But normally sha, if di money come, I go know…  — (ENU_35_To-Become-A-Man_M__17, But normally sha, if the money comes I will know-...)

3. nsubj (frequency:5)

   Na so she come...  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__130, That was how she...)

   But when you behave well, and you explain why you come, e fit make them relax.  — (jw__21057, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:4)

   E tall pass all of us, e con huge, e con get muscle, e con fine, e come fresh, e come… ,  — (WAZL_14_Kulele-Zone_DG__85, he is taller than all of us, He is huge, he is muscular, he is fine, he is fresh, he is now...)

   STRINGER Nigeria Labour Congress tell BBC Pidgin on Wednesday say come November 6, dem go do di kain strike wey go shut down di kontri if di kontri goment no gree di N30,000 wey dem dey ask for.  — (bbc__86449, __no translation__)

5. ccomp-nsubj (frequency:3)

   Na through dat taxi, I come meet...  — (LAG_07_Johns-Biography_MG__48, It was through that taxi that I met...)

   We come park go where Jehovah Witness people no too plenty for Colorado make we for help dem.  — (jw__43944, __no translation__)

6. compound:svc (frequency:3)

   Make una still remember sey na every Wednesday, body matter na im always carry come give una,  — (NST_cleaned__10764, __no translation__)

   UK goment fo helep Nigeria return money and property wey wayo pipo steal come keep for Britain  — (bbc__73854, __no translation__)

7. advcl (frequency:2)

   Lets X sey if you con take the time of government work, naim you wan come take dey do goodly things, abi Godly things.  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__87, Let... if you spend the time meant for your employer, the government... you want to spend that time doing goodly things or Godly things ?)

   Acting Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kweku Boadu Peprah, welcome de move by dis Nigerian group who come forward sey dem go support Ghana Police fight crime.  — (bbc__12305, __no translation__)

8. cc-nsubj (frequency:2)

   But challenge come wey de be sey I lost my fader almost twenty six years ago, about twenty six years ago.  — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__50, But challenge came when I lost my father almost twenty six years ago; about twenty six years ago.)

   Dem stop the bad things wey dem dey do before and God come ‘wash dem clean.’ Many of us stop to do the bad things wey we dey do before, so that Jehovah go happy with us.  — (jw__26072, __no translation__)

9. nsubj-obj (frequency:2)

   Holy spirit come full Zechariah body.  — (jw__13857, __no translation__)

   But dia hope come kpeme wen in dey evening of April 14th some Boko Haram men enter dia school with motor come kidnap dem and dia dreams.  — (bbc__22430, __no translation__)

10. ccomp-mark (frequency:2)

    E con still hail di kins men of Ujendu community for di way dem take handle di matter o wey come make dem fit release am.  — (BEN_14_BronzeFM-News_MG__16, He then hailed the people of Ujendu Community for the way they handled the matter, which made them release him.)

    minutes: Manchester City oga Pep Guardiola use vex throw im scarf wey e put for neck ontop ground afta referee Anthony Taylor no give im team free kick, wey come make Salah nearly score.  — (bbc__102540, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• con 0.61 3175, go 0.55 63583, knock 0.50 85, carry 0.48 4692, am 0.47 25602, then 0.45 427, dere 0.45 1047, hang 0.44 109, find 0.43 2553

Antonyms

• con 0.61 3175, go 0.55 63583, knock 0.50 85, carry 0.48 4692, am 0.47 25602, then 0.45 427, dere 0.45 1047, hang 0.44 109, find 0.43 2553

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

• come: Make person waka reach anoder person

1. Who come for French?  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__176, Who comes from a French country ?)

2. advmod (frequency:86)

   Just come back.  — (ABJ_NOU_02_Gimba-Lifestory_MG__34, He just came back.)

   Mah I go come back,  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__300, Let me go and then come back.)

3. aux-mark (frequency:74)

• Make person mellow abi dey kule

1. obl:arg (frequency:94)

   Come on Guys!  — (brila__853, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• dat come,

1. If you change America to... if you change Nigeria to America, ehen I'm pray fo-... I'm pray so dat America, American gift go come to Nigeria  — (ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__116, If you change America to... if you change Nigeria to America, I'm praying fo-... I'm praying for America, American gifts to come to Nigeria.)

   Even if you go for dis dem ehn... normal maternity of a ting, dem dey tell us make we take plenty of leaves so dat our dis ting, our blood go come.  — (JOS_12_How-To-Prepare-Gote-Soup_MG__67, Even if you go to this uh... kind of normal maternity, they do tell us that we should eat plenty of leaves, so this thing of ours, our blood, will be strong.)

• become

1. Im don become di oga patapata for im family  —  He has become the head of his family.)

Synonyms

• con 0.61 3175, arrive, land, show face

Antonyms

go 0.55 63583, comot, waka

Translations

• English: come