connection

Naija

Alternative forms

• link 0.71 136, disabilities 0.69 12, disability 0.68 81, contact 0.68 135, communicate 0.65 42, relationship 0.65 221, effect 0.65 161, kwanta 0.64 136, boundary 0.63 39

Etymology

Borrowed from English connection

Pronunciation

• kɔ̀nɛ́ʃɔ̀n

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1744
• Frequency in raw corpus: 86
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2294

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

connection: influence -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If you no get connection for Nigeria, you no go get work.  — (If you are not influencial in Nigeria, you will not be offered a job.)

2. nmod (frequency:20)

   Sex get connection to less than 1% of di cases.  — (bbc__88126, __no translation__)

   Di oda one get her own from di UK but di case sef also get connection to Europe.  — (bbc__44026, __no translation__)

3. case-nmod (frequency:12)

   So far police no arrest any single individual in connection to di murder.  — (bbc__90462, __no translation__)

   ISSOUF SANOGO Militant group with connection to Islamic State dey behind di kill-kill of U.S and Niger soldiers.  — (bbc__57383, __no translation__)

4. det-nmod (frequency:8)

   E make sense no be small and I feel di connection between me and my boyfriend wella.  — (bbc__16518, __no translation__)

   dem say dem no get any connection with di waste and di deaths plus sickness wey follow am.  — (bbc__95727, __no translation__)

5. - (frequency:5)

   To even get plate of rice for Nigeria now, na connection.  — (NST_cleaned__41014, __no translation__)

   So person wen im dey work for government work, wen e fit get connection, na im go fit come dis Abuja stay.  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__58, So, someone who works for the government, that can be connected, it is such that can come to Abuja.)

6. amod-nmod (frequency:5)

   AVM na abnormal connection between arteries and veins wey dey bypass di capillary system.  — (bbc__111, __no translation__)

   One Nigerian journalist wey get strong connection with militant group Boko Haram bin tok for April say na only 15 schoolgirls still dey alive.  — (bbc__78078, __no translation__)

7. det (frequency:4)

   Many of di people wey show for di film talk say even if na small chance na im 'heading' for football and brain disease fit use get any connection, e dey give dem headache, and more research go dey good.  — (bbc__65458, __no translation__)

   According to di attorney-general of di federation, Abubakar Malami, di connection go improve di justice system, help monitor cases wey dey pending, plus track pipo wey don over stay or no even suppose stay for prison.  — (bbc__11844, __no translation__)

8. amod (frequency:2)

   Im say for India, evribodi get online connection but di opposite na im dey Nigeria as di kontri neva even pass 30 percent connectivity.  — (bbc__59124, __no translation__)

   Di Organisation for Environment and Sustainable Development, OPED, don say dis particular fish weh de di call'am Bifaga and mangrove get strong connection.  — (bbc__32146, __no translation__)

9. dep-det (frequency:2)

   Public Wi-Fi na di kind wey you no know where di connection you dey join dey come from.  — (bbc__84278, __no translation__)

   UK experts wey dey investigate di connection between 'heading' for football and dementia, wey be brain disease, don talk say e dey important make dem do quick, increase dis kain research.  — (bbc__13665, __no translation__)

10. conj-det (frequency:2)

    No, na Dr Frankie Phillips, from British Dietetic Association answer on top say dis study na just to check am, but no dey look di connection or wetin dey cause am.  — (bbc__5437, __no translation__)

    E tok BBC say he no get any connection plus di murder, rather he feel say Ahmed en work dey affect chaw people so sometimes some oda pipo mean am wey dem go finish am so make di family try see am like that.  — (bbc__45738, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• link 0.71 136, disabilities 0.69 12, disability 0.68 81, contact 0.68 135, communicate 0.65 42, relationship 0.65 221, effect 0.65 161, kwanta 0.64 136, boundary 0.63 39

Antonyms

• link 0.71 136, disabilities 0.69 12, disability 0.68 81, contact 0.68 135, communicate 0.65 42, relationship 0.65 221, effect 0.65 161, kwanta 0.64 136, boundary 0.63 39

Translations

• English: influence