Difference between revisions of "cost"

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* Na to cause person to put extra effort
 
* Na to cause person to put extra effort
 
:* {{ux|dv|I no mind wetin e go '''cost''', make you sha make sure say I win de election |(NSC_Legbeti_2021 Regardless of the cost, just ensure I win the election.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|I no mind wetin e go '''cost''', make you sha make sure say I win de election |(NSC_Legbeti_2021 Regardless of the cost, just ensure I win the election.)}}
*: {{ux|dv|Whatever di ting go '''cost''' you, put your time, your strength, your, your knowledge, your brain. |(ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__90. Whatever it will cost you, invest your time, your strength, your... your knowledge and your brain.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Whatever di ting go '''cost''' you, put your time, your strength, your, your knowledge, your brain. |(ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__90. Whatever it will cost you, invest your time, your strength, your... your knowledge and your brain.)}}
*: {{ux|dv|Dis one show say the Eaglets no take their chances at all and e come '''cost''' dem. |(brila__1167. the Eaglets failed to take their chances and consequently lost the match.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Dis one show say the Eaglets no take their chances at all and e come '''cost''' dem. |(brila__1167. the Eaglets failed to take their chances and consequently lost the match.)}}
  
 
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* English: ''
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* English: ''cost''
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===

Revision as of 15:33, 27 January 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English cost

Pronunciation

  • kɔ́s

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 13
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 594
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 397
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 783

Verb

  • Na to cause person to put extra effort
  • I no mind wetin e go cost, make you sha make sure say I win de election  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021 Regardless of the cost, just ensure I win the election.)
  • Whatever di ting go cost you, put your time, your strength, your, your knowledge, your brain.  — (ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__90. Whatever it will cost you, invest your time, your strength, your... your knowledge and your brain.)
  • Dis one show say the Eaglets no take their chances at all and e come cost dem.  — (brila__1167. the Eaglets failed to take their chances and consequently lost the match.)

Translations

  • English: cost

Adjective

  • Make e be like say someting money too plenty.
  • Di cream cost o.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The cream is expensive.)
  • E cost.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__77, it is expensive.)
  • Wetin make am cost like dat?  — (LAG_28_Buying-Shawarma_DG__87. Why is it so expensive?)
  • Some sef no fit use kerosene because kerosene don cost.  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__65, Some others cannot even use kerosene because kerosene is now expensive.)
  • To friend girls for here no dey cost like dat.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. To date girls here is not that expensive.)
  • House rent here no too cost, with 500,000 naira, you fit get beta 2 bedroom flat.  — (bbc__77068. Rents are fair here as you can get a 2bedroom flat for half a million.)

Derived forms

  • [[costly]

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: expensive