cost

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

Adjective

• Make someting money too plenty.

• Di cream cost o.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The cream is 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.)
• E cost.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__77, it is expensive.)

1. Some people go talk sey ehn tyre too dey expensive, e too cost.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__155, Some people will say that ehn, tyres are too expensive; it is too costly.)

• Wetin make am cost like dat?  — (LAG_28_Buying-Shawarma_DG__87, What made 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.)

Verb

• Make someting ending pass as person think

• E go cost you your life my guy  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021 It will cost you your life.)

Synonyms

• dear

Antonyms

• cheap

Translations

• English: expensive

Noun

cost: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

• Di cost of living dey high.  — (bbc__34219. The cost of living is high.)
• Di cost of codeine syrup addiction Codeine cough syrup - size of di problem  — (bbc__33785.)
• Tori be say for Lagos if cost of living no kill you, na traffic palava go kill you.  — (bbc__95125, __no translation__)

• Di only one wey dey ground now na di one by Doctors Without Borders and dem don stop to cari women go hospital because of di cost.  — (bbc__36802, __no translation__)

• So we dey look at 10 times lower production cost, Dr Herron tok.  — (bbc__5909, __no translation__)
• Dem say di running cost wey Senator Shehu dey talk about so no be dem dey pay am so na only National Assembly go fit explain am.  — (bbc__29586, __no translation__)

Antonyms

• cheap

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

cost: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. Di before before Prime Minister dey deny say she no do anything wrong for di rice programme when cost the country plenty billion of dollars.  — (bbc__33250, __no translation__)

   For 2017, following office fumigation wey cost Nigerian taxpayers $5,500, president Muhammadu Buhari refuse to work for im office afta dem see rat inside.  — (bbc__49833, __no translation__)

2. aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

   Whatever di ting go cost you, put your time, your strenght, 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.)

   Africa: Quarter of child marriage dey happen here Why child marriage dey cost Nigeria economy problem  — (bbc__12657, __no translation__)

3. aux-cc-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

   Dis one show say the Eaglets no take their chances at all and e come cost dem.  — (brila__1167, __no translation__)

   Corruption don become major issue for di election and e fit cost Mr Mutharika di presidency.  — (bbc__26239, __no translation__)

4. advmod-mark (frequency:2)

   Person wey get this kind character fit no get plenty money or dey buy something wey cost well well.  — (jw__41888, __no translation__)

   Bible talk sey: ‘Make woman dey wear better clothe wey go show sey dem get sense and dem no dey overdo am, no be to dey plait different different hairstyle or to dey wear gold or clothe wey cost well well but make dem dey dress theirself with better character like woman wey dey fear God.’ But this advice no be only for sisters.  — (jw__23101, __no translation__)

5. cc-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)

   And dis one cost her her job.  — (bbc__64636, __no translation__)

   Na Vokakom do di project and e cost dem $2.5 million.  — (bbc__70104, __no translation__)

   Dis bag break record last year as di bag wey cost pass after one person buy am for $300,168 as dem dey do auction for Hong Kong.  — (bbc__40313, __no translation__)

   Dis new phone go be di phone wey cost pass for Apple - e get two type - 64 gig go cost $999, while di 256 gig own go cost $1,149.  — (bbc__41867, __no translation__)

6. advcl-aux-mark-obj (frequency:2)

   Kunbungu MP, Ras Mubarak talk BBC Pidgin say although di idea no bad, e no meet value for money audit sake of same drone wey dey cost $100,000 government dey buy am at $1million.  — (bbc__62684, __no translation__)

   i.Con wey go cost $80 when dem release am later dis year no really be condom but na like ring wey person go wear join normal condom and e go fit measure how di performance di person wey wear am be for sex.  — (bbc__102362, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• cheap

Antonyms

• cheap

Translations

• English: no definition