dash

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English dash

Pronunciation

• dâʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3338
• Frequency in raw corpus: 90
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2234

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

dash: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:7)

   No be dash.  — (NST_cleaned__25170, __no translation__)

   Authorities nack am charge say im carry dash Grace di degree.  — (bbc__18064, __no translation__)

2. obj (frequency:3)

   Some of di furniture wey goment buy dash di newly married couples  — (bbc__91194, __no translation__)

   Ganduje videos make oda senators dey yab me - Rabiu Kwankwaso No be EFCC I dash N10m, na pipo wey dey organise marathon I give - Ganduje  — (bbc__26866, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:2)

   Lucky enough now, when I wan dash now, I see one of my guy like dat cos dat...  — (NST_cleaned__35570, __no translation__)

   Lucky enough now, when I wan dash now, I see one of my guy like dat cos dat... di guy is...  — (KAD_13_Entering-University_MG__79, Luckily enough, when I was ready to leave in a hurry, I saw one of my boys, because that... the guy is...)

4. nummod:mod (frequency:2)

   Offa robbery: gofment wan dash five million give any pesin wey fit catch di attackers  — (bbc__76313, __no translation__)

   Offa robbery: gofment wan dash five million give any pesin wey fit catch di attackers Wetin bin happen for Offa  — (bbc__76314, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• dash money

1. She tell us about one family wey use di dash money wey politician give dem, to pay for pikin school fees.  — (bbc__89230, __no translation__)

   Di announcement come on Sunday, 21 April through di official Saudi Press Agency but dem no say whether na dash money or na loan.  — (bbc__33008, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Antonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Translations

• English: no definition

Subordinating Conjunction

dash: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:6)

   Dash you one mark.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__301, They awarded you one mark.)

   AFCON 2019 logo don komot Tanzania dash Emmanuel Amunike team land  — (bbc__9718, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Antonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

dash: to give away -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I dash am money.  — (I gave him/her money.)

2. obj (frequency:13)

   Dash money  — (bbc__26945, __no translation__)

   Who dash am!  — (jw__8967, __no translation__)

3. aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:5)

   You go dash am.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__63, You will give him.)

   Other people dey dash pikin wey no get mama and papa money.  — (jw__30181, __no translation__)

4. mark-obj (frequency:4)

   Make dem know sey the main thing wey carry us go meet dem na to help dem learn about Jehovah, no be to dash dem things.  — (jw__23004, __no translation__)

   Sabi pipo bin don do 39 womb transplant, for some dem use live donors including mama wey dash dia daughters dem dia own wombs.  — (bbc__86546, __no translation__)

5. obj-obl:arg (frequency:4)

   How to survive new 30k minimum wage EU wan dash laptops and phones to NYSC corpers  — (bbc__56642, __no translation__)

   Johnson dash you one room for dis compound, you fit abuse and insult and commonize me like dat?  — (deuber__1878, __no translation__)

6. nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

   Drake talk say im dash people almost $1 million wey be di budget to shoot di video.  — (bbc__43617, __no translation__)

   Many people say e dash Arsenal di three points, but Arsenal work for di two goals wey dem score,  — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__119, Many people said he gave Arsenal the three points, but Arsenal worked for the two goals which they scored.)

7. mark-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

   You go happy well well if person dash you better thing or wetin you really need.  — (jw__38670, __no translation__)

   Military courts inside Cameroon complete paper work late Friday to free some of de 289 prisoners weh President Biya dash presidential pardon.  — (bbc__67209, __no translation__)

8. obj-obl:mod (frequency:2)

   Fidel Castro bin dash Russia Vladimir Shatalov as gift for di 1970s.  — (bbc__33002, __no translation__)

   Di oga vice presido, dey hala dis hala to take react to one money poto-poto allegate, wey one former deputy tok-tok person of APC, Timi Frank, take rob ein bodi say, ein just kalebe some plenty billion of wi naira money from di pocket of di Federal Inland Revenue Service , to take dash pipo, as campaign money, wey ein take buy pipo vote, during di 2019 general election-dem.  — (ja102__2105, __no translation__)

9. aux-conj-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)

   America Attorney General Jeff Sessions wey fire am talk say dem find out say im dey dash vital information and im do investigators dem wuru-wuru.  — (bbc__14693, __no translation__)

   If dat person wake up, come meet me, I go dash you money, but if dat person no wake up, remember sey you need to also come meet me, and dash me money.  — (ENU_28_World-Food-Day_M__59, If that person wakes up, come and meet me. I will give you money. But if that person doesn't wake up, remember that you need to also come and meet me and give me money.)

Synonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Antonyms

• donate 0.78 97, offer 0.71 120, offend 0.67 24, sue 0.66 98, owe 0.66 178, sponsor 0.65 106, convince 0.65 43, yab 0.65 176, adopt 0.64 141

Translations

• English: to give away