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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well | + | # Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| Abeg now wey day dey make we reach house, before night reach |(NSC_Emeka_2020, Please, now that it's still daytime, let's get home before night fall)}} | + | #: {{ux|dv| Abeg now wey '''day''' dey make we reach house, before night reach. |(NSC_Emeka_2020, Please, now that it's still daytime, let's get home before night fall)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| My people dey talk sey make de dey start for day dey look for black goat, before night reach. | (NSC_Emeka_2020, There is the saying that it's better to start searching for a black goat when it's day, before night fall.) }} | + | #: {{ux|dv| My people dey talk sey make de dey start for '''day''' dey look for black goat, before night reach. | (NSC_Emeka_2020, There is the saying that it's better to start searching for a black goat when it's day, before night fall.) }} |
# Period of time wey start for midnight reach anoder midnight | # Period of time wey start for midnight reach anoder midnight | ||
#: {{ux|dv|After dat '''day''', I get mysef. |(PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|After dat '''day''', I get mysef. |(PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)}} | ||
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Airlines dey lose millions per '''day''' |(bbc__13427, | + | #: {{ux|dv| Airlines dey lose millions per '''day''' |(bbc__13427, Airlines are losing millions per day. )}} |
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====Derived forms==== | ====Derived forms==== | ||
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | *afternoon | + | *[[afternoon]] |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | *night | + | *[[night]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: day | * English: day | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 26 October 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: English day
Pronunciation
- dé
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 135
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 110
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2645
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 156
Definition
- Time wey reach 24 hours.
Noun
- Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well
- Abeg now wey day dey make we reach house, before night reach. — (NSC_Emeka_2020, Please, now that it's still daytime, let's get home before night fall)
- My people dey talk sey make de dey start for day dey look for black goat, before night reach. — (NSC_Emeka_2020, There is the saying that it's better to start searching for a black goat when it's day, before night fall.)
- Period of time wey start for midnight reach anoder midnight
- After dat day, I get mysef. — (PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)
- Airlines dey lose millions per day — (bbc__13427, Airlines are losing millions per day. )
Derived forms
- Wetin dey happen day by day.
- Evriday, we dey get new tori of house wey di tin don enta. — (bbc__1858, __no translation__)
- Evriday our men dey go around dey look for dis kain girls wey no dey hear word and dey roam about. — (bbc__2731, __no translation__)
- Time of day wey be sey sun dey shine.
- E fit be sey na for day time. — (jw__44169, __no translation__)
- We fit pray for daytime or for night. — (jw__8211, __no translation__)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: day