dis

Naija

Alternative forms

• dat 0.70 9250, this 0.68 6649, di 0.51 125660, every 0.50 1318, that 0.48 3460, anoder 0.44 349, anoda 0.44 1351, which 0.42 1954, last 0.41 3032

Etymology

Borrowed from English dis

Pronunciation

• dɪs

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 907
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 21
• Frequency in raw corpus: 18014
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 28

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Article

dis: no definition, SG.DEM -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:14867)

   dis boy.  — (deuber__2103, __no translation__)

   dis man.  — (deuber__3060, __no translation__)

2. discourse (frequency:36)

   But dis eh eh…  — (NST_cleaned__5122, __no translation__)

   We no die of dis, eh dis, eh dis issue.  — (IBA_16_Drivers_DG__133, We did not die in any of these... eh these... eh these issues.)

3. dep (frequency:12)

   because of dis she no fit breastfeed Orjowan.  — (bbc__86870, __no translation__)

   Na im, I go come put head for dis kind mstchew...  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__131, So now I'll get into this kind of mstchew...)

4. conj:dicto (frequency:12)

   Na e get as dis, dis, dis, dis life... dis life...  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__69, He's the one who knows as this, this, this, this life... this life...)

   Mstchew guy, dis life... dis, dis, dis, dis life dey two o.  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__122, Mstchew guy, this life... this, this, this, this life has two sides.)

5. advmod (frequency:7)

   For now, even dis eh...  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__16, At the moment, even this uh...)

   Just dis small tin, I go fetch am.  — (JOS_12_How-To-Prepare-Gote-Soup_MG__21, Just this small tin, I will get some.)

6. advmod-dep (frequency:5)

   You tink sey age really matter for person to decide on top dis matter for now?  — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__21, Do you think that age really matters for a person to decide on this issue for now ?)

   Alright, Ninety five put one, Wazobia FM, na here I go knock fullstop again for dis o'clock.  — (WAZL_12_Chibok-Girls_M__32, Alright, ninety five point one WAZOBIA FM, it is here I will put a full stop again in this hour.)

7. obl:mod (frequency:3)

   Dis im kain of demand fit caus katakata for family, but Samuel say im no get any wahala wit im parents and e be like say di tin sef dey make dem laff.  — (bbc__40724, __no translation__)

   year-old Paris, dey tok dis one week afta television feem 'Leaving Neverland' release, wey bi documentary of two men wey accuse Jackson say e sexually abuse dem wen dem be pikin.  — (bbc__102865, __no translation__)

8. advmod:emph (frequency:2)

   But dis no bi de only decision as SDF also ask ELECAM for tok solution weh deh get for make sure say kontri pipo weh Anglophone crisis make dem run go oda parts for kontri and Nigeria, go vote.  — (bbc__22472, __no translation__)

   I go con say toh if people con dey pass now, con dey see you, con dey see sey you get big, big children (you no understand, ), de go dey reason sey mstchew maybe dis children sef, de no dey even pity for deir parents, or maybe de no dey even send deir par~.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__104, I will then say, if people passing by now, they see you and see that you have grown up children, dont you understand, they will start reasoning that maybe your children, they do not pity their parents and they do not care for their parents.)

9. conj:dicto-discourse (frequency:2)

   Wit... na dis... na, na you... wit dat girl, you no go sleep for one room.  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__84, With... it's this... it's... it's you... you will not sleep in the same room as that girl.)

   How you see dis eh, dis new, ehn dis ting, change wey de change you come here like dis?  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__4, How do you see this eh,...this new ehn,... this thing... change which they changed you to this place like this ?)

Synonyms

• dat 0.70 9250, this 0.68 6649, di 0.51 125660, every 0.50 1318, that 0.48 3460, anoder 0.44 349, anoda 0.44 1351, which 0.42 1954, last 0.41 3032

Antonyms

• dat 0.70 9250, this 0.68 6649, di 0.51 125660, every 0.50 1318, that 0.48 3460, anoder 0.44 349, anoda 0.44 1351, which 0.42 1954, last 0.41 3032

Translations

• English: no definition, SG.DEM

Pronoun

dis: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2630)

   dis.  — (NST_cleaned__33774, __no translation__)

   Dis…  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__101, Dis...)

2. case (frequency:518)

   E no dey like dis.  — (NST_cleaned__9270, __no translation__)

   one night like dis.  — (deuber__3297, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:14)

   All dis na to document di language.  — (bbc__43597, __no translation__)

   dis ma men wey like to follow men play love.  — (bbc__70757, __no translation__)

4. conj (frequency:9)

   Mummy, how much is dis eh… ,  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__96, Mummy, how much is this eh...)

   Dis de come say ah your son dey try o!  — (PRT_07_Drummer_MG__33, This person came out and said, ah, your son did well!)

5. acl:relcl (frequency:6)

   I con tell my friend sey see dis wey dey happen now.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__150, I then told my friend that, look at this that is happening now.)

   Dis wey dey produce banknote and security document-dem, for di whole of West Africa.  — (ja102__2247, __no translation__)

6. case-dep (frequency:5)

   Dis una governor, wetin una dey do wit dis of, una governor?  — (NST_cleaned__12698, __no translation__)

   Naim one day, e get one, all of our teacher like dis wey come…  — (ABJ_INF_09b_Old-Time-School_M__31, So one day, there was one... all of our teachers which came... That woman... I don't know what happened.)

7. discourse (frequency:4)

   Dis eh.  — (ABJ_NOU_01_Death-Of-A-Brother_DG__37, This eh...)

   dis eh...  — (NST_cleaned__34598, __no translation__)

8. cc (frequency:2)

   Ehn if you mix dis, and dis, e go good for your body.  — (WAZA_08_Body-Matter_MG__19, Something like, if you mix this and this, it will do your body good.)

   Because di, di former one no do anyting, and dis one no do anyting.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__53, Because the former one didn't do anything and this didn't do anything.)

9. obj (frequency:2)

   Okay if you make am, if you, if you make am like, like dis, like dis, take am cook soup, e go fine, it's fine  — (NST_cleaned__40212, __no translation__)

   According to APC, because of dis, di petition wey Atiku file for di election tribunal get K-leg as e no be citizen of Nigeria but Cameroon.  — (bbc__11298, __no translation__)

10. obl:arg (frequency:2)

    So dis 'call to bar' dey important for any lawyer wey get plan to dey argue case for court.  — (bbc__77213, __no translation__)

    De say, de no give any reason, wey make why, dis wi former leaders -dem, no take attend dis event.  — (ja102__4502, __no translation__)

11. case-cop (frequency:2)

    Why e dey, why e dey be like dis?  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__34, Why is it, why is it like this ?)

    But God know why e take be like dis.  — (ONI_03_Stepmother-Problems_M__69, But God knows why it is like this.)

12. case-conj (frequency:2)

    And you see if person car just get small problem, shout like dis, or any small problem like dis, di person don dey worry,  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__20, And, you see, if a person's car just have a little problem, he will shout like this or any little problem like this, the person is already worrying.)

    For 2012, di oga for Police then Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar give one order like dis and more than 3,500 checkpoints na im dem clear comot.  — (bbc__41983, __no translation__)

13. case-mark (frequency:2)

    all dose one now na im come bring wahala for dis country sotay like dis.  — (deuber__2235, __no translation__)

    Because no be only government, government, government, government we dey shout, we dey shout for government, dey talk for government sey like dis, like dis, like dis.  — (ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__93, because it is not only government, government, government, government that we will be shouting... we will be shouting to government, he talking to the government like this that like this, like this, like this.)

14. case-nmod (frequency:2)

    See you wey fresh like dis from head to toe, you con dey say na hungry wey con X.  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__7, See, you who are fresh like this, from head to toe, you are now saying that it is hunger that...)

    Di go sell any of dis wi refinery-dem, wey fail to begin work proper-proper, by di end of dis December.  — (ja102__1541, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• dat 0.70 9250, this 0.68 6649, di 0.51 125660, every 0.50 1318, that 0.48 3460, anoder 0.44 349, anoda 0.44 1351, which 0.42 1954, last 0.41 3032

Antonyms

• dat 0.70 9250, this 0.68 6649, di 0.51 125660, every 0.50 1318, that 0.48 3460, anoder 0.44 349, anoda 0.44 1351, which 0.42 1954, last 0.41 3032

Translations

• English: no definition