Difference between revisions of "ehen"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
ehn 0.74 1757,
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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===

Revision as of 11:26, 16 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

ehn

Etymology

Borrowed from Unknown

Pronunciation

  • ɛ̀hɛ̃

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 118
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 120
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 817
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 427

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Usage

Definition

Interjection

ehen: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:427)
    ehen  — (deuber__5192, __no translation__)
    Ehen!  — (BEN_19a_Man-Must-Wack_DG__97, Ehen !)
  2. discourse (frequency:34)
    Ehen ah!  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__23, Eh Ah.)
    Eh ehen.  — (JOS_34_Constitutional-Law_DG__116, Eh, ehen.)
  3. advmod:emph (frequency:3)
    Ehen now,  — (NST_cleaned__4868, __no translation__)
    Ehen just go your thing, your thing o.  — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__55, ehen just go do your own thing.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • hm 0.79 1176, haha 0.79 836, mstchew 0.78 423, okay 0.77 1302, ehn 0.74 1757, yes 0.74 760, toh 0.73 307, aha 0.68 300, shey 0.68 167

Antonyms

  • hm 0.79 1176, haha 0.79 836, mstchew 0.78 423, okay 0.77 1302, ehn 0.74 1757, yes 0.74 760, toh 0.73 307, aha 0.68 300, shey 0.68 167

Translations

  • English: no definition