enter

Naija

Alternative forms

• comot 0.67 4450, scatter 0.62 441, enta 0.61 1907, jam 0.58 366, blow 0.57 324, drive 0.55 431, block 0.54 497, gather 0.54 409, near 0.54 1010

Etymology

Borrowed from English enter

Pronunciation

• ɛ́ntà

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 141
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 104
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2686
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 152

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

enter: to go in, to penetrate, to beat -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   1. I don enter di babe. 2. If you still dey run your mouth, I go enter you soon.  — no translation

2. obj (frequency:534)

   Enter town!  — (IBA_41_Christ-Passion-Finale_MG__1, Go into town!)

   E pain me enter my blood.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__136, It pained me deeply.)

3. mark-obj (frequency:117)

   Na im first time be dat o to enter USA.  — (KAD_20_School-And-Working-Experience_M__39, That was his first time to enter USA.)

   To enter di stadium sef no go sweet you.  — (KAD_02_Football_M__34, to enter the stadium indeed will not interest you.)

4. - (frequency:76)

   Enter, shit inside.  — (deuber__5756, __no translation__)

   I bin, I bin enter,  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__80, I am... I enter.)

5. aux-obj (frequency:39)

   Go enter fa~, Facebook.  — (ENU_07_South-Eastern-Politics_M__121, Go and check facebook.)

   I con follow dem dey enter church.  — (ENU_15_Music_M__16, I was then following them to church.)

6. obl:arg (frequency:33)

   enter inside-- Newest Hall  — (deuber__2022, __no translation__)

   You fly gate enter wit your motor abi,  — (ONI_19_Make-We-Share-Di-Country_DG__74, Did you fly the gate and entered with your car, right ?)

7. mark (frequency:21)

   How to enter  — (bbc__56622, __no translation__)

   E no go see place wey e go enter.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__232, He will not find a place to hide.)

8. nsubj (frequency:14)

   I enter.  — (JOS_24_Football_M__26, I entered.)

   I, e enter.  — (ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__50, I call picked.)

9. cc-obj (frequency:12)

   if dem dey drive wrong or enter wrong track  — (deuber__3891, __no translation__)

   go make people fit rule for God Kingdom and enter paradise?  — (jw__48729, __no translation__)

10. dep-obj (frequency:10)

    Naim I run enter kitchen sey, make I just run one, or two things.  — (NST_cleaned__20341, __no translation__)

    Na di fire send smoke enter A/C for inside di room where di senators dey.  — (bbc__70438, __no translation__)

11. dep (frequency:8)

    As im see me just crawl enter inside, im see popsy.  — (JOS_28_Exams_DG__102, As he saw me crawled and entered inside, he saw daddy.)

    Alright meh we carry you jump enter for inside African tory.  — (NST_cleaned__41664, __no translation__)

12. advmod (frequency:6)

    Im say wuru wuru enter well well.  — (bbc__19585, __no translation__)

    no even write exam, you go see dem just enter, but you wey rest...  — (NST_cleaned__41002, __no translation__)

13. aux-mark (frequency:6)

    dem wan show off&and di man--&to people wey never enter  — (deuber__2066, __no translation__)

    You know sey pot sef, di size dey regulate di amount of food wey fit enter,  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__185, You know that even pot, the size regulates the amount of food that can enter the pot.)

14. conj (frequency:5)

    go dey do omota enter uh enter maybe bus stop join bus conductor.  — (deuber__3419, __no translation__)

    Dem no go allow any wicked person enter or remain for Jehovah house.  — (jw__37344, __no translation__)

15. aux (frequency:3)

    Omo dat match, just dey plan for dat ticket mey just enter,  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__13, Guy, that match, I'm just planning for that ticket, let it just enter.)

    De prefer dat place wey be sey de use wood ehn with zinc do wey be sey you go dey waka, dey enter, dey go buy tings.  — (NST_cleaned__32131, __no translation__)

16. obl:mod (frequency:3)

    Yes as I woul, enter like dis, na your, na you come my mind.  — (WAZL_14_Kulele-Zone_DG__120, yes as I as I entered like this, you were the one that came to my mind.)

    Even though say Cameroon finish ontop three points, the same as Nigeria from Group A, dem waka enter round of 16 sake of say dem score one more goal pass their African sister dem.  — (brila__633, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• comot 0.67 4450, scatter 0.62 441, enta 0.61 1907, jam 0.58 366, blow 0.57 324, drive 0.55 431, block 0.54 497, gather 0.54 409, near 0.54 1010

Antonyms

• comot 0.67 4450, scatter 0.62 441, enta 0.61 1907, jam 0.58 366, blow 0.57 324, drive 0.55 431, block 0.54 497, gather 0.54 409, near 0.54 1010

Translations

• English: to go in, to penetrate, to beat