even

Naija

Alternative forms

• too 0.41 3267, e 0.40 46271, problem 0.39 1739, but 0.39 15021, sef 0.38 1597, especially 0.38 552, well-well 0.37 994, wahala 0.37 1460, dey 0.37 111403

Etymology

Borrowed from English even

Pronunciation

• ˈivɪn

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 334
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 54
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6305
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 68

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

even: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:6377)

   Even…  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__75, Even...)

   Even...  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__156, Even...)

2. advmod:emph (frequency:56)

   Even sef, if  — (human_rights__98, __no translation__)

   Even sef na borrowborrow.  — (katakata__689, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:5)

   You no even, common beans, you no sabi cook.  — (PRT_08_Children_M__57, You don't even... common beans, you don't know how to cook.)

   Dat means dey dont care about, dey no dey even care about  — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__30, That means they do not care about, dey will not even care about..)

4. advmod-nsubj (frequency:3)

   I no even…  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__9, I don't even know what to call it.)

   I no even...  — (ENU_02_Christmas-At-New-Berries_MG__22, I didn’t even...)

5. obj (frequency:2)

   Even my mama, when we dey grow up, anyting wey my broders dey do, na we dey do too.  — (WAZP_07_Imonirhua-Lifestory_MG__68, Even my mother, when we were growing up, anything which my brothers were doing, we would do it too.)

   Tori say, na today, wi naija super eagle dey jam di national team of Senegal, inside di first of di two international padi-padi match, wey go happen for London, by 8 ‘o’ clock for even, according by wi naija time.  — (ja102__4890, __no translation__)

6. case (frequency:2)

   But even till now sha, she still dey wake up for middle of di night o, still dey wake up.  — (ABJ_GWA_14_Mary-Lifestory_MG__49, But even up until now, she still wakes up in the middle of the night, she still wakes up.)

   But even with all this one, Hannah no talk to Eli anyhow because e know where e suppose do reach.  — (jw__8063, __no translation__)

7. nsubj (frequency:2)

   Because if you even…  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__27, Because if you even...)

   Even i~, im admire am now, for house, (no) he will go out again.  — (JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__65, Even i... if he admires it now, in the house, no, he will go out again.)

8. conj:dicto (frequency:2)

   Even, if e no con like am, ehen we go now change am sey okay, we no dey stay dere again o,  — (IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__72, Even... if he doesn't like it ehen, then we will change it that we are not lodging there again.)

   So as in even, dere was one time for one of my colleagues dey talk sey for road, for one place, de just tay for traffic.  — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__81, As in even... there was one time, one of my colleagues was saying that on the road, at one place, they were just in traffic,)

9. compound:redup (frequency:2)

   E even, e even disappoint, disappoint dem all.  — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__26, He even... he even disappointed... disappointed them all.)

   And even, even dough you dey try to serve God as a young man, or young girl wey you be, people go still dey tell you sey wetin you dey do?  — (JOS_14_Chibozor-View-About-Nigeria_MG__11, And even, even though you are trying to serve God as the young man, or young woman that you are, people will still be telling you what are you doing?)

Synonymes

• too 0.41 3267, e 0.40 46271, problem 0.39 1739, but 0.39 15021, sef 0.38 1597, especially 0.38 552, well-well 0.37 994, wahala 0.37 1460, dey 0.37 111403

Antonymes

• too 0.41 3267, e 0.40 46271, problem 0.39 1739, but 0.39 15021, sef 0.38 1597, especially 0.38 552, well-well 0.37 994, wahala 0.37 1460, dey 0.37 111403

Translations

• English: no definition