fada

Naija

Alternative forms

• fader

Etymology

Borrowed from English father

Pronunciation

• fádà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 44
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3436

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

fada: father, Reverend father, a gang leader --

• man wey born pikin

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Your fada na beta person o.  — Your father is a better person

   So I reach dere, I reach my fada community, I see my relation, I see my relation dere.  — (ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__52, So, I got there... I got to my father's community and I saw my relation....I saw my rlation there.)

• Oga for church (catholic) wey no marry

1. I go see fada for confession.  — I will see the reverend father for confession

• Oga patapata for gang

1. Deir fada for aye don talk say make dem kill di boy.  — There gang leader has talked that they should kill the boy.

• somebody wey kick start or plant someting

1. If you be fan of science fiction movie or movie dem wey get special effects den you need to twale for Méliès, dem call am di fada of special effects.  — (bbc__57819, If you are a fan of scientific fiction movie or movies that have special effects , then you will thrill for Melies, they call him the father of special effects)

Synonyms

• fader, pile , pale , papa, daddy

Antonyms

• mother 0.71 105, moder 0.70 72, mile male, mama, mummy

Translations

• English: father, Reverend father, a gang leader, founder of something