Difference between revisions of "finish"

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#: {{ux|dv|Person '''finish''' fourth, dey go Europa, dey go struggle. |(NST_cleaned__14836, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Person '''finish''' fourth, dey go Europa, dey go struggle. |(NST_cleaned__14836, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We neva count gods and spirits '''finish''' if evil gods no dey inside. |(bbc__98308, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We neva count gods and spirits '''finish''' if evil gods no dey inside. |(bbc__98308, __no translation__)}}
# Sey someting/person do person wetin e no go fit recover from
 
 
#: {{ux|dv| O boy, you see as dem take finish di former governor? | ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor )}}
 
#: {{ux|dv| O boy, you see as dem take finish di former governor? | ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor )}}
 
#: {{ux|dv| my wife go read my messages o,my own don finish | ( My wife read my messages, I am finished ) }}
 
#: {{ux|dv| my wife go read my messages o,my own don finish | ( My wife read my messages, I am finished ) }}

Revision as of 12:17, 19 September 2020

Naija

Etymology

From English finish.

Pronunciation

  • ˈfɪnɪʃ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 96
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 140
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1638
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 232

Definition

  1. Wetin dey happen or wetin de dey do, de don do am reach where be sey noting dey to do again.

Transitive Verb

  1. Finish!  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__119, That's all !)
    if de agree finish  — (deuber__2294, __no translation__)
    Wetin fle~, wetin finish am,  — (IBA_16_Drivers_DG__68, What flle... what finished it ?)
    take finish my primary school.  — (NST_cleaned__41321, __no translation__)
    Why minimum wage palava neva finish for Nigeria  — (bbc__100609, __no translation__)
    X na im go dey finish you.  — (WAZA_06_Cigarettes_T__38, X will be what will finish you off.)
    Now, I thank God I don finish school.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__110, Now, I thank God, I have finished school.)
    Person finish fourth, dey go Europa, dey go struggle.  — (NST_cleaned__14836, __no translation__)
    We neva count gods and spirits finish if evil gods no dey inside.  — (bbc__98308, __no translation__)
    O boy, you see as dem take finish di former governor?  —  ( Man, did you see how they dealt with the former governor )
    my wife go read my messages o,my own don finish  —  ( My wife read my messages, I am finished )

Intransitive Verb

Serial Verb

Related forms

  1. finish line where be sey e dey mark sey na here di ting or matter end.
    Dis two players on any day fit single-handedly carry dia team to di finish line wit individual performance.  — (bbc__42780, __no translation__)
    Di double Olympic champion cross di finish line for new world leading time and meet record of one minute 54.98 seconds.  — (bbc__34168, __no translation__)
  2. Seefinish: Sey person no get level for anoder person eye.
    I no blame you now, na because I dey follow una dey play na im dey bring all dis seefinish  —  ( I don't blame you, it's only because I have been friendly with you that has caused this disregard )

Synonyms

  • complete 0.67 328, expire 0.61 121, close 0.58 843, loose 0.55 110, leave 0.54 1444, loss 0.53 250, off 0.52 315

Antonyms

  • Start 0.65 4406, resume 0.57 159

Translations

  • English: finish.