fit

Naija

Alternative forms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Etymology

Borrowed from English fit

Pronunciation

• fît

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 389
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 48
• Frequency in raw corpus: 17571
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 30

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Auxiliary

fit: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:17119)

   fit work  — (deuber__3270, __no translation__)

   Fit put…  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__71, Put...)

2. nsubj (frequency:23)

   E fit…  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__69, He can-)

   I fit… ,  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__175, Can I...)

3. mark (frequency:14)

   We don, we don, we don bet di one wey we fit bet.  — (LAG_34_Football-And-Everyday-Problems_M__71, We have...we have...we have placed a bet on the one we can.)

   You see I be, I be tell you ma sey I fit, I no sabi dance?  — (NST_cleaned__14542, __no translation__)

4. aux-nsubj (frequency:7)

   E don dey fit.  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__196, He is fit.)

   I say I go fit.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__120, I said I will.)

5. mark-obj (frequency:6)

   De go know di one wey fit you.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__121, They will know the one that fits you.)

   God give am name wey fit am, Israel .  — (jw__17612, __no translation__)

6. nsubj-obj (frequency:4)

   You fit yours.  — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__44, You can handle yours.)

   You fit it, you fit arrange am according to own time.  — (NST_cleaned__17573, __no translation__)

7. aux (frequency:3)

   Im dey, im don dey fit?  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__195, Is he... has he become fit ?)

   Every Monday, dey fit withdraw am dey fit.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__61, Every Monday, they can withdraw it... they can...)

8. cc-nsubj (frequency:3)

   Make you no dey carry shoulder up so that you fit let ‘God strong hand’ help you and you fit ‘throw all the things wey dey worry you give am.’ When you dey show sey you no dey carry shoulder up, God go support and show you favor.  — (jw__23428, __no translation__)

   Person wey go against dis subsection for dis section don break law and court fit, if court talk say im break law, pay fine wey no pass thirty thousand naira or put am for jail for time wey no pass three years or e go pay di fine and still go jail.  — (hildrights__408, __no translation__)

9. cc (frequency:2)

   Person wey no gree follow order wey dem make for dis section, don break law and court fit, if court talk sey e break law, tell am make e pay fifteen thousand naira or court go put am for jail for time wey no pass eighteen months or e go pay di money and court go still put am for jail.  — (hildrights__384, __no translation__)

   or fit, where e be sey di court reason sey e no go dey okay make dey talk di person wey de dey talk for paragraph, because de reason sey if de call di person name e go failput for wetin section 65 for dis Act or any ting wey de reson, no go gree sey e go give di direction wey de apply sey make de give dem.  — (hildrights__868, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:2)

    Musa wan stay fit and play football so im go dey sharp for Nigeria before di 2018 FIFA World Cup for Russia.  — (bbc__69162, __no translation__)

    as e see am sey e good oga Minister, fit, fit, put am for Court newspaper, sey e choose how many people go dey visiting committee wey dem approve as e tek dey di paper wey dem write come put hand and e no go use dat one tok sey di people wey be visitor sey dem dey go Visitor and committee of pipul wey visit go do di kain work wey tok sey dem go do as concern workingplace wey dem approve.  — (hildrights__1413, __no translation__)

11. ccomp (frequency:2)

    Fit make us wise, e dey open our eyes.  — (jw__10713, __no translation__)

    Aproko wey dey say Naija international midfielder wey be John Ogu fit ...  — (brila__172, __no translation__)

12. advcl (frequency:2)

    De wan contest for dis one, de wan do dis one, but na person eh wey God say na im fit for dis post na im we dey vote for am.  — (JOS_05_Buhari-Government_M__58, They want to contest for this; they want to this one, but it's one eh who God says it's him that's fit for this post that we will vote for.)

    Now, even small children, people wey just finish WAEC last year dey apply for Open University because you can use, you fit use Open University for anywhere wey you go now,  — (ABJ_NOU_05_Patricias-Lifestory_M__42, Nowadays, the young ones, those who just sat for WAEC examination last year are applying for the Open University because you can use... you can use the Open University anywhere you go now.)

13. advmod (frequency:2)

    But now, di latest now, be sey im don dey respond well, sey im don dey dey physically fit now.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__205, But now, the latest presently,is that he has started responding to treatment and he is physically fit now.)

    China $$$, Stella Oduah, and oda tins you need sabi about tear-rubber Port Harcourt international airport Passengers no fit enta Lagos Airport, aviation unions dey para, plane no fly  — (bbc__25407, __no translation__)

14. aux-mark (frequency:2)

    Una fit drink the cup wey I go soon drink?” Dem come answer am sey: “We go fit.” But e still be like sey dem no really understand wetin this one mean.  — (jw__25120, __no translation__)

    Tori say, one helep group wey dem dey call, Enough Is Enough, eie, Nigeria, don announce say one of wi ogbonge double award-winning singer, Tuface Idibia wey every bodi also sabi as 2baba, go follo participate inside one mass voter mobilization rally to take encourage pipo to dey fit “protest for all level of government-dem wey dey wi contri, thru dia vote-dem.”  — (ja102__4915, __no translation__)

15. advmod-cc (frequency:2)

    Bindu Ammini and Kanaka Durga bin don dey try enta di temple since court stamp am say dem fit enta but no fit.  — (bbc__20103, __no translation__)

    One video for Facebook, show as di bird balance well-well for ontop di headrest for inside di plane as one flight attendant try to catch but no fit.  — (bbc__78967, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Antonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Translations

• English: no definition

Auxiliary (modal)

fit: can -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I fit cook yam.  — no translation

Synonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Antonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Translations

• English: can

Verb

fit: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. mark-obj (frequency:2)

   De go know di one wey fit you.  — (NST_cleaned__26299, __no translation__)

   Ehen so na di one wey fit you na im de go give you if you go our hospital go te~, go test yoursef.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__97, Ehen, so that the one that fits you, that they will give you if you go to our hospital to go and te-... test yourself.)

2. aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)

   But me no know di one e go fit you.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__60, But I don't know the one that will fit you.)

   De no dey consider weder dis ting go fit me.  — (NST_cleaned__34237, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Antonyms

• go 0.66 63583, wan 0.65 6206, need 0.64 3037, suppose 0.60 3425, if 0.59 11277, want 0.58 5324, dey 0.53 111403, brain 0.51 237, or 0.50 7736

Translations

• English: no definition