Difference between revisions of "friend"
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#:* {{ux|dv|Me and john dey '''friend''' each other. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. John and I are dating.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Me and john dey '''friend''' each other. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. John and I are dating.)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Any lecturer wey government hear say dey '''friend''' student go lose im job. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Any lecturer found guilty of having an affair with their students will loose im job.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Any lecturer wey government hear say dey '''friend''' student go lose im job. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Any lecturer found guilty of having an affair with their students will loose im job.)}} | ||
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Di men go dey one wey be sey as e dey '''friend''' di woman, e dey go di house everyday, |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__35, The men will be the ones that as he is befriending this woman, he is going to the house everyday | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Di men go dey one wey be sey as e dey '''friend''' di woman, e dey go di house everyday, |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__35, The men will be the ones that as he is befriending this woman, he is going to the house everyday.)}} |
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====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
* [[boyfriend]], [[girlfriend]] | * [[boyfriend]], [[girlfriend]] | ||
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
* [[paddyman]] | * [[paddyman]] | ||
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''buddy'', ''friend'' | * English: ''buddy'', ''friend'' | ||
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 4 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English friend
Pronunciation
- frɛ̂nd
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 354
- Frequency in raw corpus: 971
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 377
Noun
- Na person wey no be family but wey close well well to person.
- Na my best friend snatch my boyfriend. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. My best friend snatched my boyfriend.)
- Na my uncle friend. — (NST_cleaned__2338. He is my uncle's friend.)
- E hard to see better friend. — (jw__7296. It's difficult to find a true friend.)
- Na di advice wey I fit give you as friend be dat o. — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__117, That's the advice I can give to you as a friend.)
- You know dat kind time wey you dey friend woman, wey you go go stand under rain, — (WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__36, You know that time when you are befriending a woman, when you will go and stand in the rain.)
- Na when boy and girl dey date each other.
- Me and john dey friend each other. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. John and I are dating.)
- Any lecturer wey government hear say dey friend student go lose im job. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Any lecturer found guilty of having an affair with their students will loose im job.)
- Di men go dey one wey be sey as e dey friend di woman, e dey go di house everyday, — (WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__35, The men will be the ones that as he is befriending this woman, he is going to the house everyday.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: buddy, friend
Verb
friend: befriend -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- I tell you now o sey Ochuko dey friend Ada . — no translation
Derived forms
Synonyms
- friends 0.73 457, broder 0.66 138, boyfriend 0.64 89, wife 0.64 1474, broda 0.64 165, neighbour 0.63 85, husband 0.63 1084, daughter 0.63 274, partner 0.61 160
Antonyms
- friends 0.73 457, broder 0.66 138, boyfriend 0.64 89, wife 0.64 1474, broda 0.64 165, neighbour 0.63 85, husband 0.63 1084, daughter 0.63 274, partner 0.61 160
Translations
- English: befriend