Difference between revisions of "friend"

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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* frɛ̂nd
 
* frɛ̂nd
<sm2>Pcm-ng-friend.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-friend.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>pcm-ng-friend.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 354
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 971
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 377
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
* Make two people people dey like diersef.
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* Make two people dey like diersef.
:* {{ux|dv|Me and john dey '''friend''' each other. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. John and I are dating.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Me and John dey '''friend''' each other. |(NSC_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 his job.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Any lecturer wey government hear say dey '''friend''' student go lose im job. |(NSC_2021. Any lecturer found guilty of having an affair with their students will loose his 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.)}}
  
 
====Translation====
 
====Translation====
 
English: ''date''., ''court''
 
English: ''date''., ''court''

Revision as of 18:33, 16 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English friend

Pronunciation

  • frɛ̂nd

Play Play

Noun

  • Na person wey no be person family but wey close well well to person.
  • 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.)

Related forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: buddy, friend

Verb

  • Make two people dey like diersef.
  • Me and John dey friend each other.  — (NSC_2021. John and I are dating.)
  • Any lecturer wey government hear say dey friend student go lose im job.  — (NSC_2021. Any lecturer found guilty of having an affair with their students will loose his 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.)

Translation

English: date., court