friend

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed 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

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

friend: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:159)

   Friend Team  — (bbc__53082, __no translation__)

   You know friend now haha.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__222, You know the friend now. Haha.)

2. nmod (frequency:125)

   Na my uncle friend.  — (NST_cleaned__2338, __no translation__)

   wey be Jehovah friend.  — (jw__48870, __no translation__)

3. amod (frequency:54)

   E HARD to see better friend.  — (jw__7296, __no translation__)

   If we really be true friend,  — (jw__16771, __no translation__)

4. det (frequency:15)

   No friend.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__101, No friend.)

   You know di friend now,  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__223, You know the friend now.)

5. case (frequency:13)

   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.)

   Rehoboam no be like King David wey e hold Jehovah tight as friend  — (jw__31251, __no translation__)

6. amod-det (frequency:8)

   Which kind friend?  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__145, Which kind of friend?)

   That kind friend dey?  — (jw__27222, __no translation__)

7. det-nmod (frequency:5)

   She is just a friend of mine now  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__108, She is just a friend of mine.)

   But e dey sweet the friend of the husband well well when e stand dey hear the voice of the husband.  — (jw__5248, __no translation__)

8. cc (frequency:4)

   If Naboth family and friend dem dey carry body down, how e go take help dem?  — (jw__16085, __no translation__)

   What if dem disfellowship your husband, wife, pikin or friend and you no like am?  — (jw__16127, __no translation__)

9. amod-cc (frequency:4)

   Na faithful husband, loving son and good friend.  — (bbc__2391, __no translation__)

   All this things go help us be better papa or mama, better husband or wife and better friend.  — (jw__7189, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:3)

    Friend or foe?Na friend o.  — (deuber__5698, __no translation__)

    Maya Angelou na friend and inspiration to plenty ogbonge people like former America president Barack Obama and Martin Luther King  — (bbc__66117, __no translation__)

11. case-det (frequency:3)

    Now she dey stay wit one friend.  — (bbc__89741, __no translation__)

    She con say aha she go do runs now wit di friend, na di friend house wey she go.  — (ONI_18a_Kanpatakwa_M__67, she went to do runs now with the friend, it was the friend's house she went to.)

12. amod-dep (frequency:3)

    But e do am because na better friend im be.— 2 Sam.  — (jw__23786, __no translation__)

    best friend ending up being an enemy, or someone disappointing the other...  — (ja102__5809, __no translation__)

13. dep (frequency:2)

    Pictures of di two of dem togeda even spread for internet and e come make fans get high hope say dem don begin friend each-oda again.  — (bbc__81296, __no translation__)

    Im recognise Joy as im neighbour girlfriend wey be friend to im house girl come add say she deceive di house girl come tiff di pikin and since deney find am.  — (bbc__25625, __no translation__)

14. advmod (frequency:2)

    No friend fit good pass you.  — (jw__27160, __no translation__)

    No friend fit be like you Jehovah,  — (jw__27159, __no translation__)

15. vocative (frequency:2)

    Because we don give Jehovah our life, we still dey enjoy wetin Bible call ‘peace with God.’ This one mean sey we and Jehovah na friend.​— Rom.  — (jw__24936, __no translation__)

    De say, oga Trump, wey yan inside one join-join press sidon-tok wey ein do with, oga Trudeau, wey dey do visit-now for Washington, e say, na “great honor” e bi to-am, to host di prime minister of america “great friend, nebo and padi-padi contri”  — (ja102__1315, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• God friend

1. Jacob get better gain, e come be God friend and God bless am.  — (jw__17613, __no translation__)

   Abraham na God friend because e do wetin God tell am and e get faith for God.  — (jw__285, __no translation__)* boy friend

1. And she no get husband, and na her boy friend...  — (KAD_09_Kabir-Gymnasium_MG__74, And she doesn't have a husband, and it's her boyfriend...)

   Joseph say police dem dey suspect say her boy friend kill am come hide di dead bodi under bed.  — (bbc__61245, __no translation__)* friend Bello

1. Shehu Ibrahim Ibrahim and im friend Bello wen dem young at di age of two and nine.  — (bbc__89329, __no translation__)

   Dis na wetin Ibrahim Shehu tell BBC Pidgin as im remember im best friend Bello wey die November 28 2014 afta Boko Haram bomb mosque for Kano, kill 120 Pipo and wounjure 260 pipo.  — (bbc__41764, __no translation__)* friend house

1. She cari her daughter go one of her friend house.  — (bbc__75383, __no translation__)

   I no know sey na, na my friend house di chikala go dey.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__130, I didnt know that it was in my friend's house the babe went to stay.)* friend woman

1. 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.)

   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.)* friend zone

1. Sex make friend zone turn bad tin Sex no fit cause cardiac arrest Who dey watch di Watchmen?  — (bbc__88130, __no translation__)

   Sex make friend zone turn bad tin 'Why we do fake Facebook wedding' Funny ways some people take lose dia job  — (bbc__88129, __no translation__)* girl friend

1. Slap girl friend.  — (KAN_02_Girls-Life-In-Kano_DG__169, Slap girl friend.)

   Amb I have girl friend amb.  — (ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__1, I have a girl friend.)* pikin friend

1. Jephthah pikin friend dem dey go visit am every year  — (jw__19390, __no translation__)

   Friends and still Firm - Say you don become your pikin friend no mean say you no go treat him or her mata wen e do bad tin.  — (bbc__53085, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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: no definition

Verb

friend: befriend -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I tell you now o sey Ochuko dey friend Ada .  — no translation

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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