gas
Naija
Alternative forms
- petrol 0.75 166, tanker 0.74 167, pipeline 0.74 84, expressway 0.73 55, bullets 0.73 28, underground 0.70 35, taxi 0.69 76, missile 0.69 50, kpofire 0.69 6
Etymology
Borrowed from English gas
Pronunciation
- gâs
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1137
- Frequency in raw corpus: 175
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1445
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
gas: cooking gas -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- I go fill my gas. — no translation
- - (frequency:92)
- Na gas, no be liquid; — (bbc__5095, __no translation__)
- And no be all, all of us fit use gas, — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__64, and not all... all of us can use gas.)
- cc (frequency:24)
- Di small kontri dey rich on oil and gas exports. — (bbc__20753, __no translation__)
- Lulu-Briggs get many business for oil and gas services for Rivers State. — (bbc__64365, __no translation__)
- amod (frequency:12)
- Di miners die from suffocation after dem inhale poisonous gas from di explosion. — (bbc__36177, __no translation__)
- Di pilot wey dey work with Africa World Airline get to release hot gas to pursue di thieves. — (bbc__37162, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:8)
- tear gas and live bullets na im police and military officials use for di two regions — (bbc__90500, __no translation__)
- EFCC arrest Zenith Bank MD, say Rivers state goment N117bn withdrawal no pure Gunshot, tear gas and kasala for Rivers — (bbc__45890, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:5)
- If I put am inside gas, e go burn house now? — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__60, If I put it inside a gas, it will burn the house now ?)
- Make di guy kpeme until di gas wey dey inside his body finish kpam, kpam. — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__137, let the guy die until the breath that is inside his body expires, completely.)
- nmod (frequency:5)
- Kasala wey gas for Kaduna market don kill 55 pipo — (bbc__62006, __no translation__)
- Kasala wey gas for Kaduna market don kill 55 pipo Kaduna: Goment don order 24 hour curfew — (bbc__62008, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:3)
- Di gas hook Badmus for throat and las las, na wetin kill am. — (bbc__34808, __no translation__)
- unless dis gas don burn out, dis fire no go stop, na wetin im bin talk. — (bbc__5096, __no translation__)
- nmod:poss (frequency:3)
- You gas learn how to crawl before you waka, dem suppose wait so dat dem no go end up for small club. — (bbc__7937, __no translation__)
- Di rapper wey tok to tori pipo TMZ say e feel di energy wen e bin dey Chicago and e gas go wia dem dey call Africa. — (bbc__37732, __no translation__)
- acl:relcl (frequency:3)
- Gas wey dey commot from di field dey go Escravos Lagos pipeline, and from dia go Egbin power plant wey be di largest for Nigeria. — (bbc__53548, __no translation__)
- Police tok-tok pesin inside Rivers State Nnamdi Omoni confam say APC protest for INEC headquarters inside Port Harcourt but say dem fire tear gas wen di mata become too seious and now dem don control di situation. — (bbc__82761, __no translation__)
- compound-nmod (frequency:3)
- Zuma must go' protest: Yawa gas' between groups Jacob Zuma dey under pressure to resign — (bbc__9446, __no translation__)
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma don resign South Africa: Police don raid Gupta family home 'Zuma must go' protest: Yawa gas between groups — (bbc__91907, __no translation__)
- amod-case (frequency:2)
- Di TEN fields get reach two billion barrels of oil and 1.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and Tullow get 47.2% of di fields, while Kosmos Energy Ltd. — (bbc__32613, __no translation__)
- EHT Di first ever foto of black hole: E dey surrounded by one halo of bright gas Astronomers don take di first ever pishure of one black hole, wey dey for one galaxy. — (bbc__45961, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- petrol 0.75 166, tanker 0.74 167, pipeline 0.74 84, expressway 0.73 55, bullets 0.73 28, underground 0.70 35, taxi 0.69 76, missile 0.69 50, kpofire 0.69 6
Antonyms
- petrol 0.75 166, tanker 0.74 167, pipeline 0.74 84, expressway 0.73 55, bullets 0.73 28, underground 0.70 35, taxi 0.69 76, missile 0.69 50, kpofire 0.69 6
Translations
- English: cooking gas
Verb
gas: to escalate, to begin -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Bobs, as yawa gas for di party, everybody take off. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonyms
- petrol 0.75 166, tanker 0.74 167, pipeline 0.74 84, expressway 0.73 55, bullets 0.73 28, underground 0.70 35, taxi 0.69 76, missile 0.69 50, kpofire 0.69 6
Antonyms
- petrol 0.75 166, tanker 0.74 167, pipeline 0.74 84, expressway 0.73 55, bullets 0.73 28, underground 0.70 35, taxi 0.69 76, missile 0.69 50, kpofire 0.69 6
Translations
- English: to escalate, to begin