get

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English get

Pronunciation

• gɛ́

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 719
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 32
• Frequency in raw corpus: 19411
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 24

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

get: has/have -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   People know sey dem no get license to get guns.  — no translation

2. mark-obj (frequency:1539)

   Pipo wey get mouth  — (bbc__81754, __no translation__)

   E need to get faith.  — (jw__4047, __no translation__)

3. obj (frequency:937)

   Get patience  — (bbc__53747, __no translation__)

   Get open-mind  — (bbc__53746, __no translation__)

4. - (frequency:248)

   Na God get land.  — (deuber__5675, __no translation__)

   Na God get power.  — (NST_cleaned__16809, __no translation__)

5. nsubj (frequency:174)

   E get.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__88, It has...)

   I get,  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__220, I have)

6. cc-obj (frequency:131)

   But get mind.  — (jw__19145, __no translation__)

   Wey get the right to rule.  — (jw__43513, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:111)

   I pray make I get am.  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__41, I pray I should get it.)

   Na only we dey get am.  — (LAG_28_Buying-Shawarma_DG__89, We are the only ones who have it.)

8. mark (frequency:58)

   At least, somebody wey get…  — (ENU_31_Imo-State-Politics_DG__144, At least, somebody that has...)

   Oda Weird Jobs wey dey to get  — (bbc__76084, __no translation__)

9. dep-obj (frequency:46)

   But I no want get hand for inside am.  — (katakata__1116, __no translation__)

   because dem wan get di boy boy for inside  — (deuber__912, __no translation__)

10. obl:arg (frequency:37)

    No be small love God get for us o!  — (jw__20394, __no translation__)

    Which kind plan you suppose get for mind?  — (jw__22222, __no translation__)

11. advmod (frequency:14)

    Like animal get right?  — (NST_cleaned__21295, __no translation__)

    We wey dey, we no even get.  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__131, We that are... we don't even have...)

12. aux (frequency:10)

    Na only 39% of the $2.9bn wey the UN dey find to help Yemen dem don get  — (bbc__71576, __no translation__)

    Dis na one of di most powerful orgasm woman fit get and e fit happen for deep vaginal penetration.  — (bbc__41594, __no translation__)

13. ccomp (frequency:10)

    Nna g~, dis ting, e ge~, e get as e be.  — (WAZP_02_Porico_M__50, Brother, g... this thing, it is... it is as it is.)

    Wetin Jesus talk get as e be for some people ear.  — (jw__41096, __no translation__)

14. dep (frequency:4)

    Fake love no be character wey we suppose get at all.  — (jw__10521, __no translation__)

    Main opposition party, Social Democratic Front, SDF, get na five lists dem, Elecam reject dia other five lists say dey get irregularity and de party yi sef withdraw one list.  — (bbc__64832, __no translation__)

15. conj (frequency:4)

    GET ‘SENSE’ AND DEY ‘CLEAN’  — (jw__12787, __no translation__)

    take get or give for Ashawo or take do bluefilm or anyting wey be like sey e dey act or perform bluefilm ;  — (hildrights__272, __no translation__)

16. advcl (frequency:4)

    But that one fit make us no enjoy one of the blessing wey we suppose get if we choose by ourself.  — (jw__39411, __no translation__)

    If weather hot, you con dey go drink hot pepper soup for dis hot weather, na hot temper, you wan dey, you wan get last, last.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__79, If you're having hot pepper soup while the weather is hot, you just want to make things worse.)

17. det-obj (frequency:2)

    Facebook want to create computer money wey go provide cheap and secure ways of making payments, weda or not di user get bank account.  — (bbc__48454, __no translation__)

    Joshua Osih di even go far for create space weh e di discuss with pipo answer dia questions, announce dia programmes and any man weh e dis follow de candidate di get de correct information.  — (bbc__61264, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• give 0.53 9568, create 0.51 509, provide 0.51 471, need 0.50 3037, produce 0.49 443, keep 0.48 813, contribute 0.46 266, apply 0.46 292, bear 0.45 209

Antonyms

• give 0.53 9568, create 0.51 509, provide 0.51 471, need 0.50 3037, produce 0.49 443, keep 0.48 813, contribute 0.46 266, apply 0.46 292, bear 0.45 209

Translations

• English: has/have