Difference between revisions of "gragra"

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Naija

Alternative forms

giragira

Etymology

From Yoruba gìràgìrà which means to be troublesome.

Pronunciation

gràgrà

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Frequency

Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1511
Frequency in raw corpus: 8
Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8754

Adjective

Make person dey too hasty.

See money, dem wan do am gragra, you wan do impatience. — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__80, Look at money! They want to be hasty about it, you want to be impatient about it.)

Noun

No be sey you go dey do gragra. — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__79, It is not all about being hasty.)
Dey dier dey do gragra. Kalampo go soon show — Egbokhare_2021, Be causing trouble there, the police will soon come.
No dey do gragra for me. I no send una. — NSC_Tella_2021, Don't be hasty. I don't give a damn.

Translations

English: hurrying

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 ==Naija==
 ===Alternative forms===
-* contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5
+* [[giragira]]
 ===Etymology===
-etymology:Yoruba ' gìràgìrà'.
+From Yoruba ''gìràgìrà which means to be troublesome''.
 ===Pronunciation===
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 * Frequency in raw corpus: 8
 * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8754
-The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 ===Adjective===
-gragra: to behave in an unruly way -- Definition in Naija?
+* Make person dey too hasty.
+:{{ux|dv|See money, dem wan do am '''gragra''', you wan do impatience. |(ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__80, Look at money! They want to be hasty about it, you want to be impatient about it.)}}
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
-#: {{ux|dv|Dey dier dey do '''gragra'''. Kalampo go soon show|no translation}}
-====Derived forms====
-====Synonyms====
-* contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5
-====Antonyms====
-* contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5
-====Translations====
-* English: to behave in an unruly way
 ===Noun===
-gragra: no definition, hurrying -- Definition in Naija?
-# - (frequency:4)
-#: {{ux|dv|No be sey you go dey do '''gragra'''. |(ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__79, It is not all about being hasty.)}}
-#: {{ux|dv|See money, dem wan do am '''gragra''', you wan do impatience. |(ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__80, Look at money! They want to be hasty about it, you want to be impatient about it.)}}
-====Derived forms====
-====Synonyms====
+#{{ux|dv|No be sey you go dey do '''gragra'''. |(ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__79, It is not all about being hasty.)}}
-* contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5
+#{{ux|dv|Dey dier dey do '''gragra'''. Kalampo go soon show|Egbokhare_2021, Be causing trouble there, the police will soon come.}}
+#{{ux|dv|No dey do '''gragra''' for me. I no send una.|NSC_Tella_2021, Don't be hasty. I don't give a damn.}}
-====Antonyms====
-* contri-side 0.70 12, chao 0.69 6, frankieleon 0.69 5, hoe 0.68 7, mattress 0.68 5, taxman 0.67 5, meskafun 0.67 5, brt 0.66 15, 414 0.66 5
 ====Translations====
-* English: no definition, hurrying
+* English: ''hurrying''