grass

Naija

Alternative forms

• tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162

Etymology

Borrowed from English grass

Pronunciation

• grâs

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 100
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2090

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

grass: Slang: free of charge, without a cost -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Dat guy dey smoke grass.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:42)

   di so-called grass root people  — (deuber__5564, __no translation__)

   e dey catch rabbit and grass cutter for farm.  — (deuber__5365, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:21)

   “First comot the grass .  — (jw__49605, __no translation__)

   So, if you try comot the grass, the wheat go follow am.  — (jw__35176, __no translation__)

4. acl:relcl-det (frequency:8)

   Dis grass wey dey grow anyhow, dey worry many fishermen for East Africa.  — (bbc__14322, __no translation__)

   The grass wey Jesus talk about for this story na one grass wey dem dey call bearded darnel.  — (jw__35173, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:7)

   Air Peace plane speed pass runway land for grass  — (bbc__13408, __no translation__)

   wetin dem cut still dey for on top of grass dem no pack am  — (deuber__5427, __no translation__)

6. cc-det (frequency:4)

   Jesus come explain wetin the story of the wheat and the grass mean:  — (jw__49808, __no translation__)

   As the wheat and the grass dey grow together, their root go tie each other.  — (jw__35175, __no translation__)

7. amod (frequency:3)

   Na everyday e dey cut new grass cover the yam.  — (katakata__860, __no translation__)

   The Watchtower talk sey truth be like flower wey plenty grass cover.  — (jw__40035, __no translation__)

8. amod-case (frequency:3)

   E try cover the yam with thick grass but the grass sef dry before evening reach.  — (katakata__859, __no translation__)

   Dem go travel for days from North, come go south to look for better grass for dia animal.  — (bbc__41352, __no translation__)

9. dep (frequency:2)

   grass e dey take-- you go beg dem before dem go cut di grass.  — (deuber__5425, __no translation__)

   Na grass we dey chop -Cameroon refugees for Nigeria tell UNHCR UNHCR say make Cameroon allow human rights monitors  — (bbc__71187, __no translation__)

10. case-dep (frequency:2)

    Dem say dem dey suffer, dey sleep on top grass and our parents dey send us go school, di student tok.  — (bbc__1574, __no translation__)

    Na im mek Jehovah tell Israel people sey: ‘Wetin I talk go dey fall like dew, like when rain dey fall small small on top grass.’ Mek we come learn some things about dew.  — (jw__12825, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162

Antonyms

• tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162

Translations

• English: Slang: free of charge, without a cost