Difference between revisions of "hail"
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* yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | * yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | ||
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* yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | * yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | ||
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* yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | * yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51 | ||
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* English: to greet, to salute | * English: to greet, to salute | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 10 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51
Etymology
Borrowed from English hail
Pronunciation
- héliŋs
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1547
- Frequency in raw corpus: 161
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1525
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
hail: greeting -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Na just hailings I dey hail o man. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonyms
- yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51
Antonyms
- yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51
Translations
- English: greeting
Verb
hail: to greet, to salute -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Na just hailings I dey hail o man. — no translation
- aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:23)
- We will hail dem. — (NST_cleaned__12683, __no translation__)
- Some dey hail am... — (bbc__16183, __no translation__)
- mark-obj (frequency:9)
- Davido don enter Instagram to hail di two friends. — (bbc__27206, __no translation__)
- Nigerian musician Kach release viral song, 'Dino Melaye' to hail di senator — (bbc__74516, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:8)
- Na so people just dey follow hail am. — (bbc__62845, __no translation__)
- Meh I enter music dey sing meh people dey hail me, — (ENU_15_Music_M__60, Let me go into music and be singing so that people will be hailing me.)
- advcl-nsubj-obj (frequency:6)
- Oga Buhari hail BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. — (bbc__76532, __no translation__)
- Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović hail her players as dem equalize against France. — (bbc__26467, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:4)
- Wherever she dey, people go dey hail her, people dey, de, de, de go dey feel… — (ENU_15_Music_M__36, Wherever she is, people will be hailing her; people are...they...they...they will feel...)
- Tornado bin hit di state capital, Jefferson City wey bring heavy rain, hail, wind and lightning. — (bbc__95625, __no translation__)
- aux-obj (frequency:4)
- We suppose dey hail those people wey dey fight for equality - Brian Krzanich, Intel oga. — (bbc__7400, __no translation__)
- Soul legend Aretha Franklin don die at di age of 76 How Trump and oda big pipo dey hail Aretha Franklin — (bbc__91747, __no translation__)
- nsubj-obj (frequency:3)
- Fans hail Iwobi performance — (bbc__48672, __no translation__)
- I hail una, dem dey spend plenty money. — (bbc__29367, __no translation__)
- aux-mark-obj (frequency:3)
- LL Cool J, Funkmaster Flex, Biz Markie and DJ Scratch dey among pipo wey don hail di star. — (bbc__62804, __no translation__)
- Dis harsh tok no go sweet oga Buhari for belle wey don hail wetin im goment don achieve since 2015 and dey push next level as im agenda ahead of next year presidential election. — (bbc__40705, __no translation__)
- advmod-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)
- Im supporters hail am well-well wen im enta di building. — (bbc__59469, __no translation__)
- AFP President Mnangagwa hail di late opposition leader Tsvangirai well-well — (bbc__10309, __no translation__)
- cc-obj-obl:arg (frequency:2)
- BBC tori people say protesters dey hug and hail soldiers for street. — (bbc__18701, __no translation__)
- Di fans of di housemates dey always yab, troway shade and hail each oda for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. — (bbc__75157, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51
Antonyms
- yab 0.84 176, criticise 0.82 80, greet 0.75 161, welcome 0.74 300, congratulate 0.72 89, nominate 0.71 72, remind 0.70 107, wish 0.69 121, clap 0.69 51
Translations
- English: to greet, to salute