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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
| − | # | + | # Sey person dey greet person |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Na just hailings I dey '''hail''' o man.|Egbokhare2020. I am only greeting you | + | #*{{ux|dv|Na just hailings I dey '''hail''' o, man.|( Egbokhare2020. I am only greeting you, bro.) }} |
| − | # | + | # Make person abi people praise or congratulate anoder person. |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Some dey '''hail''' am... |(BBC_16183_some people are congratulating him.)}} | + | #*{{ux|dv| Some dey '''hail''' am... |(BBC_16183_some people are congratulating him.)}} |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Meh I enter music dey sing meh people dey '''hail''' me, |(ENU_15_Music_M__60, Let me go into music and | + | #*{{ux|dv| Meh I enter music dey sing meh people dey '''hail''' me, |(ENU_15_Music_M__60, Let me go into music and sing so that people will praise me.)}} |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Oga Buhari '''hail''' BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. |(bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC | + | #*{{ux|dv| Oga Buhari '''hail''' BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. |(bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC because they investigate stories thoroughly before reporting it__)}} |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović '''hail''' her players as dem equalize against France. |(bbc__26467, | + | #*{{ux|dv|Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović '''hail''' her players as dem equalize against France. |(bbc__26467, __Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović congratulated her players for equalizing against France__)}} |
| − | # sey person sell something | + | # sey person sell something troway. |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|I wan '''hail''' my [[moto]]. |(NSC_Agnes_2020, I want to sell off my car)}} | + | #*{{ux|dv| I wan '''hail''' my [[moto]]. |(NSC_Agnes_2020, I want to sell off my car)}} |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Oga James don '''hail''' | + | #*{{ux|dv|Oga James don '''hail''' im papa house, stupid man. |(NSC_Agnes_2020, Mr James has sold off his father's house, stupid man.)}} |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
| − | * hailings | + | * [[hailings]] |
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * [[greet]], [[salute]], [[welcome]], [[congratulate]], [[praise]] | + | * [[greet]], [[salute]], [[welcome]], [[congratulate]], [[praise]] |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | * [[yab]], insult | + | * [[yab]], [[insult]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: greeting, congratulations, salute. | * English: greeting, congratulations, salute. | ||
Revision as of 12:02, 7 October 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: English hail
Pronunciation
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1547
- Frequency in raw corpus: 161
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1525
Verb
- Sey person dey greet person
- Na just hailings I dey hail o, man. — ( Egbokhare2020. I am only greeting you, bro.)
- Make person abi people praise or congratulate anoder person.
- Some dey hail am... — (BBC_16183_some people are congratulating him.)
- Meh I enter music dey sing meh people dey hail me, — (ENU_15_Music_M__60, Let me go into music and sing so that people will praise me.)
- Oga Buhari hail BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. — (bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC because they investigate stories thoroughly before reporting it__)
- Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović hail her players as dem equalize against France. — (bbc__26467, __Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović congratulated her players for equalizing against France__)
- sey person sell something troway.
- I wan hail my moto. — (NSC_Agnes_2020, I want to sell off my car)
- Oga James don hail im papa house, stupid man. — (NSC_Agnes_2020, Mr James has sold off his father's house, stupid man.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: greeting, congratulations, salute.