Difference between revisions of "hail"
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# sey person dey greet person | # sey person dey greet person | ||
#*{{ux|dv|Na just hailings I dey '''hail''' o man.|Egbokhare2020. I am only greeting you sir.}} | #*{{ux|dv|Na just hailings I dey '''hail''' o man.|Egbokhare2020. I am only greeting you sir.}} | ||
| + | # make person abi people praise or congratulate another 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 be singing so that people will be | + | #*{{ux|dv|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 praising me.)}} |
| − | #*{{ux|dv|Oga Buhari '''hail''' BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. |(bbc__76532, | + | #*{{ux|dv|Oga Buhari '''hail''' BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. |(bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC for their investigative thoroughness before reporting a news__)}} |
| − | #*{{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, __Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović congratulated her players for equalizing against France__)}} |
# sey person sell something throway | # sey person sell something throway | ||
#*{{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''' him papa house. |(NSC_Agnes_2020, Oga James don sell off him Papa house)}} | |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
* hailings | * hailings | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * [[greet]], [[salute]] [[welcome]], [[congratulate]], | + | * [[greet]], [[salute]] [[welcome]], [[congratulate]], [[praise]] [[remind]]. |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | * [[yab]], | + | * [[yab]], insult. |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: greeting, salute. | + | * English: greeting, congratulations, salute. |
Revision as of 12:30, 6 October 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
From: English hail
Pronunciation
- hél
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 sir.
- make person abi people praise or congratulate another 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 be singing so that people will be praising me.)
- Oga Buhari hail BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am. — (bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC for their investigative thoroughness before reporting a news__)
- Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović hail her players as dem equalize against France. — (bbc__26467, __Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović congratulated her players for equalizing against France__)
- sey person sell something throway
- I wan hail my moto. — (NSC_Agnes_2020, I want to sell off my car)
- Oga James don hail him papa house. — (NSC_Agnes_2020, Oga James don sell off him Papa house)
Related forms
- hailings
Synonyms
Antonyms
- yab, insult.
Translations
- English: greeting, congratulations, salute.