hala
Naija
Alternative forms
- para 0.83 230, provoke 0.69 98, vex 0.69 1206, criticise 0.69 80, yab 0.66 176, clap 0.65 51, laff 0.65 24, criticize 0.64 26, misbehave 0.63 19
Etymology
etymology:English ' holler' .
Pronunciation
- hálá
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1982
- Frequency in raw corpus: 84
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2314
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
hala: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:18)
- E come hala again. — (katakata__108, __no translation__)
- Go dey hala, go tell my friend make e talk true. — (NST_cleaned__2708, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:4)
- Wada dem not lef dia family dem for buy dem chop so dey vex di hala. — (bbc__19600, __no translation__)
- Im tok say di whole shout-shout na politics but na di praise plenti pass di hala. — (bbc__59645, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:4)
- For dis Biafra tok wey di King hala, im still say, Abonnema no be part of Biafra. — (bbc__51476, __no translation__)
- Di thing be say, as im vex enter field to hala for di referee, im carry gun for di side of im jeans trouser. — (bbc__38844, __no translation__)
Derived forms
- Goment charge her wit murder - but afta pipo hala, dem stop di prosecution and she fit focus on her pikin recovery. — (bbc__54443, __no translation__)
- Bad Commando: Dis bad guy gbedu paint picture of guy wey don hustle and succeed sotay e come dey lead for streets, but di lines, many years ago, I don dey hustle on di low and she want buy me Bentley don dey make pipo hala for social media. — (bbc__18937, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- para 0.83 230, provoke 0.69 98, vex 0.69 1206, criticise 0.69 80, yab 0.66 176, clap 0.65 51, laff 0.65 24, criticize 0.64 26, misbehave 0.63 19
Antonyms
- para 0.83 230, provoke 0.69 98, vex 0.69 1206, criticise 0.69 80, yab 0.66 176, clap 0.65 51, laff 0.65 24, criticize 0.64 26, misbehave 0.63 19
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
hala: proclaim -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- As we sabi say United Nations talk am, for inside di Universal Atalknado paper wey concern Person Right and for di International Asignado paper for — no translation
- aux-nsubj-obl:arg (frequency:5)
- Di NLC don hala on top Baba Buhari o. — (IBA_32_Tori-By-Samuel_MG__14, The NLC has called on Pa Buhari.)
- Why Lagos residents dey hala '#OtogeLagos' ontop social media? — (bbc__100397, __no translation__)
- mark-obl:arg (frequency:3)
- For Friday 9 March, di group carry protest go Nigeria National Assembly for capital Abuja to hala for lawmakers about dia problem. — (bbc__50169, __no translation__)
- Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz send Man City coach Pep Guardiola to go sidon for stand like ordinary fan after im vex enta pitch, start to hala for di ref. — (bbc__84864, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:2)
- Yawo!' Messi bless Camp Nou na im fans dey hala' — (bbc__9434, __no translation__)
- PIUS UTOMI EKPEI Nigerian moni - Naira President Muhammadu Buhari office don hala say na fake news say Nigeria goment give order to freeze of bank accounts of main opposition PDP Vice Presidential candidate Peter Obi. — (bbc__80160, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- para 0.83 230, provoke 0.69 98, vex 0.69 1206, criticise 0.69 80, yab 0.66 176, clap 0.65 51, laff 0.65 24, criticize 0.64 26, misbehave 0.63 19
Antonyms
- para 0.83 230, provoke 0.69 98, vex 0.69 1206, criticise 0.69 80, yab 0.66 176, clap 0.65 51, laff 0.65 24, criticize 0.64 26, misbehave 0.63 19
Translations
- English: proclaim