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

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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?

1. - (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__)

2. 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__)

3. 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

• pipo hala

1. 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?

1. 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

2. 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__)

3. 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__)

4. - (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__)

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