hala

Naija

Alternative forms

• halah

Etymology

English: ' holler' .

Pronunciation

• hálà

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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

Noun

1. Na when person dey shout as e dey talk

   • 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, The thing is that he entered the field to shout at the referee with a gun hidden in his jean trouser)
   • Goment charge her wit murder - but afta pipo hala, dem stop di prosecution and she come fit focus on her pikin recovery.  — (bbc__54443, Although the government charged her with murder, people's loud protested stopped further prosecution and she was now able to focus on nursing her baby to recovery)
   • E come hala again.  — (katakata__10. He came ranting again)

Synonyms

• para, vex

Antonyms

• laff

Translations

• English: angry shout

Verb

1. na make person sabi dey quarrel abi disagree

   • any man wey marry woman wey too dey hala no go live long I swear.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. Any man married to a troublesome wooman will hardly live long)
   • Di NLC don hala on top Baba Buhari o.  — (IBA_32_Tori-By-Samuel_MG__14, The NLC has called out President Buhari.)

   Why Lagos residents dey hala '#OtogeLagos' ontop social media?  — (bbc__100397, __no translation__)

2. 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__)

3. - (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