Difference between revisions of "half"

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===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
* A part wey come before di next whole
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* Wetin go comot if de divide someting equal equal
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:* {{ux|dv| Di ones wey no fit pay di full money, de go pay half |(P_IBA_20_Bose-Alade, Those who can't pay the full price will half.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Flyover wen e do for do, eh new road, dem complete am? Dem do '''half'''. Leave '''half''' |(D_LAG_38_Elections, The overhead bridge he should have done, the new road, did they complete it? They did it halfway.)}}
  
#{{ux|dv|'''half''' a million |(deuber__495, Half of a million.)}}
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====Related forms====
#{{ux|dv|Complete almost '''half''' a year, I no see any work do. |(ABJ_GWA_08_David-Lifestory_MG__126, For almost half a year, I didn't find any job.)}}
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[[half half]]
#{{ux|dv|Na two and a '''half''' years she do with di company. |(bbc__72123, She just spent two and a haff years with the company.)}}
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''two equal part''
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* English: ''half''
  
 
===Adverb===
 
===Adverb===

Revision as of 10:53, 31 May 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English half

Pronunciation

  • hæ̂f

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1483
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 404
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 770


Adjective

  • Wetin go comot if de divide someting equal equal
  • Di ones wey no fit pay di full money, de go pay half  — (P_IBA_20_Bose-Alade, Those who can't pay the full price will half.)
  • Flyover wen e do for do, eh new road, dem complete am? Dem do half. Leave half  — (D_LAG_38_Elections, The overhead bridge he should have done, the new road, did they complete it? They did it halfway.)

Related forms

half half

Translations

  • English: half

Adverb

  • Na one of two parts wey equal.
  1. I dey buy am half, half?  — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__114, Am I buying it in halves ?)
  2. From half baked graduate, we no fit get correct manpower.  — (WAZK_12_Moses-Life-Story_M__38, From half baked graduate we can't get adequate manpower.)


Translations

  • English: two equal part


Noun

  • Na one of two parts wey equal.
  1. Mourinho con dey put am, dey feature am for first half.  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__185, Mourinho was then putting him... was featuring him in the firsthalf.)
  2. Di first half just end with Nigeria 1 DR Congo 0.  — (bbc__34520, The first half just ended with Nigeria 1, DR Congo 0.)
  3. I get kerosine wey I go give you half.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__91, I have kerosine that I can give you half of.)


Synonyms

Translations

  • English: two equal part