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===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
− | * | + | * Wetin go comot if de divide someting equal equal |
+ | :* {{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.)}} | ||
+ | :* {{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.)}} | ||
− | + | ====Related forms==== | |
− | + | [[half half]] | |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
− | * English: '' | + | * English: ''half'' |
===Adverb=== | ===Adverb=== |
Revision as of 10:53, 31 May 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English half
Pronunciation
- hæ̂f
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
Translations
- English: half
Adverb
- Na one of two parts wey equal.
- I dey buy am half, half? — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__114, Am I buying it in halves ?)
- 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.
- 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.)
- Di first half just end with Nigeria 1 DR Congo 0. — (bbc__34520, The first half just ended with Nigeria 1, DR Congo 0.)
- 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