half

Naija

Alternative forms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Etymology

Borrowed from English half

Pronunciation

• hæf

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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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

half: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:61)

   half a million  — (deuber__495, __no translation__)

   I dey buy am half, half?  — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__114, Am I buying it in halves ?)

2. cc (frequency:21)

   Den four and half months afta Real fire e too.  — (bbc__30042, __no translation__)

   Na seven and half years e take build the temple finish.  — (jw__21854, __no translation__)

3. obl:mod (frequency:9)

   I go give half of my property to poor people.  — (jw__48087, __no translation__)

   But dat's why I say I wan sacrifice half of my salary for dis boot.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__238, But, that's why I said I want to sacrifice half of my salary for this boot.)

4. advmod (frequency:7)

   Na just half done.  — (ABJ_INF_02_Cooking-Recipes_M__36, It was just half done.)

   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.)

5. case (frequency:6)

   You dey follow person talk, you dey drive, your concentration dey half for di driving.  — (NST_cleaned__6133, __no translation__)

   Tori be say di way dem dey use donkey skin for Chinese traditional medicine don cut di donkey population for Africa to half, over di past 20 years.  — (bbc__95074, __no translation__)

6. amod (frequency:6)

   Di Super Eagles been struggle for first half afta Argentina score di first goal for di match..  — (bbc__32561, __no translation__)

   Dem don use more than half lawmakers for parliament to approve some changes to di election law.  — (bbc__29006, __no translation__)

7. cc-det (frequency:5)

   Na two and a half years she do with di company.  — (bbc__72123, __no translation__)

   How we take get 2,520? Bible talk sey three and the half times na 1,260 days.  — (jw__15366, __no translation__)

8. case-obl:mod (frequency:3)

   Reuters Over half of di money wen go come out after dem sell di diamond dey wan use am do project wey go benefit poor people.  — (bbc__85380, __no translation__)

   Senator Kabiru Gaya, wey dey represent Kano South Constituency for di All Progressive Congress tell BBC say, di goment don already implement more dan half of di former budget, especially di side wey concern business.  — (bbc__87805, __no translation__)

9. amod-det (frequency:2)

   Ugochie Desire Oparanozie miss Falcons best chance from close range for di first half afta 30 minutes of play.  — (bbc__97069, __no translation__)

   Na the two wey Taiwo Muritala and Mohammed Akilu score join the one wey Aderemi Yusuf sure for the second half the Oluyole Warriors need to take record their second straight win.  — (brila__1110, __no translation__)

10. amod-case (frequency:2)

    Mourinho con dey put am, dey feature am for first half.  — (NST_cleaned__9512, __no translation__)

    More bad news join di loss for Chelsea, as striker Alvaro Morata comot for first half because of injury.  — (bbc__67641, __no translation__)

11. advmod-obl:mod (frequency:2)

    Rwanda na number six and Namibia na number 10, oda developing kontris make up almost half of di top 30.  — (bbc__86131, __no translation__)

    Na almost half of those wey dem save be pickin, and 40 suspected traffickers na im dem arrest for inside dis big operation.  — (bbc__70181, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• half million

1. half a million  — (deuber__495, __no translation__)

   Already, dem don tell half a million people to commot from their house because e no dey safe for dem.  — (bbc__14254, __no translation__)

• half pipo

1. Mayor Kalou go lead city wey get over half a million pipo wey dey live inside.  — (bbc__66140, __no translation__)

   Di report say di kasala for Cameroon so far don make half a million pipo for South-West and North-West Cameroon run comot dia house.  — (bbc__37866, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Antonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Translations

• English: no definition

Adverb

half: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:11)

   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.)

   E take the horn wey full reach half from im brother hand, drink am.  — (katakata__447, __no translation__)

2. nmod (frequency:2)

   I say make I cut half of my village, join Enugu-Onitsha express road.  — (NST_cleaned__14138, __no translation__)

   About half of Nigeria population dey live for cities, but di separation between di poor and di rich don create opposite - many new houses for areas wey rich pipo dey stay for Lagos dey empty, while plenti crowd palava na serious problem for many poor areas.  — (bbc__11202, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Antonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Translations

• English: no definition

Noun

half: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. amod-case (frequency:54)

   By end of first half, di scores don alredi reach 9-0.  — (bbc__71397, __no translation__)

   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. nmod (frequency:48)

   Half of wetin e tok na true.  — (bbc__55265, __no translation__)

   dis na half of di number wey use cash five years ago.  — (bbc__92791, __no translation__)

3. case-nmod (frequency:15)

   The soldier wey Asa get be like half of the soldier wey Zerah get.  — (jw__11351, __no translation__)

   Di Super Falcons improve dia game for second half of di match, but no see road score.  — (bbc__32591, __no translation__)

4. amod (frequency:14)

   Na, as in na second half material.  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__172, he is, as in, he is a second half material.)

   I go play, I go play first half draw, de con play 2, 0 first half,  — (ENU_26_Sport-Betting_M__38, I went and played, I went and played first half draw, they now played two zero, first half.)

5. amod-det (frequency:13)

   Di first half no bad.  — (bbc__1496, __no translation__)

   Di first half just end with Nigeria 1 DR Congo 0.  — (bbc__34520, __no translation__)

6. amod-nmod (frequency:8)

   More than half of di women wey get belle dey comot di pregnancies.  — (bbc__67729, __no translation__)

   More than half of all the hospitals don close because of the war or dem no dey operate fully.  — (bbc__67727, __no translation__)

7. - (frequency:6)

   Half.  — (IBA_14_Bukky-And-Ope_DG__54, Half.)

   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.)

8. cc-det (frequency:3)

   Me, I get thirteen, thirteen and a half.  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__10, Me, I had thirteen, thirteen and a half.)

   Adeagbo use over two and a half seconds more time pass dis one,  — (bbc__12428, __no translation__)

9. dep (frequency:2)

   Half ke?  — (NST_cleaned__29941, __no translation__)

   For example, e no dey reach half of di pikin Nigeria don colect vaccination for common diseases wey fit affect dem for life.  — (bbc__51618, __no translation__)

10. case (frequency:2)

    Na goals wey striker Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, Omar Nemssaoui and Issoufou Dayo bin score for the first half helep the team from Morocco stroll enter the final, where den go jam head with SC Zamalek of Egypt.  — (brila__1083, __no translation__)

    While di number of deaths among pickin wey dey under five years old for world don reduce by more than half in di last 25 years, progress to end deaths among pickin wey dey less than one month old don dey much slower, according to Henrietta Fore, wey be UNICEF chief.  — (bbc__100026, __no translation__)

11. amod-cc (frequency:2)

    And second half.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__8, And the second half.)

    Reuters Unai Emery say im team play well or second half  — (bbc__85504, __no translation__)

12. cc-nmod (frequency:2)

    Na e make for 2017, people wey they come Memorial from this three town almost reach two times the number of publishers for this area, or half of the people for the three town.  — (jw__12461, __no translation__)

    Di $289million wey Central Bank of Nigeria release as cash for only one day reach to pay 244,000 N-Power graduates for a year or even 1.2 billion school meals or to complete half of Lagos -Ibadan or half of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano roads.  — (bbc__1292, __no translation__)

13. dep-nmod (frequency:2)

    Dem fit cut up to half of di price of di building, dat na wetin professor of civil engineering Anthony Ede for Covenant University for Ota, Nigeria tok for 2016.  — (bbc__29078, __no translation__)

    UN say thousands of people don die and at least one million people dey live rough, after dem run comot from their area for CAR since 2013, and na charity organisations dey feed at least half of people wey dey live for CAR.  — (bbc__96711, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• second half

1. Na for second half dem begin waya shot upandan, but Liverpool goalkeeper Allison no allow any ball pass.  — (bbc__92139, __no translation__)

   Afta first half wey end 0-0, Chile score two goals for second half come begin find di third wey for make dem qualify.  — (bbc__12924, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Antonyms

• minute 0.66 225, round 0.65 482, goal 0.62 696, quarter 0.60 131, minutes 0.58 370, runners-up 0.56 10, phase 0.56 38, batch 0.55 45, class 0.55 243

Translations

• English: no definition