half

Naija

Alternative forms

• haf

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

• A part wey come before di next whole

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

   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.)

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

Translations

• English: two equal part

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 ?)

   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.)

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

   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

• part

Translations

• English: two equal part