hand

Naija

Alternative forms

• mouth 0.68 1242, hands 0.68 154, bodi 0.66 1294, head 0.63 1697, mind 0.60 3840, body 0.59 1958, eye 0.58 2008, power 0.55 1862, leg 0.54 618

Etymology

Borrowed from English hand

Pronunciation

• hænd

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 90
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 151
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2767
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 146

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

hand: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:1237)

   Moh we join hand.  — (ABJ_NOU_05_Patricias-Lifestory_M__49, Let's unite.)

   “My hand no dey!”  — (jw__49752, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:103)

   I no dey fix for hand.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__266, I don't fix on the hand.)

   di thing don dey out of hand.  — (deuber__1245, __no translation__)

3. amod (frequency:91)

   Buy second hand.  — (bbc__75170, __no translation__)

   Abi you wan sell market go empty hand,  — (ONI_23_Things-Don-Cost_DG__38, or do you want to sell you goods and go empty handed ?)

4. nmod (frequency:85)

   Put am for oga, God hand, dey pray.  — (NST_cleaned__29635, __no translation__)

   e never start to dey reach people hand  — (deuber__2577, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:64)

   E fit be di hand.  — (NST_cleaned__13598, __no translation__)

   But nothing enter dia hand, till now.  — (bbc__2175, __no translation__)

6. conj (frequency:16)

   Wetin this story dey teach us about open hand and favor?  — (jw__45873, __no translation__)

   De and resource-dem from all dos wey get hand and mouth inside di power value chain  — (ja102__1235, __no translation__)

7. dep (frequency:15)

   As e dey comot, e hand over give anoder person.  — (BEN_03_Edo-State-Politics_M__17, As he was leaving, he handed over to another person.)

   That time, Bible cost well well because na hand people take dey write am.  — (jw__33035, __no translation__)

8. cc (frequency:12)

   E no easy to lose your leg or hand.  — (bbc__44936, __no translation__)

   Di pikin injure for im head and hand.  — (bbc__99814, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:4)

   Jesus come sitdown for God right hand dey wait until God go give am power make e be King.  — (jw__44202, __no translation__)

   After Jehovah wake am up when e die, Jesus come go heaven go wait for God right hand side.  — (jw__13137, __no translation__)

10. cc-nmod (frequency:3)

    How Jehovah take make Moses, Asa, and Nehemiah hand strong?  — (jw__14221, __no translation__)

    For one tweet, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu put two foto wey show Buhari dey use right hand to write inside one foto and left hand for di second foto.  — (bbc__52131, __no translation__)

11. obj (frequency:2)

    How army rescue 13 farmers from kidnappers hand Jaguda pipo don carry gbege go Buhari domot  — (bbc__56394, __no translation__)

    Na lie say ballot papers dey politicians hand - INEC How NYSC corpers sleep for classrooms and inside bus because of elections Make JAMB begin organise elections - How social media para ontop INEC decision  — (bbc__71325, __no translation__)

12. nsubj (frequency:2)

    Rohr hand first time call up to Peter Olayinka and also recall Ramon Azeez to di Super Eagles for di first time in five years.  — (bbc__85856, __no translation__)

    Bayo Omoboriowo Kola Ologbondiyan wey be National Publicity Secretary of Nigeria main opposition People's Democratic Party, say President Muhammadu Buhari hand over im presidential campaign to im party leader sake of im no fit face im kontri pipo.  — (bbc__19323, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• hand man

1. MARCO LONGARI Joao na right hand man of the president wey dey comot  — (bbc__64408, __no translation__)

   Tori be say police don declare wanted Senator Melaye wey be right hand man of Senate President Saraki sake of accuse wey concern using of thugs to attack one police officer.  — (bbc__95285, __no translation__)* hand side

1. E go back to heaven go sitdown for God right hand side  — (jw__8644, __no translation__)

   The police dey chase people…police dey left and people dey the right hand side.  — (bbc__6288, __no translation__)* hand sign

1. Di 'OK' hand sign don become di latest hate symbol according to new report by di Anti-Defamation League .  — (bbc__30274, __no translation__)

   According to di ADL, di link of di OK hand sign to white nationalism bin start as fake news wey some users of one website 4chan, wey lie say di sign get links to white supremacy.  — (bbc__11734, __no translation__)* hand work

1. When you learn work, hand work,…  — (NST_cleaned__13967, __no translation__)

   all of us na your hand work.’— Isa.  — (jw__5710, __no translation__)* iron hand

1. I really give di military and police order to use iron hand.  — (bbc__3986, __no translation__)

   Di former Sudan president enta power for 1989, im rule one of Africa largest country until 2011- di year wey South Sudan break out with iron hand.  — (bbc__34679, __no translation__)* man hand

1. Na so I collect for di man hand before di man go.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__167, That was how I collected it from the man's hand before the man left.)

   Drawing of man hand wey dey give Afghan currency to anoda pesin  — (bbc__43629, __no translation__)* oga hand

1. Ah see as I dey di time wey I dey for my oga hand.  — (NST_cleaned__38472, __no translation__)

   Chuba Okadigbo o, some olokpa dem o just go land dere for one early morning o to make sure say dem go collect di , di thing wey show di sign of power, abi di title, abi di staff of office wey dey for di oga hand for im own house gangangan.  — (deuber__1804, __no translation__)* pipo hand

1. Market pipo fit increase dia price if di new minimum wage enta pipo hand  — (bbc__65820, __no translation__)

   Na di scam e run comot money from plenti pipo hand since wen im be 17 years old.  — (bbc__70532, __no translation__)* tori hand

1. But, dis resolution weh committee write fall for tori people dia hand, and deh di spread am for social media say Cameroon don sack Broos.  — (bbc__23846, __no translation__)

   'Police Investigation Unit wan carri am go court on top tiff of secret documents wey no suppose dey dis tori pesin hand on to say e fit disturb di peace, scatta law and order even cause katakata inside di kontri'.  — (bbc__9236, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• mouth 0.68 1242, hands 0.68 154, bodi 0.66 1294, head 0.63 1697, mind 0.60 3840, body 0.59 1958, eye 0.58 2008, power 0.55 1862, leg 0.54 618

Antonymes

• mouth 0.68 1242, hands 0.68 154, bodi 0.66 1294, head 0.63 1697, mind 0.60 3840, body 0.59 1958, eye 0.58 2008, power 0.55 1862, leg 0.54 618

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

hand: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. mark-nsubj-obl:arg (frequency:2)

   Aminu Illiyasu tell tori pipo for Port Harcourt dis one as dem hand over di suspects to Police  — (bbc__94503, __no translation__)

   Di French newspaper say before dem hand over di building, Chinese computer engineers make sure say di servers dey work.  — (bbc__31331, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• mouth 0.68 1242, hands 0.68 154, bodi 0.66 1294, head 0.63 1697, mind 0.60 3840, body 0.59 1958, eye 0.58 2008, power 0.55 1862, leg 0.54 618

Antonymes

• mouth 0.68 1242, hands 0.68 154, bodi 0.66 1294, head 0.63 1697, mind 0.60 3840, body 0.59 1958, eye 0.58 2008, power 0.55 1862, leg 0.54 618

Translations

• English: no definition