hear

Naija

Alternative forms

• hia

Etymology

From English hear

Pronunciation

• íà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 116
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 121
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1994
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 190

Definition

Make person feel sound for ear.

Verb

1. Na only you fit hear.  — (jw__48772,It is only you that can hear.)
2. De no go allow dem to hear am.  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__29, They will not allow them to hear it.)

• Make person listen or obey

I don tell am, e no go hear.  —  (NSC_Tella_2020, I have told him, he won't listen.)

Derived forms

• hear wen

Synonyms

• understand 0.58 1148,

Antonyms

• forget 0.57 672,

Translations

• English: To understand, to perceive sound through the ear