highway

Naija

Etymology

From: English high and way

Pronunciation

• ˈhaɪˌweɪ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1874
• Frequency in raw corpus: 26
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4625

Noun

highway: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. case (frequency:6)

   FG go put soldiers for highway - Osinbajo Hmm Who kill Funke Olakunri?  — (bbc__48207, __no translation__)

   Also, di new strategy where dem place dustbin for highway don also increase di rubbish wey dey road, as people see am as free thing.  — (bbc__334, __no translation__)

2. - (frequency:5)

   Na, na, na dem be highwa~, high~, highway robber now.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__103, It is them who are the highway robbers now.)

   You don see highway robber wey wan enter your house?Sorry sir, I forget.  — (deuber__5628, __no translation__)

3. cc (frequency:2)

   FG go use drones, CCTV monitor forest and highway  — (bbc__48209, __no translation__)

   Fresh kidnap along Lagos-Ibadan highway FG go use drones, CCTV monitor forest and highway Ogun state police rescue five Redeemed Church kidnap victims  — (bbc__53072, __no translation__)

4. det (frequency:2)

   She finally leave di house around 17:30 local time, cross di highway and waka go di direction of di forest.  — (bbc__88645, __no translation__)

   As we dey come, dis eh highway (we wan pass di highway, ), so okadas con plenty for dere, and you gats climb up.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__15, As we were coming, this, uh, highway... we wanted to pass the highway, so a lot of bikers were there, and you had to climb.)

5. case-det-nmod (frequency:2)

   BBC tori person Chris Eworkor say police say di kidnapping happen around Kagarko village, along di Abuja/Kaduna highway.  — (bbc__18717, __no translation__)

   Aside from dis one, to travel for di Abuja-Kaduna highway na sometin wey pipo dey avoid as kidnappers no dey allow pipo see road.  — (bbc__17605, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• Accra-Kumasi highway accident

1. Lagos boat accident: 12 People don die Accra-Kumasi highway accident kill 11 pipo  — (bbc__62962, __no translation__)

   Accra-Kumasi highway accident kill 11 pipo Another accident happen where Ebony Reigns die  — (bbc__12275, __no translation__)

• highway robber

1. Na, na, na dem be highwa~, high~, highway robber now.  — (IBA_27_Nigerian-Police_DG__103, It is them who are the highway robbers now.)

   You don see highway robber wey wan enter your house?Sorry sir, I forget.  — (deuber__5628, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• express

Antonyms

• koro

Translations

• English: no definition