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Revision as of 10:55, 7 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
Borrowed from English how
Pronunciation
- haʊ/ aʊ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 212
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 76
- Frequency in raw corpus: 8095
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 50
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Usage
Definition
Di wey someting dey go or don happen
Adverb
- Di wey someting dey go or don happen
- You know how e be, — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__79, You know how it is.)
- I know how to dance, — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__82, I know how to dance.)
- Dem dey use am dey ask as person be
- How, — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__62, How ?)
- How? — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__251, How ?)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- way
Antonyms
Translations
- English: How