how

Naija

Alternative forms

• way 0.67 3238, wetin 0.55 19897, ways 0.53 190, why 0.52 4261, who 0.52 2485, whether 0.51 776, sofri 0.49 136, as 0.47 20188, opportunity 0.43 272

Etymology

Borrowed from English how

Pronunciation

• haʊ

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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.

Adverb

how: no definition, how.Q -- Definition in Naija?

1. dep (frequency:2004)

   How of…  — (ENU_11_Delicious-Beans-And-Plantain_M__74, How...)

   You know how e be,  — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__79, You know how it is.)

2. - (frequency:847)

   How,  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__62, How ?)

   How?  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__251, How ?)

3. acl (frequency:335)

   I know how to dance,  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__82, I know how to dance.)

   Show am how to prepare.  — (jw__32075, __no translation__)

4. case (frequency:57)

   As how?  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__98, As how ?)

   E depend on how…  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__10, It depends on how...)

5. nsubj (frequency:47)

   How you XX.  — (NST_cleaned__5278, __no translation__)

   How market Ma?  — (NST_cleaned__839, __no translation__)

6. conj (frequency:35)

   Me, I know how to… ,  — (NST_cleaned__25764, __no translation__)

   show us how to love.  — (jw__48819, __no translation__)

7. advcl (frequency:33)

   Dis na how to stop Malaria  — (bbc__41558, __no translation__)

   •Sabi how to write well-well  — (bbc__103120, __no translation__)

8. ccomp (frequency:30)

   How to grow dada  — (bbc__56626, __no translation__)

   How to prevent am  — (bbc__56630, __no translation__)

9. det (frequency:17)

   E say di minister dey do any how.  — (bbc__45384, __no translation__)

   Any how work sef, omo, you gats to do work.  — (NST_cleaned__16423, __no translation__)

10. cc-dep (frequency:8)

    dis wan di affect family dignity and how pikin dem di grow.  — (bbc__49457, __no translation__)

    If to sey Bible tell us the style wey we go sew or how we go dress, by now that one for don be old school.  — (jw__5453, __no translation__)

11. cc (frequency:7)

    Until de, until de wear pant before de no sabi dey dress, or how?  — (ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__99, Until they wear...until they wear undies before they know how to dress or how ?)

    But di big kwesion wen neva get ansa na how soon and how well dis clean exercise go complete.  — (bbc__22141, __no translation__)

12. mark (frequency:6)

    how we go take behave, even di kind tins wey we go do so dat eh...  — (NST_cleaned__39262, __no translation__)

    I sey haha how possible wey you go use computer take catch thief like dis?  — (WAZP_05_Anthony_M__18, I said haha, how is it possible, that you will use computer to catch a thief like this.)

13. nmod (frequency:6)

    Any people wey Jesus dey talk to, im know how to talk to dem.  — (JOS_18_Xtian-Preach_M__34, Any people that Jesus talk to, he knows how to talk to them.)

    Other song go still help us know how to ‘show love and do better’ things.  — (jw__23645, __no translation__)

14. csubj (frequency:4)

    how to use money for dis.  — (deuber__6403, __no translation__)

    How love take big pass faith?  — (jw__14678, __no translation__)

15. advmod (frequency:4)

    How now, how now?  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__86, How now ? How now ?)

    No how, no how, I go pass am.  — (ENU_13_School-Life_DG__21, Whatever it takes, I will pass.)

16. obj (frequency:3)

    How about that medium?  — (KAD_19_Kabiru-Gymnasium_DG__23, How about that medium one ?)

    di guardian ad litem, how de go follow for amy review, as e be set di rules of court talk, as di court dey do am.  — (hildrights__210, __no translation__)

17. amod (frequency:3)

    You come learn how to near Jehovah.  — (jw__45339, __no translation__)

    e no get how di sleep deep, or how di dream be eh, you go must wake up.  — (NST_cleaned__39211, __no translation__)

18. appos (frequency:3)

    How This Book ‘Good News Wey Come From God!’ Go Take Help You  — (jw__14448, __no translation__)

    E depend how, how you struggle, and how you wan really help yourself.  — (NST_cleaned__41060, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• way 0.67 3238, wetin 0.55 19897, ways 0.53 190, why 0.52 4261, who 0.52 2485, whether 0.51 776, sofri 0.49 136, as 0.47 20188, opportunity 0.43 272

Antonyms

• way 0.67 3238, wetin 0.55 19897, ways 0.53 190, why 0.52 4261, who 0.52 2485, whether 0.51 776, sofri 0.49 136, as 0.47 20188, opportunity 0.43 272

Translations

• English: no definition, how.Q