husband

Naija

Alternative forms

• hosban

Etymology

From: English husband

Pronunciation

• ˈhəzbənd

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 359
• Frequency in raw corpus: 975
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 375

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

husband: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:145)

   na husband!  — (NST_cleaned__33896, __no translation__)

   say im must get husband  — (deuber__3353, __no translation__)

2. conj (frequency:91)

   Go see husband and wife.  — (deuber__4165, __no translation__)

   E give am husband and one pikin.  — (jw__18728, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:48)

   Im na di husband.  — (NST_cleaned__33900, __no translation__)

   di husband dey Kutuwenje.  — (deuber__781, __no translation__)

4. conj-det (frequency:37)

   Na when the husband or the wife die.  — (jw__45061, __no translation__)

   This husband and wife follow this advice.  — (jw__42339, __no translation__)

5. cc (frequency:11)

   And I study Bible with e daughter and husband.  — (jw__40265, __no translation__)

   if dem no get work or dem sick or dem lose wife or husband or dem don  — (human_rights__145, __no translation__)

6. case (frequency:10)

   De dey cry for husband.  — (ONI_25_Nigeria-Don-Wowo_DG__127, They are crying for husbands.)

   Im wit im husband making six.  — (BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__50, She and her husband makes six.)

7. nmod (frequency:10)

   My husband just dey pity me.  — (ABJ_GWA_14_Mary-Lifestory_MG__11, My husband felt really bad for me.)

   For example, Hannah husband love am.  — (jw__8058, __no translation__)

8. amod (frequency:5)

   Na faithful husband, loving son and good friend.  — (bbc__2391, __no translation__)

   Na better husband e be, and we don stay together for 55 years.  — (jw__24782, __no translation__)

9. case-det (frequency:5)

   Husband want get power over di wife, wife want get power over di husband.  — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__54, The husband wants to have power over the wife, the wife wants to have power over the husband.)

   But e dey sweet the friend of the husband well well when e stand dey hear the voice of the husband.  — (jw__5248, __no translation__)

10. det-nmod (frequency:4)

    After one week, Luigi come see sey the man na the husband of one woman wey e preach to!  — (jw__42169, __no translation__)

    Di UK Foreign Ministry don talk dia own, dem say Johnson don siddon hold useful talk with Richard Ratcliffe, di husband of Zaghari-Ratcliffe.  — (bbc__32659, __no translation__)

11. appos (frequency:2)

    Pipo lose dia wife, husband, children, houses, and oda property.  — (bbc__81589, __no translation__)

    Before now, 'Saudi male guardianship system' give husband, papa and oda relatives wey be man, di power to make serious decisions about women.  — (bbc__19618, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• husband house

1. Some women go go husband house…  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__29, Some women will go to their husbands houses,...)

   Wetin de wan go do for husband house?  — (JOS_08_Girls-Wey-No-Sabi-Cook_M__53, What do they want to do at their husbands houses ?)

• husband mama

1. di husband mama go sleep  — (deuber__3395, __no translation__)

   Wetin Boaz tell am make im mind come down, e tell am sey: ‘Dem don tell me everything wey you do for your husband mama, [Naomi wey im husband don die].  — (jw__5026, __no translation__)

• husband party

1. Na to carry my wife and begin go house.En but di husband party na for my place we go do am.  — (deuber__4099, __no translation__)

   For October 2018, Aisha Buhari post for all her verified social page dey bad-mouth APC wey be her husband party.  — (bbc__50603, __no translation__)

• woman husband

1. This woman husband dey work for government office.  — (jw__8436, __no translation__)

   Moreover di woman husband don die, and di woman need companion.  — (BEN_21_Love-Matters_DG__59, Moreover, the woman's husband has died and the woman needs companion.)

Synonyms

• wife 0.86 1474, boyfriend 0.78 89, papa 0.73 2213, daughter 0.71 274, sister 0.68 740, broda 0.67 165, family 0.66 2173, mama 0.66 2152, uncle 0.65 128

Antonyms

• wife 0.86 1474, boyfriend 0.78 89, papa 0.73 2213, daughter 0.71 274, sister 0.68 740, broda 0.67 165, family 0.66 2173, mama 0.66 2152, uncle 0.65 128

Translations

• English: no definition