husband

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed 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