jeje

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba jeje (gently)

Pronunciation

• dʒɛ̄dʒɛ̄

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3217
• Frequency in raw corpus: 34
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3985

Definition

Sey garagara no dey for someting.

Adjective

1. - (frequency:2)

   Life just dey jeje, nothing dey.  — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, Life is just there, there is nothing happening.)

   Because life for dis place na jeje.  — (NST_cleaned__37306, __no translation__)

Related forms

jejely

Synonyms

• calm

Antonyms

• garagara

Translations

• English: gentle, quietly

Interjection

jeje: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:3)

   Jeje.  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__109, Gently.)

   So I con dey eat, I dey eat jeje.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__124, So, I was eating, I was eating peacefully.)

Synonyms

• re-open 0.67 21, sidown 0.66 14, kak 0.63 34, bleed 0.63 14, crawl 0.62 16, akata 0.61 10, nyanya 0.60 19, sweep 0.60 43, dana 0.60 49

Antonyms

• re-open 0.67 21, sidown 0.66 14, kak 0.63 34, bleed 0.63 14, crawl 0.62 16, akata 0.61 10, nyanya 0.60 19, sweep 0.60 43, dana 0.60 49

Translations

• English: no definition

Noun

jeje: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:14)

   So I con dey eat, I dey eat jeje.  — (NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)

   I go high and go come dey do tins jeje.  — (bbc__44173, __no translation__)

2. amod-nmod (frequency:2)

   I con dey my own jeje,  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__136, I was then on my own peacefully.)

   Dis morning, I dey my own jeje, I no want talk to her.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__33, This morning I was on my own quietly. I did not want to talk to her.)

Synonyms

• re-open 0.67 21, sidown 0.66 14, kak 0.63 34, bleed 0.63 14, crawl 0.62 16, akata 0.61 10, nyanya 0.60 19, sweep 0.60 43, dana 0.60 49

Antonyms

• re-open 0.67 21, sidown 0.66 14, kak 0.63 34, bleed 0.63 14, crawl 0.62 16, akata 0.61 10, nyanya 0.60 19, sweep 0.60 43, dana 0.60 49

Translations

• English: no definition