Difference between revisions of "jeje"

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Sey garagara no dey for someting.  
 
Sey garagara no dey for someting.  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
# - (frequency:2)
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:* {{ux|dv| Life just dey '''jeje''', nothing dey. |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, Life is just there, there is nothing happening.)}}
#: {{ux|dv| Life just dey '''jeje''', nothing dey. |(JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__91, Life is just there, there is nothing happening.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Because life for dis place na '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__37306, __no translation__)}}
#: {{ux|dv| Because life for dis place na '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__37306, __no translation__)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|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
  
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''gentle'', ''quietly''
 
* English: ''gentle'', ''quietly''
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Interjection===
 
jeje: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
# - (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Jeje'''. |(JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__109, Gently.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__124, So, I was eating, I was eating peacefully.)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
====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?
 
 
 
# - (frequency:14)
 
#: {{ux|dv|So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I go high and go come dey do tins '''jeje'''. |(bbc__44173, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod-nmod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I con dey my own '''jeje''', |(JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__136, I was then on my own peacefully.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|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.)}}
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
====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
 

Revision as of 17:35, 4 November 2020


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

  • 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__)
  • So I con dey eat, I dey eat jeje.  — (NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)
  1. {{ux|dv|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

Related forms

jejely

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: gentle, quietly