Difference between revisions of "jeje"

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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__)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| So I con dey eat, I dey eat '''jeje'''. |(NST_cleaned__9918, __no translation__)}}
#: {{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  
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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  
  
 
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Revision as of 17:36, 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__)
  • {{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

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Translations

  • English: gentle, quietly