jeje

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from English jeje

Pronunciation

• dʒɛ́dʒɛ́

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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

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

jeje: no definition, quiet -- Definition in Naija?

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__)

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, quiet

Adverb

jeje: peacefully, calmly, carefully -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Make we waka jeje o. O man, take am jeje o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:4)

   You follow life jeje.  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__106, You will live life gently.)

   Just dey follow tings jeje like dat, just dey patient.  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__139, Just following things gently like that; just be patient.)

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: peacefully, calmly, carefully

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