jeje
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba jeje (gently)
Pronunciation
- dʒɛ̄dʒɛ̄
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
- - (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
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: gentle, quietly
Interjection
jeje: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (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.)
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)
- 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__)
- 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.)
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