Difference between revisions of "jolly"
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Revision as of 13:25, 27 October 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- jolli 0.62 84, jolly
Etymology
Borrowed from English jolly
Pronunciation
- dʒɔ̀lí
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 73
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2548
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Usage
Definition
For person to enjoy or celebrate
Verb
- Google Kribi beach na joint to jolly for Cameroon — (bbc__54594, __ Google Kribi Beach is a bar to enjoy oneself in Cameroon__)
- But e be like say for Lagos Nigeria, Boxing Day for some people na to jolly for di many beach dem wey dey di city. — (bbc__22534, __But it seems that in Lagos, Boxing Day is a day to celebrate in the beaches in the city__)
Derived forms
- Jollyjolly
- Wetin dey their mind pass na jolly jolly. — (jw__44255, __What they have in mind is celebration__)
Synonyms
- celebrate 0.63 507, chill 0.57 40
Antonyms
- sweat 0.57 37, suffer
Translations
- English: celebrate, enjoy