jollyjolly

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English jollyjolly

Pronunciation

• dʒɔ̀lídʒɔ̀lí

Play

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 10972

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Definition

• Enjoyment wey person dey enjoy

Noun

• Ikemefuna come Umuofia for the end of the jollyjolly season between harvest and planting.  — (katakata__237, __Ikemefuna came to Umuofia at the end of the celebration of harvest and planting seasons__)

Synonyms

• flenjo

Translations

• English: celebration

Verb

• Sey person dey enjoy or celebrate
• Dem dey jollyjolly sey dem win match.  — (NSC_Ajede_2020, They are celebrating because they won a match__)

Synonyms

• flenjo

Antonyms

• To be completed

Translations

• English: celebrate, enjoy

Verb

jollyjolly: to enjoy -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Dem go arrange am for disable pikin to get correct chance to go school, treatment for hospital, proper place to settle am, and to jollyjolly.  — no translation

Synonyms

• flenjo 0.84 5, maale 0.81 7, mgbo 0.81 6, filip 0.80 8, elegushi 0.78 6, basketmouth 0.77 6, tonga 0.77 9, shoemaker 0.77 7, omagwa 0.77 5

Antonyms

• flenjo 0.84 5, maale 0.81 7, mgbo 0.81 6, filip 0.80 8, elegushi 0.78 6, basketmouth 0.77 6, tonga 0.77 9, shoemaker 0.77 7, omagwa 0.77 5

Translations

• English: to enjoy