just

Naija

Alternative forms

• con 0.61 3175, meh 0.55 796, everyting 0.51 230, am 0.50 25602, make 0.50 28077, okay 0.49 1302, go 0.49 63583, e 0.48 46271, dere 0.48 1047

Etymology

Borrowed from English just

Pronunciation

• ʤɪst

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 463
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 44
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4990
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 79

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

just: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5224)

   Just…  — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__84, Just...)

   Na just.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__8, It's just...)

2. conj:dicto (frequency:7)

   I just, I dey happy.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__21, I just, I was happy.)

   Me I just, I thank God  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__144, me I just, I thank God.)

3. nsubj (frequency:5)

   I just…  — (ABJ_NOU_03_Open-University_DG__173, I just...)

   We just…  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__12, We just...)

4. advmod-nsubj (frequency:3)

   I no just...  — (NST_cleaned__42514, __no translation__)

   Deir coach, deir coach head no just…  — (JOS_24_Football_M__47, Their coach... their coach's head is not just...)

5. dep (frequency:2)

   If eh eh small pikin go just...  — (ABJ_INF_10_Women-Battering_MG__39, If a small child just...)

   I con tell her sey eh see wetin happen o, I no beat her, na just, due to sey, di two of us just dey shake body, someting con hit her for eye.  — (NST_cleaned__31775, __no translation__)

6. cop (frequency:2)

   Na just...  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__93, It was just...)

   I say madam, no be so, na just...  — (KAD_22_Chatting-At-The-Restaurant_DG__20, I said, ma'am, no. It's just...)

7. advmod (frequency:2)

   Di tin no just, e no just make sense at all.  — (NST_cleaned__17604, __no translation__)

   Brexit don divide not just di governing Conservative Party but also di main opposition Labour Party too.  — (bbc__20616, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• con 0.61 3175, meh 0.55 796, everyting 0.51 230, am 0.50 25602, make 0.50 28077, okay 0.49 1302, go 0.49 63583, e 0.48 46271, dere 0.48 1047

Antonyms

• con 0.61 3175, meh 0.55 796, everyting 0.51 230, am 0.50 25602, make 0.50 28077, okay 0.49 1302, go 0.49 63583, e 0.48 46271, dere 0.48 1047

Translations

• English: no definition