kasala

Naija

Alternative forms

• gbege 0.90 279, katakata 0.81 257, kata-kata 0.75 41, fight-fight 0.73 236, incident 0.72 154, confusion 0.72 89, protests 0.70 157, flooding 0.68 70, ozighi 0.67 16

Etymology

Borrowed from English kasala

Pronunciation

• kàsàlà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 206
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1302

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

kasala: problem -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If we no handle dis tin well, kasala go burst o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:62)

   Na kasala!  — (bbc__4074, __no translation__)

   Kasala go burst o.  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__220, There will be problem.)

3. det (frequency:16)

   Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening condemn di kasala.  — (bbc__73274, __no translation__)

   Pipo wey dey dia wen di kasala bust di attackers destroy house and wounjor many pipo.  — (bbc__81688, __no translation__)

4. case-det (frequency:16)

   De never know di real cause of di kasala.  — (ja102__3426, __no translation__)

   Meanwhile Nigerians don dey react to di kasala between di police and army.  — (bbc__66242, __no translation__)

5. amod (frequency:8)

   The competition no be small, the fight na heavy kasala.  — (bbc__93448, __no translation__)

   But di mata wey suppose finish finally don open new kasala because na for Poland Mr.  — (bbc__22250, __no translation__)

6. det-nmod (frequency:7)

   But di kasala for di east of di kontri and say pipo no trust doctors dey affect di programme.  — (bbc__55602, __no translation__)

   The kasala for Dublin bin happen a month after dem arrest McGregor sake of say e break one fan phone for Miami, USA.  — (brila__1744, __no translation__)

7. case (frequency:4)

   Ten kontris wia kasala don pursue pipo and world no too send again:  — (bbc__93214, __no translation__)

   Di FLN don rule Algeria since di kontri win independence from France for 1962 afta seven years of kasala.  — (bbc__31277, __no translation__)

8. conj (frequency:3)

   Tori wey land be say kasala and postponement happun for some states like Lagos and Imo.  — (bbc__95620, __no translation__)

   Di economist unit say crime, katakata, kasala and war follow for tins wey land some kontris for last ten liveable cities.  — (bbc__34216, __no translation__)

9. acl:relcl (frequency:3)

   But one member of im own party say di 2015 win get kasala, wey oga Akpabio get hand inside.  — (bbc__23261, __no translation__)

   Kasala wey gas for Kaduna market don kill 55 pipo Goment on Sunday announce 24 hour curfew for Kaduna town, northern Nigeria wit immediate effect.  — (bbc__62007, __no translation__)

10. case-nmod (frequency:3)

    Di number also represent sharp increase for di number of pipo wey don run because of kasala for di world population.  — (bbc__36582, __no translation__)

    UEFA don also start yarn over Champions of Champions’ kasala between the winners of the Euros and the Copa America dem.  — (brila__1979, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• gbege 0.90 279, katakata 0.81 257, kata-kata 0.75 41, fight-fight 0.73 236, incident 0.72 154, confusion 0.72 89, protests 0.70 157, flooding 0.68 70, ozighi 0.67 16

Antonyms

• gbege 0.90 279, katakata 0.81 257, kata-kata 0.75 41, fight-fight 0.73 236, incident 0.72 154, confusion 0.72 89, protests 0.70 157, flooding 0.68 70, ozighi 0.67 16

Translations

• English: problem