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#: {{ux|dv|Na kind man im be.| He is a kind man}} | #: {{ux|dv|Na kind man im be.| He is a kind man}} | ||
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#: {{ux|dv|You no see di kind lawyer wey win di case.| You didn't see the kind lawyer that won the case}} | #: {{ux|dv|You no see di kind lawyer wey win di case.| You didn't see the kind lawyer that won the case}} | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 18 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- kain 0.80 1748
Etymology
Borrowed from English kind
Pronunciation
- kaɪnd
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 167
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 91
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2224
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 177
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adjective
kind: a form of someting
- - (frequency:1974)
- Di kind dress. — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__162, The kind of dress.)
- No be sey to dey do all dese kind small, small… , — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__130, It is not to all these sort of little little...)
Synonyms
- type 0.47 281,form
Translations
- English: type, race, form
Noun
kind: person wey dey cool
- Na kind man im be. — He is a kind man
- You no see di kind lawyer wey win di case. — You didn't see the kind lawyer that won the case
Derived
- kindness
Synonyms
- cool, calm
Antonyms
Translations
- English: mild, gentle, affectionate