Difference between revisions of "kind"

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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
from English kind
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From English ''kind''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* kaɪnd
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* káìnd
 
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-kind.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
kind: person wey dey cool
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kind: Person wey dey cool.
  
  
#: {{ux|dv|Na kind man im be.| He is a kind man}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Na kind man im be.| He is a kind man.}}
#: {{ux|dv|You no see di kind lawyer wey win di case.| You didn't see the kind lawyer that won the case}}
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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.}}
  
 
====Derived====
 
====Derived====
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: type, race, form, mild, gentle, affectionate
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* English: ''type, race, form, mild, gentle, affectionate''

Revision as of 15:31, 29 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • kain 0.80 1748

Etymology

From English kind

Pronunciation

  • káìnd

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 167
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 91
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 2224
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 177

Definition

kind: na form of someting

Adjective

  1. 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...)

Noun

kind: Person wey dey cool.


  1. 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

  • type 0.47 281, form generous

Antonyms

  • stingy

Translations

  • English: type, race, form, mild, gentle, affectionate