leg

Naija

Etymology

From: English leg

Pronunciation

• lɛ̀g

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 22
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 430
• Frequency in raw corpus: 569
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 584

Noun

1. sey person trek
   • We fit leg am from here to church.  — (Egbokhare,2020. We can actually walk down to church
   • We fit leg am from here to church.  — (Egbokhare,2020. We can actually walk down to church
2. sey person use connection or influence get advantage
   • We fit leg that matter?.  — (NSC_Agnes,2020. Can we use connection to solve that matter?
   • when we reach the policestation, oga leg him gateman release .  — (NSC_Agnes 2020. when we reach the policestation, oga leg him gateman release
   • Who give am di leg to chop my food?  — (NST_cleaned_33883,_ who authorized him/her to eat my food _)
3. part of person body wey begin from hip go down and person dey take waka.
   • Put your leg for the trouser to check am.  — (NSC_Agnes_2020. Put your leg in the trouser to check the fitting.)
   • Cross your leg,  — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__129, Cross your leg.)
4. part of person body wey begin from knee go down and person dey take waka.
   • {{ux|dv|Put your leg for the trouser to check am. |(NSC_Agnes_2020. Put your leg in the trouser to check the fitting.)}
5. match wey dem dey play home and away.
   • Di second leg turn to Messi show afta im two quick goals.  — (BBC__38172, _The match favoured Messi in the second half after his two quick goals.)
   • Dem go play di second leg for di weekend of October 20-22.  — (BBC__29212, __ they will play the second hal by the weekend of October, 20 - 22__)
6. make something end well
   • If the song end for right leg, im mama dey life.  — (katakata_180_if the song falls into the right person's hand, his mother will enjoy__)
   • One of de papers I submit give government don get correct leg.  — (NST_cleaned__37846, __The paper I submitted to the government has been approved __)
7. leg of stool
   • If the stool leg don break, carry am go give carpenter.  — (NSC_Agnes 2020_. If the stool is bad, take it to the carpenter_)
8. trouser leg.
   • I wan go see my tailor because the left leg of that my new trouser don tear.  — (NSC_Agnes 2020_ if the song falls into the hands of the right person, his mother will enjoy__)

Related forms

1st leg, 2nd leg, return leg, K-leg, bow leg

Synonyms

• trek, connection, influence.

Antonyms

• hand

Translations

• English: trek, influence, limb, knock knees,