less

Naija

Alternative forms

• rather 0.79 23, more 0.72 3023, ikpoyi 0.67 19, 800 0.66 91, 500 0.63 259, notes 0.61 56, per 0.60 428, 87 0.60 39, kitwood 0.60 7

Etymology

Borrowed from English less

Pronunciation

• lɛ̂s

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 4
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1274
• Frequency in raw corpus: 182
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1408

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

less: no definition, little.CMPR -- Definition in Naija?

1. obl:mod (frequency:51)

   Oga wey get less dan 3 worker-dem.  — (ja102__3788, __no translation__)

   3 out 5 Nigerians dey get less dan 50k  — (bbc__92490, __no translation__)

2. - (frequency:47)

   Save more, spend less.  — (bbc__65007, __no translation__)

   Okay can we go less beating?  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__30, Okay, can we go less beating ?)

3. dep (frequency:16)

   Sex get connection to less than 1% of di cases.  — (bbc__88126, __no translation__)

   Zidane replace Santiago Solari wey bin dey in charge for less than five months.  — (bbc__102139, __no translation__)

4. case-obl:mod (frequency:14)

   Dis na di third time dis kain tin dey happun in less dan two weeks.  — (bbc__41465, __no translation__)

   You fit arrange small soup and eba wey fit last you up to one week wit less dan N1500.  — (bbc__101813, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:5)

   Before now, sharp -sharp deportation na for pipo wey dem detain near border wey don dey US for less than two weeks.  — (bbc__19651, __no translation__)

   Dem don dey use one new thing wey dem dey call velocity patching machine, and e fit cover hole in less than five minutes.  — (bbc__28938, __no translation__)

6. advcl (frequency:4)

   British pipo 'dey knack less than before' Wen be right time to loose virginity?  — (bbc__20713, __no translation__)

   For 1980, less dan 5% of adults get diabetes for di world - for 2014, di rate na 8.5%.  — (bbc__49523, __no translation__)

7. case-obj (frequency:3)

   You fit protect your house with less dan five thousand.  — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__38, You can protect your house with less than five thousand.)

   Before now na only pipo wey dem detain within 100 miles of di border wey don dey US for less dan two weeks naim dem fit deport sharp-sharp.  — (bbc__19616, __no translation__)

8. case-dep (frequency:3)

   Emefiele plan na to reduce di inflation rate to less than 10 percent in di next five years.  — (bbc__46839, __no translation__)

   Skip Twitter post by The number of Nigerian doctors allowed to work in the UK rose sharply by 10% in less than a year.  — (bbc__90222, __no translation__)

9. advmod-obl:mod (frequency:3)

   Di work must be an essay of not less dan 800 words;  — (bbc__39673, __no translation__)

   •Di price wey dem dey sell electricity to Nigerians dey far less dan di amount wey dem take produce am.  — (bbc__103092, __no translation__)

10. cc (frequency:2)

    Ehm more or less haha.  — (WAZP_06_Tommys-Life-Story_M__85, Ehm, more or less haha.)

    Zamfara goment know wetin dey happun and authorities dey work on di case, but I no chook eye dia again because as goment dey do dia own, di family own no to raise money or less say e no come necessasry again. Na so Maryam tok.  — (bbc__8007, __no translation__)

11. dep-obl:mod (frequency:2)

    Di report torchlight different mata wey concern women, e discover say women na less dan 35% of pipo wey dey oga position for world.  — (bbc__37903, __no translation__)

    AFP For India dem dey rape pikin wey dey less than 16 years every 155 minutes and pikin wey dey under 10 na every 13 hours India Supreme Court don give permission for 13 years India pikin wey carry belle because of rape to remove di pregnancy.  — (bbc__9950, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• rather 0.79 23, more 0.72 3023, ikpoyi 0.67 19, 800 0.66 91, 500 0.63 259, notes 0.61 56, per 0.60 428, 87 0.60 39, kitwood 0.60 7

Antonyms

• rather 0.79 23, more 0.72 3023, ikpoyi 0.67 19, 800 0.66 91, 500 0.63 259, notes 0.61 56, per 0.60 428, 87 0.60 39, kitwood 0.60 7

Translations

• English: no definition, little.CMPR

Verb

1. Make air comot for someting.

   • Less di tyre. 2. Less am for me.  — Egbokhare_2020, Puncture the tyre.)
   • Di bloom bloom don less.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The balloon is deflated.)

2. Make price of someting reduce.

   • Less am for me.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Reduce it.)
   • Fuel don less from filling stations.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The price of fuel has lessen from the filling stations.)

Translations

• English: deflated, puncture, lessen, reduce