like

Naija

Alternative forms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Etymology

Borrowed from English like

Pronunciation

• laɪk

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 606
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 37
• Frequency in raw corpus: 11056
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 39

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

like: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:3)

   Use cream wey get like oil inside for your bodi, make your skin dey shine.  — (bbc__97426, __no translation__)

   Den, at di same time, I go dey bring you into wetin we dey call di billionaire school wey be sey de dey bring like minds together, teach you how to do business idea, and ge-...  — (NST_cleaned__36687, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Antonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Translations

• English: no definition

Preposition

like: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:7854)

   Like…  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__154, As in...)

   Like...  — (KAD_17_Turkeys_MG__11, Like...)

2. dep (frequency:187)

   E be like sey…  — (NST_cleaned__23807, __no translation__)

   E be like sey na…  — (NST_cleaned__4130, __no translation__)

3. discourse (frequency:33)

   Go do like thr~, three minute.  — (NST_cleaned__2194, __no translation__)

   E just be like say na inside feem.  — (bbc__586, __no translation__)

4. advmod (frequency:15)

   I no like dey argue all dis kind ting.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__291, I don't like to be arguing all these kind of things.)

   just like im don do for di uhm power sector  — (deuber__6306, __no translation__)

5. nsubj (frequency:13)

   But you sure, you sure sey you like know personally?  — (NST_cleaned__26810, __no translation__)

   you see person like uh Ojukwu talk for T.V. yesterday  — (deuber__2935, __no translation__)

6. obl:mod (frequency:13)

   Mgbo no dey like dat before.  — (ONI_25_Nigeria-Don-Wowo_DG__11, Mgbo was not like that before.)

   Dem never many like this before.  — (jw__12400, __no translation__)

7. parataxis (frequency:8)

   I dey feel like say I wan vomit.  — (bbc__3364, __no translation__)

   E be like say na joke di president bin dey joke.  — (bbc__44019, __no translation__)

8. conj:dicto (frequency:7)

   Why you come dey fear like, like anything?  — (IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__98, Why are you afraid like anythimg ?)

   Dem dey blow am like eh... just like di horn too, animal horn.  — (JOS_01_People-Of-Plateau_MG__27, They blow it like uh... just like the horn too, animal horn.)

9. advcl (frequency:6)

   You know de be fader, de be uncles, de be husbands, and I know sey de no go like because I bin tell you di oda time sey when I go buy plantain, plantain o, I boil rice.  — (NST_cleaned__26912, __no translation__)

   Di zoo talk say for di third quarter of di year di list for dead horse go increase because di owners dey like give dia horse one final ride for summer, before dem kill dem.  — (bbc__39754, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:5)

    Ehn she go don born, she go don born like, like three sha.  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__156, Yes ! She should have given birth... she should have giving birth to about three kids indeed)

    For di report, dem do research for 156 countries based on how many years people dey live, freedom to do as people like and no corruption.  — (bbc__51304, __no translation__)

11. ccomp (frequency:4)

    I dey do everything to make sure sey I no do the things wey the flesh want, like to dey fight and quarrel?​—⁠ Gal.  — (jw__15742, __no translation__)

    E want make dem know sey dem no suppose dey put mind sey im disciples go dey follow the things wey people for Jew religion dey do, like to dey fast.  — (jw__20043, __no translation__)

12. cc (frequency:2)

    Sey like…  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__107, It's li-...)

    Too many plenty-plenty tori about harassment, inequality, and di way nobody dey see women for some area of society fit dey make people sad and like say dem no get power.  — (bbc__94661, __no translation__)

13. det (frequency:2)

    So ha dis like eh, I fit remember one time, e get one time like dat ehn when we dey small.  — (NST_cleaned__7484, __no translation__)

    Wole Soyinka bin don contest to become Nigeria presido, but e no win di election Nobel Prize winner, Professor Wole Soyinka on Thursday draw ear give Nigeria say 'e no good make pipo crucify anybody wey decide to comot one political party to anoda like di kain reactions wey happun afta Benue state Govnor Samuel Ortom dump APC'.  — (bbc__101099, __no translation__)

14. cop-nsubj (frequency:2)

    Anyone be like…  — (WAZL_14_Kulele-Zone_DG__21, Does anyone look like ?)

    You say you wan see my face, you wan see wetin I be like.  — (IBA_32_Tori-By-Samuel_MG__40, You say you want to see my face, you want to see what I look like.)

Derived forms

• like sey

1. E be like sey, e be like sey...  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__259, It seems like... it seems like...)

   Ah omo but dis one wey you dey yarn like sey...  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__14, Ah! babe! but, this one that you are talking is as if...)

Synonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Antonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

like: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. nsubj (frequency:124)

   Some people like…  — (KAD_18_My-Gunners-The-Musician_DG__44, Some people like...)

   Na idle life I like.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__249, It is an idle life I like a-)

2. nsubj-obj (frequency:112)

   I like am.  — (IBA_14_Bukky-And-Ope_DG__82, I like it.)

   I like am,  — (IBA_14_Bukky-And-Ope_DG__167, I like it.)

3. - (frequency:103)

   I sotay like…  — (ENU_14_I-Like-Dance-Well-Well_M__19, I so much like...)

   Go like am if we obey.  — (jw__13001, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:89)

   Like film o.  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__139, Like a movie.)

   Who like you,  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__179, Who like you ?)

5. mark-obj (frequency:65)

   Person wey like your Word,  — (jw__29887, __no translation__)

   You go mix am to like paste.  — (NST_cleaned__36288, __no translation__)

6. aux-nsubj (frequency:19)

   You dey like...  — (ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__66, You like...)

   Den, what do you like?  — (KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__49, Then, what do you like ?)

7. mark (frequency:10)

   So I fit do anything wey I like.  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__276, So, I can do anything that I like.)

   I go, I go do anyting wey I like.  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__280, I will... I will do anything that I like.)

8. ccomp (frequency:8)

   Na every children like harvesting.  — (katakata__40, __no translation__)

   Like running or playing basketball.  — (bbc__75675, __no translation__)

9. aux-obj (frequency:7)

   Two, dey like man wey sabi do di work well, well, dat's two.  — (NST_cleaned__4529, __no translation__)

   Di whole thing just make me dey like property wey get price wey my uncle dem and my husband pay.  — (bbc__1921, __no translation__)

10. cc-obj (frequency:5)

    Dem still dey decide am and like oda mata wey concern Huawei - di future no sure at all.  — (bbc__29771, __no translation__)

    Bible talk say: “Hate bad thing and like good thing.” But wetin go help us do that one?  — (jw__16877, __no translation__)

11. conj-obj (frequency:5)

    We like' quality but dem don reduce us to second hand'  — (bbc__9376, __no translation__)

    Na your character go make people like you or hate you.  — (jw__26714, __no translation__)

12. aux-mark (frequency:3)

    But to me o, I be no wan become Pastor because I no dey like Pastor.  — (LAG_23_I-Go-Become-Lawyer_M__5, But to me, I did not want to become a Pastor, because I did not like Pastors.)

    Adamu also tok about di fact say dis arrests na for only Muslims and oda religion pipo dey free to chop as dey like.  — (bbc__12412, __no translation__)

13. parataxis (frequency:3)

    Or you go like if I talk, naim go shout, if I talk, naim go vex, abeg make I no talk, make I just leave am.  — (NST_cleaned__2477, __no translation__)

    If you dey like make your food get plenti colour inside, try make you enjoy am, get colourful vegetables, you like to fry am, if you like to boil am, you fit do anytin you want.  — (bbc__4407, __no translation__)

14. advmod (frequency:2)

    God no like as we dey suffer, e hate partial.  — (jw__13336, __no translation__)

    You allow di stuff to pop for some minutes, den you go con add di sugar, either salt, or eida… depending di choice you want, you really like.  — (IBA_12_Pop-Corn_M__43, You allow the stuff to pop for some minutes, then you now add the sugar either salt or depending on the choice you want or really like.)

Synonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Antonyms

• kind 0.46 2368, anyhow 0.45 644, drink 0.44 652, pain 0.43 627, easy 0.43 779, smoke 0.43 235, eat 0.42 336, love 0.42 2363, fine 0.41 836

Translations

• English: no definition