local

Naija

Alternative forms

• barkin 0.53 36, rural 0.52 77, offices 0.51 63, stations 0.50 164, demolish 0.50 37, bodies 0.50 45, federal 0.49 1367, guma 0.49 26, gwer 0.49 12

Etymology

Borrowed from English local

Pronunciation

• lókà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 16
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 538
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1121
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 327

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

local: domestic -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Where e matter, di family people, or community go follow di local custom.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:1107)

   According to local media;  — (bbc__78587, __no translation__)

   Local tori pipo dey report.  — (bbc__61575, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:20)

   All di local and world tori wey you suppose know in 60 seconds!  — (bbc__13959, __no translation__)

   so dat local and foreign investors go succeed, tok to tori pipo.  — (bbc__4869, __no translation__)

4. cc (frequency:10)

   For deprive dem for go de crisis areas, di feed international and local suspicion Bachelet tok.  — (bbc__56775, __no translation__)

   And when you buy di maize, if na imported one you wan use, or di local one, it depending di one you really like.  — (IBA_12_Pop-Corn_M__21, And when you buy the maize, if it is the imported one you want to use or the local one, it depends on the one you really like.)

5. advmod (frequency:2)

   President Biya answer back na for change ministers for March 2 as e di signal carrot and stick style: hold security, law and order strong and e balance'am for create ministry for decentralisation, as how weh e bi promise for give more local control development and public services.  — (bbc__83100, __no translation__)

   buy less meat, milk, cheese and butter and more local sourced seasonal food - and troway less of it away • drive electric car but trek or cycle short distances • take train and bus instead of aeroplane • use videoconferencing instead of business travel • use washing line instead of a tumble dryer • insulate homes • demand low carbon for every consumer product  — (bbc__102284, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• barkin 0.53 36, rural 0.52 77, offices 0.51 63, stations 0.50 164, demolish 0.50 37, bodies 0.50 45, federal 0.49 1367, guma 0.49 26, gwer 0.49 12

Antonyms

• barkin 0.53 36, rural 0.52 77, offices 0.51 63, stations 0.50 164, demolish 0.50 37, bodies 0.50 45, federal 0.49 1367, guma 0.49 26, gwer 0.49 12

Translations

• English: domestic