Difference between revisions of "look"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* see 0.71 9160, behave 0.57 228, touch 0.56 489, check 0.56 1610, stand 0.55 712, feel 0.54 1488, shine 0.54 408, put 0.54 4593, understand 0.52 1148
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* [[luk]]
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English look
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From: English ''look''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* lʊk
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* lûk
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-look.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-look.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-look.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-look.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 140
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 105
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 2106
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 186
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
 
 
===Noun===
 
look: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# det-nmod (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di '''look''' for Rattin face bin dey enough to tell me wetin im dey say and wetin im mean, Kreitlein tok. |(bbc__1601, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Anglophone regions for Cameroon don celebrate Youth Day inside violence Cameroon di '''look''' for missing social affairs official |(bbc__15394, __no translation__)}}
 
# - (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|as di matter fit be, di Court or police no go waste time to put '''look''' as dem go free di pikin; |(hildrights__1073, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But fear still dey for outside as some residents say make goment act fast '''look''' for solution for Abakwa and oda places for Northwest. |(bbc__22692, __no translation__)}}
 
# nmod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|For USA 1994 World Cup, di Super Eagles reach di second round and di jersey dem wear '''look''' like di 2018 own. |(bbc__50763, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis wan wey dem summon her '''look''' like say her cup don full and say Cameroon security forces don dey torhclight her tey-tey. |(bbc__42900, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod-det (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|The Nigeria sporting scene is gearing up to wear a new '''look''' with the e ... |(brila__1627, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Make we talk true, plenty-plenty Nigerians dey give palava, especially when dem dey fly back home...I dey always see how di air hostesses dey get one kain '''look''' for face, when we dey enter plane. |(bbc__4729, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-det-nmod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Okay okay now, apart from dat, '''look''' at di, di South Eastern roads. |(ENU_04_The-South-Eastern-Dilemna_M__36, Okay okay, now apart from that, look at the the South Eastern roads,)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Some passengers weh deh bi don buy ticket get de tori decide for shift de journey, but deh bi di '''look''' for who go buy dia ticket. |(bbc__91317, __no translation__)}}
 
# det-nmod-vocative (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Cameroon di '''look''' for missing social affairs official |(bbc__24395, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Cameroon di '''look''' for missing social affairs official Cameroon: Governor don ban firearms, ammunition business |(bbc__24398, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* see 0.71 9160, behave 0.57 228, touch 0.56 489, check 0.56 1610, stand 0.55 712, feel 0.54 1488, shine 0.54 408, put 0.54 4593, understand 0.52 1148
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
* see 0.71 9160, behave 0.57 228, touch 0.56 489, check 0.56 1610, stand 0.55 712, feel 0.54 1488, shine 0.54 408, put 0.54 4593, understand 0.52 1148
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: no definition
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
look: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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#Make person dey take [[eye]] see someting wey dey im [[front]].
 
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#:*{{ux|dv|'''Look''' my cloth. |(deuber__3577, Look at my cloth.)}}
 
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#:*{{ux|dv|So I dey '''look''' am, dey '''look''' am. |(ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__135, Then, I just kept staring at him.)}}
# obj (frequency:91)
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#Make person [[carry]] mind put ontop someting wey never [[happen]].
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' you! |(deuber__4140, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Dey '''look''' eh, God go catch you! |(deuber__553, Just wait and see, you will meet nemesis.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' my cloth. |(deuber__3577, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|'''Look''', I don pack my bag. |(deuber__5739, See, I have my bag packed.)}}
# obl:arg (frequency:78)
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#Make person get as e be.
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' at me. |(deuber__522, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|You wan '''look''' fine. |(NST_cleaned__25598, You want to look good.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' at Cheches' |(WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__105, Look at Cheches')}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|In fact deir friends go make am '''look''' like sey you no know what's up if you no dey cheat. |(IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__41, Actually, your friends will make it appear as if you have not wised up if you choose not to cheat.)}}
# - (frequency:61)
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# Make person [[check]] person or see as someting be true true.
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''', dat uh Mr. |(deuber__1845, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Go '''look''' if your papa done bring out yam for afternoon. |(katakata__1060, Go and check whether your father has brought the yam out for lunch.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''', I don pack my bag. |(deuber__5739, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|We go tok some of dia tori dem for hia and '''look''' how dem take report di tori dem. |(bbc__18204, We are going to focus on the headlines and analyse the reportage.)}}
# aux-obj (frequency:59)
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#:*{{ux|dv|Anytime you enter dis hood just hala, '''look''' for Monday. |(KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__182, Whenever you are in this neighborhood, just put a call through and look for Monday.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|na im women dey '''look''' dem. |(NST_cleaned__39297, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So I dey '''look''' am, dey '''look''' am. |(ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__135, So I was just looking at him.)}}
 
# aux (frequency:15)
 
#: {{ux|dv|God go just dey dere dey '''look'''. |(NST_cleaned__5409, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dey '''look''' eh, God go catch you! |(deuber__553, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl (frequency:13)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You wan '''look''' fine, you wan wear better cloth, you wan… |(NST_cleaned__25598, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Go '''look''' if your papa done bring out yam for afternoon”. |(katakata__1060, __no translation__)}}
 
# ccomp (frequency:11)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' as Chief Omoniyi turn back di oder day. |(deuber__3600, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|In fact deir friends go make am '''look''' like sey you no know what's up if you no dey cheat. |(IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__41, In fact, their friends will make it look like you don't know what's up if you don't cheat.)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:10)
 
#: {{ux|dv|I '''look''', |(JOS_28_Exams_DG__42, I look...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Make I know how we '''look'''. |(ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__36, let me know how we look.)}}
 
# dep (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' at, '''look''' at Muddy. |(NST_cleaned__7063, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So na here, I see am dere wey she siddon '''look''' like... |(ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__41, So it was there, I saw her there sitting down looking like...)}}
 
# mark (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|If na di sexual arousing kind of '''look''', di company need to dey against am. |(bbc__59651, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|For the other side of the wall as one turn to '''look''' be the shed wey goat dey sleep. |(katakata__517, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-dep (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Collar job na im everybody dey '''look''' for. |(NST_cleaned__25613, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I tell you sey na house boy I dey '''look''' for, |(LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__165, Did I tell you I am looking a houseboy's job ?)}}
 
# xcomp (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|People dey make di number '''look''' big. |(bbc__7947, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis one happun as plenti apps dey wey fit make am '''look''' realistic. |(bbc__48571, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Look''' now! |(deuber__4143, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|go first '''look'''. |(NST_cleaned__41773, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep-obj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Authorities for di University of Zambia talk say, girls wey dey dress half-naked no dey gree di men student '''look''' dia book at all. |(bbc__18047, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|FIFA don always tok am say dem no go gree for anybodi or joinbodi to take one kain eye '''look''' anoda pesin, based on dia race, colour or religion. |(bbc__48274, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|As I stand dere, I '''look''', '''look''' and noting to | as in noting to even utter to dem. |(ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__25, As I stood there, I looked and looked and had nothing to... I mean nothing to even say to them.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di board wey won use second-eye to take '''look''' and decide weda, make de release dat South Africa athlete, Oscar Pistorius, wey kill ein girlfriend, from jail, Dem go meet on September 18, according by report. Di minister for Justice-mata for South Africa, dey block-block dis idea of dis early release of di athlete, wey dem suppose to don release since last Friday. |(ja102__1716, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-dep (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|And '''look''' at… |(ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__14, And look...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ehen but '''look''' at, reason am now. |(NST_cleaned__7895, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc-obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|We go tok some of dia tori dem for hia and '''look''' how dem take report di tori dem. |(bbc__18204, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Students no go dey allowed to browse social networks, instant messaging apps or '''look''' pornographic things. |(bbc__92470, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:mod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ehn anytime you enter dis hood XX just hala, '''look''' for Monday. |(KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__182, Ehn, anytime you enter this hood XX, just call...look for Monday.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Which time you go stop to dey disgracing me, heh?'''Look''', '''look''', Iya Taju, Iya Taju, '''look''', '''look''', . |(deuber__6079, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* see 0.71 9160, behave 0.57 228, touch 0.56 489, check 0.56 1610, stand 0.55 712, feel 0.54 1488, shine 0.54 408, put 0.54 4593, understand 0.52 1148
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
* see 0.71 9160, behave 0.57 228, touch 0.56 489, check 0.56 1610, stand 0.55 712, feel 0.54 1488, shine 0.54 408, put 0.54 4593, understand 0.52 1148
 
  
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====Synonyms====
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* [[see]]
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''look, ''appear'', ''pay attention'', ''examine''

Latest revision as of 15:21, 6 March 2024

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English look

Pronunciation

  • lûk

Play Play

Verb

  1. Make person dey take eye see someting wey dey im front.
    • Look my cloth.  — (deuber__3577, Look at my cloth.)
    • So I dey look am, dey look am.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__135, Then, I just kept staring at him.)
  2. Make person carry mind put ontop someting wey never happen.
    • Dey look eh, God go catch you!  — (deuber__553, Just wait and see, you will meet nemesis.)
    • Look, I don pack my bag.  — (deuber__5739, See, I have my bag packed.)
  3. Make person get as e be.
    • You wan look fine.  — (NST_cleaned__25598, You want to look good.)
    • In fact deir friends go make am look like sey you no know what's up if you no dey cheat.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__41, Actually, your friends will make it appear as if you have not wised up if you choose not to cheat.)
  4. Make person check person or see as someting be true true.
    • Go look if your papa done bring out yam for afternoon.  — (katakata__1060, Go and check whether your father has brought the yam out for lunch.)
    • We go tok some of dia tori dem for hia and look how dem take report di tori dem.  — (bbc__18204, We are going to focus on the headlines and analyse the reportage.)
    • Anytime you enter dis hood just hala, look for Monday.  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__182, Whenever you are in this neighborhood, just put a call through and look for Monday.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: look, appear, pay attention, examine