make

Naija

Alternative forms

  • mek 0.74 398, meh 0.66 796, mey 0.61 183, if 0.56 11277, must 0.54 1356, just 0.50 5577, let 0.49 839, go 0.49 63583, always 0.47 1011

Etymology

Borrowed from English make

Pronunciation

  • mêk

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 751
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 29
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 24928
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 17

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Auxiliary

make: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:14658)
    Make...  — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__52, Make...)
    Make I…  — (KAD_16_Driver-Mechanic-Talk_DG__184, Let me...)
  2. nsubj (frequency:118)
    Make I.  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__104, I should...)
    Make I…  — (NST_cleaned__11899, __no translation__)
  3. obj (frequency:52)
    Make men…  — (NST_cleaned__3656, __no translation__)
    Make dem…  — (NST_cleaned__25998, __no translation__)
  4. mark (frequency:29)
    Na im make, e dey give us things wey get value.  — (jw__24864, __no translation__)
    No be like dat, but I still dey tink sey make I…  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__185, It's not like that, but I am still thinking that I should do...)
  5. mark-obj (frequency:12)
    So if you don dey fear sey make your child… ,…  — (NST_cleaned__5658, __no translation__)
    Wetin dem write be say: You wan know how to make Ojoko Awayi?  — (bbc__99276, __no translation__)
  6. obl:mod (frequency:10)
    At times, make...  — (ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__13, Sometimes you can...)
    Na im make, after Armageddon we go look where dem dey stay but we no go see dem.  — (jw__40897, __no translation__)
  7. conj (frequency:7)
    I wan make me, and you go.  — (NST_cleaned__34944, __no translation__)
    Madam, I wan make me, and you go market next market day.  — (NST_cleaned__34931, __no translation__)
  8. ccomp (frequency:7)
    Na im make Sanchez no wan stay.  — (PRT_03_Football_DG__200, That is why Sanchez does not want stay.)
    We go join you make you sactter.  — (PRT_10_Market_DG__178, We will join you to demolish.)
  9. csubj (frequency:6)
    Appeal Court say make everibodi match break ontop Rivers APC mata  — (bbc__16070, __no translation__)
    So, make de rumour 'end, president for Moroccan football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa tell media.  — (bbc__4832, __no translation__)
  10. cc-obj (frequency:5)
    ting wey dey for our society must to know all di rights and make dem  — (human_rights__210, __no translation__)
    And make wetin you dey talk and wetin you dey do show dem sey you dey follow wetin Bible talk.​— Rom.  — (jw__47979, __no translation__)
  11. advmod (frequency:4)
    Na im make now.  — (NST_cleaned__20454, __no translation__)
    no make, make de hear wetin we talk.  — (NST_cleaned__32909, __no translation__)
  12. det (frequency:2)
    After de appointment na so reactions flop for social media as any make di make e own analysis, condemn or clap for de appointment.  — (bbc__13093, __no translation__)
    Parts of Ghana chop massive dumsor one month after new power company PDS take over Ghana cedi depreciation nu make a 'weak' but we san go arrest am - Akufo-Addo  — (bbc__80549, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • mek 0.74 398, meh 0.66 796, mey 0.61 183, if 0.56 11277, must 0.54 1356, just 0.50 5577, let 0.49 839, go 0.49 63583, always 0.47 1011

Antonyms

  • mek 0.74 398, meh 0.66 796, mey 0.61 183, if 0.56 11277, must 0.54 1356, just 0.50 5577, let 0.49 839, go 0.49 63583, always 0.47 1011

Translations

  • English: no definition


Verb

make: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. obj (frequency:289)
    Make people…  — (NST_cleaned__7141, __no translation__)
    Who make dem?  — (jw__46128, __no translation__)
  2. mark-obj (frequency:276)
    To make money.  — (WAZL_10_Oga-Madam_DG__29, To make money.)
    yam to make it.  — (NST_cleaned__40914, __no translation__)
  3. - (frequency:140)
    Na God make Devil?  — (jw__25065, __no translation__)
    Wetin you wan make.  — (KAN_01_Aishas-Lifestory_DG__22, What do want to...)
  4. aux-obj (frequency:75)
    Dey make mouth.  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__173, Boosting !)
    Na wetin dey make me…  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__141, That's what is making me...)
  5. nsubj (frequency:26)
    So dis are di things dat make shawarma.  — (LAG_27_Shawarma_MG__27, So these are the things we use to make shawarma.)
    Again, Jesus talk about wetin Jehovah make.  — (jw__31121, __no translation__)
  6. cc-obj (frequency:21)
    I bin wan save lives and make difference.  — (bbc__3247, __no translation__)
    ‘“Come!” and make anybody wey water dey hungry come;  — (jw__49413, __no translation__)
  7. mark (frequency:15)
    Drug companies dey make di drugs for factory and e dey expensive to make.  — (bbc__65454, __no translation__)
    One of im tok wey make Nigerians para na wen im tok say doctors boku for Nigeria.  — (bbc__78684, __no translation__)
  8. ccomp (frequency:14)
    Na im, make e dey...  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__57, That was why she...)
    Na wetin make I wan go back to her.  — (JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__114, That's why I want to go back to her.)
  9. dep-obj (frequency:6)
    Na this one make Bible sey,  — (jw__26249, __no translation__)
    him wan make more money sotay.  — (deuber__3061, __no translation__)
  10. xcomp (frequency:4)
    So you gats dey main, make sure sey your tyres dey very good condition,  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__186, So, you have to make sure that your tyres are in a very good condition.)
    Like this papa wey love im pikin well well, God go do am make our tomorrow better  — (jw__22399, __no translation__)
  11. obl:mod (frequency:3)
    Di talk-talk pesin for Immigration, James Sunday say di senator dey police watchlist na im make.  — (bbc__38751, __no translation__)
    And na shaperly, shaperly I go carry am make I for wishful dem better, better, better happy, happy baiday,  — (WAZK_04_Call-In-Programme_M__5, And it's immediately that I will carry it so that I will wish them a better, better happy, happy birthday.)
  12. aux (frequency:2)
    Na im, dey make...  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__17, That's what makes...)
    Im just say no im wan go make, im go dey for America.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__156, He just said no, he wants to make... he wants to go and stay in America.)
  13. aux-det (frequency:2)
    Oga patapata of di kontri anti-drug police Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah and Ondo State Govnor Rotimi Akeredolu na dem make di trip.  — (bbc__77054, __no translation__)
    South Africa 400m world record holder Wayde van Niekerk and Kenya Hellen Obiri, wey be di world champion for women 5000m make di list.  — (bbc__91770, __no translation__)
  1. As person be
    Na so she just make tachere.  —  (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, She is just slim.)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • mek 0.74 398, meh 0.66 796, mey 0.61 183, if 0.56 11277, must 0.54 1356, just 0.50 5577, let 0.49 839, go 0.49 63583, always 0.47 1011

Antonyms

  • mek 0.74 398, meh 0.66 796, mey 0.61 183, if 0.56 11277, must 0.54 1356, just 0.50 5577, let 0.49 839, go 0.49 63583, always 0.47 1011

Translations

  • English: no definition
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