many

Naija

Alternative forms

• some 0.73 8816, plenty 0.70 2558, plenti 0.63 1474, most 0.61 1242, thousands 0.61 271, three 0.53 2799, different 0.51 3023, several 0.51 66, plenty-plenty 0.51 70

Etymology

Borrowed from English many

Pronunciation

• ˈmɛni

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 79
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 171
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4080
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 92

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

many: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:3106)

   Many,  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__54, Many !)

   many b-...  — (NST_cleaned__41101, __no translation__)

2. obl:mod (frequency:409)

   Many of di women...  — (NST_cleaned__35975, __no translation__)

   Jesus cure many of dem.  — (jw__44316, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:376)

   How many?  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__102, How many ?)

   How many cows?  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__111, How many cows?)

4. amod (frequency:13)

   Where we fit get answer to many many question wey dey worry us for mind?  — (jw__45390, __no translation__)

   Dem burn the temple, kill many people and carry many many people as prisoner.  — (jw__716, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:8)

   Na based on dat many of dem use vex tok about di decision ontop Twitter:  — (bbc__70245, __no translation__)

   As many bin di expect no forgiveness for southern Cameroon leaders and Anglophone weh deh dey prison for seka de crisis.  — (bbc__17242, __no translation__)

6. cc-obl:mod (frequency:8)

   How Jesus and many of im disciple take be refugee?  — (jw__14242, __no translation__)

   Uzbekistan get 1.2 million slaves and many of dem dey work for dia cotton field.  — (bbc__59920, __no translation__)

7. dep (frequency:7)

   E dey sweet us to see as many people dey come serve Jehovah  — (jw__7640, __no translation__)

   Plenti moto jam for go slow as many pipo dey put head for di same way  — (bbc__81954, __no translation__)

8. advcl (frequency:4)

   Many of una know, but una need reminder.  — (NST_cleaned__6966, __no translation__)

   Many of dem marry, dem get family and dem get work.​— Mark 6:3; 1 Thess.  — (jw__37865, __no translation__)

9. det (frequency:3)

   Why people never fit find answer to all this many better question?  — (jw__31878, __no translation__)

   But, na when we dey do the many ‘better work’ wey Bible talk about, God go bless us.  — (jw__26951, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:3)

    When Jesus dey Perea, one man ask am sey: “Lord, the number of people wey go save go small?” The man fit know sey the religious leaders dey argue whether the people wey go save go many or small.  — (jw__44173, __no translation__)

    Madam for Oxfam, Winnie Byanyima, tok say: Africa dey ready to rise - but only wen e leaders get di mind to support more human economy wey go work for many and not a few super-rich men, she tok.  — (bbc__64757, __no translation__)

11. conj:dicto (frequency:2)

    So church dey help too, dey help many, many people o.  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__26, So, the church is helping too, is helping very many people.)

    So many, ma~, mainly sha di ting wey we dey talk about, na ting wey I like.  — (WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__15, So many... mainly though, the things I talk about are the things that I like.)

Synonyms

• some 0.73 8816, plenty 0.70 2558, plenti 0.63 1474, most 0.61 1242, thousands 0.61 271, three 0.53 2799, different 0.51 3023, several 0.51 66, plenty-plenty 0.51 70

Antonyms

• some 0.73 8816, plenty 0.70 2558, plenti 0.63 1474, most 0.61 1242, thousands 0.61 271, three 0.53 2799, different 0.51 3023, several 0.51 66, plenty-plenty 0.51 70

Translations

• English: no definition