Difference between revisions of "meh"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* mey 0.83 183, moh 0.68 135, make 0.66 28077, mah 0.64 135, naim 0.60 566, abeg 0.59 467, mek 0.55 398, just 0.55 5577, oya 0.54 127
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* [[mey]], [[make]], [[mek]]
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English meh
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From English ''make''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* meh*
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* méh*
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-meh.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-meh.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-meh.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-meh.m.ogg</sm2>  
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 687
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 687
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 494
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 494
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
  
 
===Auxiliary===
 
===Auxiliary===
meh: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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meh, juicie, let.
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:682)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' I… |(BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__271, Let me X...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' we… |(BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__150, Let's...)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:14)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' I… |(NST_cleaned__26877, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wan '''meh''' we... |(NST_cleaned__41194, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj:dicto (frequency:11)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''', make you get… |(BEN_28_Radio-Drama-Flirting_DG__216, Get...get...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Shey valentine day, '''meh''', we go go club? |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__180, [Shey] Valentine day, are we going to the club ?)}}
 
# dislocated (frequency:8)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Anyone wey you wan go, '''meh''' you go. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__91, Anyone which you want to go, go.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' dem, '''meh''' dem blow my head comot? |(NST_cleaned__17637, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod-nsubj (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' I just… |(IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__177, Let me just...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''meh''' she just… |(NST_cleaned__16466, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj:dicto-nsubj (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' we, '''meh''' we care for dem, |(ABJ_INF_07_Street-Children_M__74, Let us... let's take care of them)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' dem, '''meh''' dem, '''meh''' dem, '''meh''', '''meh''' dem carry deir ballot paper go, go vote for demselves. |(NST_cleaned__19273, __no translation__)}}
 
# mark (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Tell me sey '''meh'''... |(ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__139, He said I should...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And pastor con dey talk about dressing sey '''meh''' dem, '''meh''' ushers dey chase people from… |(NST_cleaned__23103, __no translation__)}}
 
# discourse (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ah '''meh''' uh, just, '''meh''' una just dey wait for me. |(NST_cleaned__218, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na so dem go sign '''meh''' py~, py~, python con dan~, dance for our, our land. |(NST_cleaned__19309, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''', '''meh''', '''meh''' di girl born first. |(NST_cleaned__8933, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|So my colleague kwanu, (you know sey we never sell since like one week) so she want like at least, '''meh''' we sell, put someting kwanu. |(ENU_08_Strange-Customers_M__26, So, my colleague indeed, you know that we never sold for like one week. So she wants to like at least we should sell, really put something)}}
 
# advmod (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|She no fit stay '''meh''' she just… |(ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__97, She cannot stay that she is just...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dey beg or beat me now, mah, '''meh''' just beat me, mah… |(PRT_08_Children_M__43, Let... you should just beat me so.)}}
 
# conj-dislocated (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Meh''' we, '''meh''' we care for dem, |(NST_cleaned__12662, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis life, '''meh''' all our boys, and girls, moh we dey try to dey know wetin carry us go school so dat we go fit turn, become somebody for future. |(NST_cleaned__21606, __no translation__)}}
 
# conj-nsubj:expl (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Make e, '''meh''' e, '''meh''' e be sey na im, get dose children? |(NST_cleaned__41392, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|And if somebody dey worry you for office, you wey be woman wey dey work, '''meh''' e, '''meh''' you tell your husband sey ah husband o, see o, dis man dey disturb me o. |(NST_cleaned__25311, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* mey 0.83 183, moh 0.68 135, make 0.66 28077, mah 0.64 135, naim 0.60 566, abeg 0.59 467, mek 0.55 398, just 0.55 5577, oya 0.54 127
 
  
====Antonyms====
 
* mey 0.83 183, moh 0.68 135, make 0.66 28077, mah 0.64 135, naim 0.60 566, abeg 0.59 467, mek 0.55 398, just 0.55 5577, oya 0.54 127
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: no definition
 
  
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#{{ux|dv|Shey valentine day, '''meh''', we go go club? |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__180, [Shey] Valentine day, are we going to the club ?)}}
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#{{ux|dv|Anyone wey you wan go, '''meh''' you go. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__91, Anyone which you want to go, go.)}}
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#{{ux|dv|'''Meh''' we, '''meh''' we care for dem, |(ABJ_INF_07_Street-Children_M__74, Let us... let's take care of them)}}
  
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====Related forms====
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* [[moh]], [[mah]]
  
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===
 
===Subordinating Conjunction===
meh: no definition, REL -- Definition in Naija?
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* Meh, that
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|di man dey pay me di work '''meh''' I dey do. |(NST_cleaned__40381, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|We con say toh all money '''meh''' we don save, '''meh''' we carry am con give am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__80, Then we said well, all the money we've saved, we should bring it to her.)}}
 
# aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You no carry Mourinho phone number '''meh''' you call am, tell am? |(NST_cleaned__9501, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I don tell you sey I go give you Mourinho phone number '''meh''' you call am, tell am sey e dey fuck up. |(NST_cleaned__9597, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
  
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#{{ux|dv|di man dey pay me di work '''meh''' I dey do. |(NST_cleaned__40381, The man is paying for the work that I'm doing.)}}
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#{{ux|dv|We con say toh all money '''meh''' we don save, '''meh''' we carry am con give am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__80, Then we said well, all the money we've saved, we should bring it to her.)}}
  
====Synonyms====
 
* mey 0.83 183, moh 0.68 135, make 0.66 28077, mah 0.64 135, naim 0.60 566, abeg 0.59 467, mek 0.55 398, just 0.55 5577, oya 0.54 127
 
  
====Antonyms====
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====Related forms====
* mey 0.83 183, moh 0.68 135, make 0.66 28077, mah 0.64 135, naim 0.60 566, abeg 0.59 467, mek 0.55 398, just 0.55 5577, oya 0.54 127
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* [[moh]], [[mah]]
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition, REL
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* English: ''that''

Revision as of 17:53, 26 March 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English make

Pronunciation

  • méh*

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 187
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 86
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 687
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 494


Auxiliary

meh, juicie, let.


  1. Shey valentine day, meh, we go go club?  — (ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__180, [Shey] Valentine day, are we going to the club ?)
  2. Anyone wey you wan go, meh you go.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__91, Anyone which you want to go, go.)
  3. Meh we, meh we care for dem,  — (ABJ_INF_07_Street-Children_M__74, Let us... let's take care of them)

Related forms

Subordinating Conjunction

  • Meh, that
  1. di man dey pay me di work meh I dey do.  — (NST_cleaned__40381, The man is paying for the work that I'm doing.)
  2. We con say toh all money meh we don save, meh we carry am con give am.  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__80, Then we said well, all the money we've saved, we should bring it to her.)


Related forms

Translations

  • English: that