mouth

Naija

Alternative forms

• eye 0.80 2008, mind 0.70 3840, hand 0.68 3099, eyes 0.62 198, head 0.60 1697, bodi 0.55 1294, politics 0.53 432, ear 0.52 349, hands 0.51 154

Etymology

Borrowed from English mouth

Pronunciation

• maʊθ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 18
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 503
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1125
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 326

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

mouth: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:705)

   See mouth.  — (katakata__1047, __no translation__)

   I get mouth.  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__182, I have the guts.)

2. case (frequency:44)

   No be for mouth;  — (bbc__74913, __no translation__)

   Dis wan plenti for mouth  — (bbc__73230, __no translation__)

3. amod (frequency:28)

   To use bad mouth.  — (jw__37846, __no translation__)

   Aha she chop, clean mouth.  — (LAG_38_Elections_DG__127, Aha, she ate and cleaned her mouth.)

4. nmod (frequency:18)

   Nigeria get mouth for plenty things wey dey appun for Di Gambia.  — (bbc__73654, __no translation__)

   But dem dey find wetin dey Jesus mouth, so that dem go arrest am.  — (jw__32363, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:17)

   Sabi people no use one mouth talk about am.  — (bbc__63901, __no translation__)

   Oloye Idowu Olukunle get anoda mouth for di mata.  — (bbc__77360, __no translation__)

6. det-nmod (frequency:13)

   Na di mouth of di special adviser on top petroleum matter and energy matter dis order fall comot.  — (deuber__1770, __no translation__)

   On January 18 2019, Atiku close di mouth of im opponents dem wen im land US for di first time afta 12 years.  — (bbc__77604, __no translation__)

7. cc (frequency:11)

   Naim be sey you go dey work for hand to mouth every time.  — (NST_cleaned__20613, __no translation__)

   Tori be say na sports and politics na im Weah go put eye and mouth ontop.  — (bbc__95224, __no translation__)

8. case-det (frequency:10)

   APC tell BBC say dis tori no sweet for dia mouth  — (bbc__10877, __no translation__)

   dem say wetin come out for di mouth dey cause many wahala mostly if na bad one  — (deuber__5813, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:7)

   Na just mouth.  — (NST_cleaned__40780, __no translation__)

   Di matter dey everybodi mouth  — (bbc__36028, __no translation__)

10. dep (frequency:5)

    Same-sex marriage supporters even bad mouth di vote sef - many of dem bin say e no dey necessary, when parliament fit debate on top di issue direct.  — (bbc__86861, __no translation__)

    Na wetin make Jesus talk wetin prophet Isaiah talk about dem, when e sey: ‘Na mouth this people take dey respect me, but their mind no dey my side at all.  — (jw__4457, __no translation__)

11. conj (frequency:5)

    I wan make special appeal to my supporters make dem no too make mouth or yeye di opposition.  — (bbc__4152, __no translation__)

    Human Papiloma Virus na virus wey fit affect pesin skin and oda parts of di bodi like di cervix, mouth, throat and inside pesin bumbum.  — (bbc__56769, __no translation__)

12. amod-det (frequency:3)

    Momoh, Momoh, dat your mouth wey you dey take laugh me, na dat same mouth you go take come beg me.  — (deuber__1957, __no translation__)

    If you fit get dis two things correct, na customers go use dia own mouth sell di movie for you, Gyang talk finish.  — (bbc__4423, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• dust mouth

1. Who we wan tell now sey make de dust mouth,  — (WAZK_09_Fuel-Price-Increase_M__57, Who do we want to tell now that they should dust their mouths ?)

   Because me I no really know who we wan tell make de dust mouth.  — (WAZK_09_Fuel-Price-Increase_M__58, Because I, I don't really know who we want to tell that they should dust their mouths.)

• mouth talk

1. Trump no dey cover mouth talk when e reach North Korea matter.  — (bbc__95878, __no translation__)

   Anyting you see someting be now wey no dey in order, open your mouth talk,  — (ONI_24_We-Must-Do-Something_M__86, We need to see some things that are not in order, open your mouth to talk)

• pikin mouth

1. JASMIN HEASMAN Di hospital put di tooth wey dem comot from di pikin mouth inside box  — (bbc__60712, __no translation__)

   Tori be say two waitress for Olive Restaurant on 7 May tell one 26 year old woman say make she no think am or try to put breast for her pikin mouth while she dey inside dia restaurant.  — (bbc__95343, __no translation__)

• pipo mouth

1. Dis na di name wey full pipo mouth.  — (bbc__41382, __no translation__)

   Dis na one event wey never comot pipo mouth.  — (bbc__41585, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• eye 0.80 2008, mind 0.70 3840, hand 0.68 3099, eyes 0.62 198, head 0.60 1697, bodi 0.55 1294, politics 0.53 432, ear 0.52 349, hands 0.51 154

Antonyms

• eye 0.80 2008, mind 0.70 3840, hand 0.68 3099, eyes 0.62 198, head 0.60 1697, bodi 0.55 1294, politics 0.53 432, ear 0.52 349, hands 0.51 154

Translations

• English: no definition