my

Naija

Alternative forms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Etymology

Borrowed from English my

Pronunciation

• maɪ

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 822
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 26
• Frequency in raw corpus: 5391
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 74

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

my: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2)

   So I keeping also for my own.  — (ONI_02_I-Like-My-Girlfriend-So-Much_M__64, So, I kept to myself.)

   So you wan chop my own, you no wan me mah chop your own!  — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__198, So you want to spend from my own money, you don't want me to spend from your own money.)

Synonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Antonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Translations

• English: no definition

Article

my: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2)

   Wetin help me be sey creche dey my office.  — (NST_cleaned__34032, __no translation__)

   I don confirm your own message ontop my Whatsapp.  — (WAZK_04_Call-In-Programme_M__8, I have confirmed your own message on my WhatsApp.)

Synonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Antonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Translations

• English: no definition

Pronoun

my: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:5341)

   my...  — (NST_cleaned__42893, __no translation__)

   My God.  — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__115, My God !)

2. conj:dicto (frequency:24)

   Ah my, I go school,  — (WAZK_12_Moses-Life-Story_M__3, Ah, my I went to school.)

   See my... our house!  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__23, Look at my... our house!)

3. case (frequency:21)

   Dat is for my…  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__112, That's for my...)

   One of my eh...  — (NST_cleaned__40296, __no translation__)

4. discourse (frequency:4)

   Ah my… ,  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__61, My...)

   My mtschew…  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__157, My mtschew ...)

5. nmod (frequency:3)

   So I finish my my eh...  — (NST_cleaned__34529, __no translation__)

   So my hand must dey inside.  — (WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__111, So I must be involved.)

6. case-conj:dicto (frequency:3)

   Or di way de dey call am for my... for my area na Edewo.  — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__2, Or the way it's called in my... in my area is Edewo.)

   And for my for my ND, na electrical engineering, I dey too. (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__87, And for my... and for my ND  — (National Diploma), I was in Electrical Engineering.)

7. cc (frequency:2)

   E get one, e get, e get one time wey be sey me, and my… , me, and my, my male, we travel go Aba.  — (IBA_10_Recession_DG__72, There was a... there was... there was a time that my... and I... my father and I travelled to Aba.)

   So di ting be sey we, Nigerians wey get dis country, de dey treat us like sey we be foreigner for our own country where my mama born me, and my...  — (NST_cleaned__33175, __no translation__)

8. conj (frequency:2)

   I no wan to do di, I no wan to do di deal wey pa~ XX, pass my… , pass mysef.  — (IBA_16_Drivers_DG__27, I do not want to do the... I do not want to do the thing that is be... beyond my... beyond myself.)

   November, I dey start my, ehn my… , I dey start my lectures for one ehn MassComm school like dat.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__111, In November, I am starting my ehn my, I am starting my lectures at one ehn my, I am starting my lectures at one ehn Masscomm school like that)

Synonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Antonyms

• your 0.63 5542, her 0.60 5282, deir 0.59 954, ma 0.59 408, me 0.58 7747, i 0.57 22807, myself 0.56 193, im 0.52 32627, nwoye 0.51 43

Translations

• English: no definition