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* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
  
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|'''na''', '''na''' you... |(NST_cleaned__33891, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Are you... are you God? |(IBA_32_Tori-By-Samuel_MG__22, Are you... are you God?)}}
 
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* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
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* be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742
 
  
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* English: no definition, now
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#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey '''na'''… |(ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__112, It is as if...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey '''na'''… |(ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__112, It is as if...)}}
 
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# dislocated (frequency:4)
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#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Sey '''na''' dat programme, '''na''' im for… , |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__97, That it was that programme that would...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Sey '''na''' dat programme, '''na''' im for… , |(WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__97, That it was that programme that would...)}}
 
# dep (frequency:3)
 
# dep (frequency:3)

Revision as of 16:07, 13 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

From Portuguese na

Pronunciation

  • nà

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2008
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 6
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 41064
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 13


Adverb

na: no definition, now -- Definition in Naija?


  1. E go want taste am na haha.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)

Related forms

  • bah

Translations

  • English: now


Auxiliary

na: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:6067)
    Na…  — (ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__42, It's...)
    Na… ,  — (IBA_18_Money-Wahala_M__65, It is...)
  2. ccomp-fixed (frequency:80)
    Na village, na im dem dey.  — (BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)
    Na fibroid, na im de do am.  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)
  3. conj:dicto (frequency:34)
    Na, be small pikin.  — (ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__45, She is a small girl.)
    Na, na only night rest.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__162, It is, it is only night rest.)
  4. nsubj (frequency:20)
    Dat na.  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__62, That is...)
    Im na...  — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__120, She was...)
  5. discourse (frequency:10)
    Eh na.  — (JOS_06_Ear-Piercing_DG__191, Eh !)
    Yes na!  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__48, Yes of course !)
  6. cc (frequency:9)
    Abi na…  — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__108, Or it is...)
    Abi na… ,  — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__112, Or it is...)
  7. mark (frequency:7)
    See if na… ,  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__4, See, if it's...)
    E be like sey na…  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__112, It is as if...)
  8. dislocated (frequency:4)
  1. Sey na dat programme, na im for… ,  — (WAZK_11_Chiagozies-Life-Story_M__97, That it was that programme that would...)
  2. dep (frequency:3)
    Na, na di…  — (ENU_31_Imo-State-Politics_DG__47, It is... it is the ...)
    Before na, na…  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__142, Before it is... it is...)
  3. advmod (frequency:3)
    No na.  — (ABJ_NOU_03_Open-University_DG__42, place now.)
    Na just.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__8, It's just...)
  4. nsubj-obj (frequency:3)
    My name na Ibrahim Salomi.  — (ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)
    My name na Joke Babatunde.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)
  5. mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
    You know sey today na…  — (LAG_08_Austin-And-Donald_DG__66, You know that today is...)
    And here I dey with my friend wey be sey her name na…  — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__2, And here I am with my friend whose name is...)

Derived forms

  1. Na im.  — (ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__97, That's it.)
    So na im o.  — (ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__77, So, that's it.)
  1. But dat's... dat na Hausa word because sey na na Abuja, we dey ehen.  — (WAZA_10_Bluetooth-Lifestory_MG__72, But that's... that's a Hausa word because we're in Abuja, yeah.)
    E be like sey na I... I smuggle mysef enter di country, but meanwhile, na me, get country, na me, be my...  — (ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__17, It's like I... I smuggled myself into the country, but actually, it's my country, it's me, it's my...)

Synonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Antonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Translations

  • English: no definition


Particle

na: no definition, be -- Definition in Naija?


  1. xcomp (frequency:4291)
    Na X.  — (NST_cleaned__9958, __no translation__)
    na so  — (deuber__5116, __no translation__)
  2. - (frequency:2731)
    Na  — (human_rights__14, __no translation__)
    Na...  — (ja102__2642, __no translation__)
  3. dep (frequency:1059)
    na im  — (deuber__3248, __no translation__)
    Na im.  — (NST_cleaned__40593, __no translation__)
  4. ccomp (frequency:660)
    Na lie.  — (jw__25732, __no translation__)
    Na lie?  — (NST_cleaned__24826, __no translation__)
  5. nsubj (frequency:220)
    Dat na.  — (NST_cleaned__9856, __no translation__)
    Im na...  — (NST_cleaned__40387, __no translation__)
  6. cc-dep (frequency:69)
    because na im send you.  — (jw__48651, __no translation__)
    and na im be di cheapest  — (deuber__3875, __no translation__)
  7. conj (frequency:32)
    Na so plenty people begin write vex letter to Playboy.  — (bbc__71994, __no translation__)
    Na light, light, light, light, light, light, and na consistency.  — (NST_cleaned__36599, __no translation__)
  8. obl:mod (frequency:28)
    Na yesterday Sunday o, na im dis one shele for Lagos.  — (deuber__6265, __no translation__)
    Na during cold, for harmattan them come, after harvest.  — (katakata__318, __no translation__)
  9. advmod (frequency:21)
    No na.  — (NST_cleaned__15029, __no translation__)
    Na just.  — (NST_cleaned__12701, __no translation__)
  10. cc (frequency:17)
    sey na...  — (NST_cleaned__41064, __no translation__)
    but if God say na im go stay dere.  — (deuber__4517, __no translation__)
  11. advcl (frequency:12)
    Na small small the water come dey dry.  — (jw__26032, __no translation__)
    Na so because that kind love dey deceive people.  — (jw__10522, __no translation__)
  12. csubj (frequency:8)
    This looks inconclusive na.  — (brila__1818, __no translation__)
    Oda reason why dem dey do di strike na:  — (bbc__76158, __no translation__)
  13. aux (frequency:4)
    Na cook?  — (NST_cleaned__24921, __no translation__)
    I say wetin na die!!!  — (ja102__5308, __no translation__)
  14. aux-obj (frequency:4)
    Na Google map help me,  — (NST_cleaned__6080, __no translation__)
    Na deh kwesion SDF senators di ask.  — (bbc__6052, __no translation__)
  15. det (frequency:3)
    Naim be say na di  — (human_rights__204, __no translation__)
    Na the ‘things wey the flesh want’ dem dey like to do?  — (jw__7524, __no translation__)
  16. aux-dep (frequency:2)
    Na Strike Back.  — (NST_cleaned__31438, __no translation__)
    Na when Satan lie give Eve na im bad thing start.  — (jw__26623, __no translation__)
  17. dep-obj (frequency:2)
    Di Lagos State police spokesman, Chike Oti talk say di officers wey base for di Ipakodo branch for SARS na;  — (bbc__31710, __no translation__)
    Anoda thing to know be say na companies from UK go build dis prison extension for Nigeria because na dem bid for di job and na based on dat na im UK government take settle on cost of £700,000. Many go expect say di quality go beta pass di kain 'cell' wey already dey dia.  — (bbc__15643, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Antonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Translations

  • English: no definition, be


Verb

na: is -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    my name na John.  — no translation

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Antonyms

  • be 0.45 27657, wan 0.34 6206, ehn 0.34 1757, guy 0.33 746, reason 0.33 1045, ehen 0.33 871, ehm 0.32 320, big 0.32 2290, believe 0.32 1742

Translations

  • English: is
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