naim
Naija
Alternative forms
- na im
Etymology
Borrowed from Igbo naim
Pronunciation
- naɪɪm
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 146
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 101
- Frequency in raw corpus: 518
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 631
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adverb
naim: no definition, then -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:529)
- Naim... — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__9, Then...)
- Naim I con do o. — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__119, I continued to do more.)
- advcl:relcl (frequency:17)
- Your profession, na only for hotel naim de dey hear am o. — (NST_cleaned__24694, __no translation__)
- Oh na dat one naim de dey use, dem dey born with dem like dat. — (NST_cleaned__15263, __no translation__)
- ccomp (frequency:7)
- Naim we say we be community, we dey do vigilante. — (NST_cleaned__1448, __no translation__)
- Naim be sey, hm naim be sey change na di koko ehn in dis caban. — (NST_cleaned__12893, __no translation__)
- nummod:det (frequency:2)
- De say some people pio, pio, pio commot for di scene, while one, one naim be sey e kpai instanta, instantly. — (NST_cleaned__9176, __no translation__)
- Ogboru, Okowa, Omu, Obire and Esanubi For di six candidates wey suppose stand for di BBC Govnorship Debate for Asaba, Delta State only three naim show face. — (bbc__77131, __no translation__)
- nummod:mod (frequency:2)
- Everi one naim de entitle to say wen e face people wey go judge am, dem — (human_rights__21, __no translation__)
- Na for Commonwealth Business Forum for London wia Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari go afta dem ask am one question naim ansa say Nigerian youths too like awoof. — (bbc__70823, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- con 0.61 3175, meh 0.60 796, mey 0.57 183, okay 0.52 1302, mah 0.50 135, toh 0.48 307, oya 0.47 127, guy 0.44 746, shout 0.43 350
Antonyms
- con 0.61 3175, meh 0.60 796, mey 0.57 183, okay 0.52 1302, mah 0.50 135, toh 0.48 307, oya 0.47 127, guy 0.44 746, shout 0.43 350
Translations
- English: no definition, then