o

Naija

Alternative forms

• haha 0.65 836, oh 0.62 337, hm 0.61 1176, mstchew 0.61 423, abeg 0.59 467, abi 0.56 569, sha 0.55 392, ah 0.54 1840, toh 0.54 307

Etymology

Borrowed from English o

Pronunciation

• ò

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 701
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 36
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3879
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 100

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Particle

o: An emphatic particle (present in almost all Nigerian languages) -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I no go eat o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:3758)

   no o  — (deuber__3730, __no translation__)

   No o,  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__136, No.)

3. flat:foreign (frequency:23)

   Ro ra o.  — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__154, No.)

   O ya now.  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__183, Alright then.)

4. xcomp (frequency:5)

   No o babe.  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__365, No, babe.)

   o two six.  — (deuber__4918, __no translation__)

5. conj:dicto (frequency:4)

   What of o, o, oga Jovi?  — (JOS_28_Exams_DG__31, What of M...M...Mr Jovi ?)

   Dem go say make you o-... no... go buy am.  — (IBA_21_Obodo-Barracks_MG__55, They will say, you should o-... no... go and buy it.)

6. dep (frequency:3)

   Ah o se o!  — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__157, Ah, thank you.)

   O ti get e, I don purpose give am now.  — (NST_cleaned__8048, __no translation__)

7. nsubj (frequency:3)

   O ti get e, I don purpose give am now.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__64, You have gotten it. I have already proposed to her.)

   everywhere left and right o front and back na so so dirty  — (deuber__4634, __no translation__)

8. parataxis (frequency:3)

   Walahi, dat is, dat is just di problem o.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__112, Walahi, that is...that is just the problem.)

   Dat day, I tell you as I go dere ba, as we go dat time, I dey tell you sey I see one lady as in very grown up girl o.  — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__38, That day I told you, as I went there, as we went that time, I am telling you that I saw one lady, as in a very grown up girl.)

9. obl:mod (frequency:2)

   It is not, sometimes, it is not about di money o.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__86, It is not... sometimes, it is not about the money.)

   Ajebo Better Pikin, o guru, guru morning to you, helep me to wishful my best friend, her name na Nkiruka, Nkiruka birday na today o.  — (WAZK_04_Call-In-Programme_M__22, Ajebo Better Pikin, good morning, good morning to you.)

10. discourse (frequency:2)

    Aha ban ga ni o toh haha.  — (NST_cleaned__15573, __no translation__)

    Con dey ask you, a'ha, sister, the Lord is good for your side o.  — (JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__115, They'll then ask you a'ah, sister, the Lord hs good to you o.)

11. nummod:mod (frequency:2)

    two o one nko?two o one dat one eh.  — (deuber__1545, __no translation__)

    how your G.E.G. two o one uh or G.E.G. two o two?G.E.G. two o two or two o one?two o one two o one  — (deuber__1543, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• haha 0.65 836, oh 0.62 337, hm 0.61 1176, mstchew 0.61 423, abeg 0.59 467, abi 0.56 569, sha 0.55 392, ah 0.54 1840, toh 0.54 307

Antonyms

• haha 0.65 836, oh 0.62 337, hm 0.61 1176, mstchew 0.61 423, abeg 0.59 467, abi 0.56 569, sha 0.55 392, ah 0.54 1840, toh 0.54 307

Translations

• English: An emphatic particle (present in almost all Nigerian languages)