of

Naija

Alternative forms

• private 0.35 418, oga-di-law 0.33 6, lower 0.33 67, guaranteed 0.32 7, difrent-difrent 0.32 35, spare 0.32 25, populous 0.32 6, major 0.31 421, activities 0.31 137

Etymology

Borrowed from English of

Pronunciation

• əv

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 733
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 30
• Frequency in raw corpus: 45728
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 10

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Preposition

of: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:37982)

   All of…  — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__112, All of)

   How of…  — (ENU_11_Delicious-Beans-And-Plantain_M__74, How...)

2. dep (frequency:266)

   Of course!  — (ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__88, Of course !)

   Out of di… ,  — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__101, Out of the..)

3. discourse (frequency:43)

   Made of ehn…  — (NST_cleaned__23564, __no translation__)

   One trailer of eh...  — (NST_cleaned__35781, __no translation__)

4. nsubj (frequency:15)

   of human rights talk say naim be di achievement wey all di people and  — (human_rights__167, __no translation__)

   Na so traffic full Lagos on Monday sake of di way roads full wit water.  — (bbc__72019, __no translation__)

5. obl:mod (frequency:8)

   Wetin papa and mama need to dey sure of before their pikin baptize?  — (jw__42577, __no translation__)

   Sabi Abdullahi, dey sponsor, e don pass di first reading ontop di floor of di red chamber Tuesday.  — (ja102__2243, __no translation__)

6. advmod:emph (frequency:8)

   But what of now?  — (jw__26073, __no translation__)

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

7. advcl (frequency:7)

   Di work must be an essay of not less dan 800 words;  — (bbc__39673, __no translation__)

   On Ash Wednesday, we tell una sey dis time na time of fasting, na time of alms giving, na time of prayer.  — (NST_cleaned__39574, __no translation__)

8. advmod (frequency:6)

   De into ein govt policy-dem, to fit take improve di life of all wi naija-pipo.  — (ja102__1248, __no translation__)

   Di only kain case wey F-SARS go dey in charge of now na armed robbery and kidnapping.  — (bbc__36798, __no translation__)

9. conj:dicto (frequency:5)

   De don't have of, husbands.  — (IBA_21_Obodo-Barracks_MG__16, They don’t have of... husbands.)

   So we dey... we dey compare things of dose days, and things of, of (you know) now... nowadays. (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__113, So we do... we compare the things of those days with the things of, of...  — (you know), now... nowadays.)

10. det (frequency:4)

    sake dem de oppress am or dem de treat am harshly, then de law of di  — (human_rights__188, __no translation__)

    That one show the kind condition of the “beggar wey im name na Lazarus .  — (jw__15091, __no translation__)

11. xcomp (frequency:4)

    What of for our time?  — (jw__43655, __no translation__)

    Some of dis feminist...  — (WAZP_07_Imonirhua-Lifestory_MG__86, Some of these feminists...)

12. conj (frequency:3)

    Just five seconds, make e just get patience of like five seconds, e go say no make I sharply…  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__112, Just five seconds, let him just be patience for five seconds, he will say no, let me quickly...)

    Di Oxford dictionary define am say, na dislike of or injury to pipo wey come from different kontri fom your own kontri.  — (bbc__32148, __no translation__)

13. obl:arg (frequency:2)

    E say, Nigeria vision for intra-Africa trade na for di free movement of 'made in Africa market.'  — (bbc__45611, __no translation__)

    After, make una talk about wetin dey the box “Listen to Counsel and Accept Discipline” for chapter 4 of “Keep Yourselves in God’s Love,” book.  — (jw__49699, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• of Art

1. Cardi B no come play at all as she attend di 2019 Met Gala wey Celebrate Camp: Notes on Fashion for Metropolitan Museum of Art  — (bbc__24803, __no translation__)

   Lady Gaga later come take am off to reveal her final outfit Di Met Gala, wey be annual benefit event for di Costume Institute for Metropolitan Museum of Art inside New York, na one of di world biggest fashion events.  — (bbc__62873, __no translation__)

• of Arts

1. Elected as a Foreign Honorary Member into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 12 April 2017  — (bbc__46695, __no translation__)

   Omoniyi Dotun Victor wey wey show to rep Council of Arts say dem like as di female artists dem come out to celebrate as women na pillar of society and dem ready to give dem every support to ginger dem to move forward as di theme of di celebrations talk.  — (bbc__77462, __no translation__)

• of God

1. PASTOR adeboye/facebook Pastor Enoch Adeboye na di overall pastor for di Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of di biggest church for Nigeria.  — (bbc__79921, __no translation__)

   Adeboye wey be di General Overseer of di Redeemed Christian Church of God bin tell im pastors wey dey di church service say im get instruction for dem.  — (bbc__12440, __no translation__)

• of una

1. Na because of una, de establish us.  — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__83, We were established for your sake.)

   Admission na free of charge, and na because of una, we go set up dat event.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__186, Admission if free of charge and it's for your sake that we're organizing that event.)

• of week

1. Inside of di week wey waka pass, we bin hear some talk wey no too understand.  — (WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__3, Last week, we heard some news that I don't really understand.)

   I know sey dat's eh... inside of last week wen I bin dey talk sey make people take am easy...  — (WAZK_08_Fuel-Price-Increase_MG__9, I know that was uh... in the past week that I started saying that people should take it easy...)

• of you

1. Na because of only you, I circumcise my pikin?  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__61, Is it because of you alone I circumcised my child?)

   Dere is a real person inside of you wey be di spirit.  — (PRT_11_A-Man-Named-Jesus_MG__44, There is a real person inside you, which is the Spirit.)

• sake of

1. Sake of wetin?  — (WAZA_05_Big-Mo_MG__29, What for?)

   Di report sake of dis kain similar thing, we happen give dem just yesterday.  — (WAZA_09_Tv-News_MG__25, The report concerns a similar thing, which happened to them just yesterday.)

Synonyms

• private 0.35 418, oga-di-law 0.33 6, lower 0.33 67, guaranteed 0.32 7, difrent-difrent 0.32 35, spare 0.32 25, populous 0.32 6, major 0.31 421, activities 0.31 137

Antonyms

• private 0.35 418, oga-di-law 0.33 6, lower 0.33 67, guaranteed 0.32 7, difrent-difrent 0.32 35, spare 0.32 25, populous 0.32 6, major 0.31 421, activities 0.31 137

Translations

• English: no definition