oil

Naija

Alternative forms

• crude 0.82 114, fuel 0.74 375, production 0.71 149, price 0.70 378, companies 0.70 321, spill 0.68 88, rice 0.68 419, bags 0.67 73, gas 0.67 218

Etymology

Borrowed from English oil

Pronunciation

• ɔɪl

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 52
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 236
• Frequency in raw corpus: 721
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 478

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

oil: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:422)

   No add oil.  — (JOS_12_How-To-Prepare-Gote-Soup_MG__51, Don’t add oil.)

   we get oil.  — (deuber__477, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:42)

   Most people don't like it wit oil.  — (JOS_12_How-To-Prepare-Gote-Soup_MG__52, <eng> Most people don’t like it with oil <eng>.)

   Delta no go fit depend on oil forever  — (bbc__28099, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:31)

   No oil.  — (NST_cleaned__32661, __no translation__)

   The woman come sell the oil.  — (jw__11746, __no translation__)

4. amod (frequency:23)

   you add up red oil.  — (NST_cleaned__36227, __no translation__)

   Na im make oil common oil eh?  — (NST_cleaned__5955, __no translation__)

5. conj (frequency:20)

   Di small kontri dey rich on oil and gas exports.  — (bbc__20753, __no translation__)

   Use oil and moisturiser for your hair and leg join.  — (bbc__97434, __no translation__)

6. cc (frequency:12)

   The pot wey e dey put flour and oil no empty.  — (jw__36570, __no translation__)

   Coal - $687m Heroin - $600-800m Electricity - $378m Aluminium - $378m Gas and oil - $307m  — (bbc__25849, __no translation__)

7. nmod:poss (frequency:5)

   You go check your oil.  — (LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__19, You'll check the oil.)

   because we dey tap deir oil.  — (deuber__4744, __no translation__)

8. amod-case (frequency:5)

   To buy generator mean say you go need fuel or product sha from crude oil to take on di generator.  — (bbc__94187, __no translation__)

   Di lawmaker say tourism fit help grow Nigeria economy instead of to dey focus on only oil, come even boost Nigeria Gross Domestic Product join.  — (bbc__35676, __no translation__)

9. case-det (frequency:4)

   Den I go con pour di melon inside di oil, fry am well to my taste.  — (ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__16, Then I put the egusi in the oil and fry it well to my taste.)

   Annkio Briggs Niger Delta activists like Ann-Kio Briggs want make di region dey in charge of dia oil.  — (bbc__15481, __no translation__)

10. case-dep (frequency:3)

    PIUS UTOMI EKPEI One of di places where Shell dey make plenty money on top oil na Ogoniland  — (bbc__80169, __no translation__)

    One of di places where Shell dey make plenty money on top oil na Ogoniland, and na so Ogoni people begin protest.  — (bbc__78580, __no translation__)

11. case-conj (frequency:3)

    As at 2014, e neva clear weda di deal go result to any beta oil or gas field.  — (bbc__16644, __no translation__)

    Nigeria na di richest economy for Africa, but even though e get plenti mineral resources of oil and gas, millions of pipo dey poor.  — (bbc__73883, __no translation__)

12. dep (frequency:2)

    Okay na annointing oil e go be.  — (NST_cleaned__8398, __no translation__)

    Dis punishment include how much oil dem fit import and say make dem no export cloth again.  — (bbc__42540, __no translation__)

13. amod-det (frequency:2)

    But I tell you dis kind oil if you use am, e no dey, e no dey dry for fire.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__13, But I am telling you, this sort of oil, if you use it, it does not... it does not dry in the fire)

    Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola na Commissioner for one join body on top Cyberspace, di Global Commission for di stability of Cyberspace, im say data na di new oil.  — (bbc__11013, __no translation__)

14. advmod-cc (frequency:2)

    Andressa and di team dey currently work on how dem go use insect make cake, cereal, and even oil.  — (bbc__15280, __no translation__)

    The tanker wey e jam with na Alnic MC and e get damage for one tank wey dey near the front of the ship 7m on top water, but nobody wound and no oil pour troway.  — (bbc__93527, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• oil bloc

1. Etete bin carry di OPL 245 oil bloc dash im own company when im be petroleum minister for Sani Abacha government.  — (bbc__47183, __no translation__)

   EFFC win dis court case for January dis year and court give government power to control di oil bloc but last-last, court come do u-turn.  — (bbc__45957, __no translation__)

• oil boom

1. Dis one mean say di new oil boom wey Libya dey experience dey face uncertainty again.  — (bbc__42230, __no translation__)

   If we look di matter well well, we go see say dat oil money awuf tabi oil boom, e do our country good and bad.  — (deuber__5241, __no translation__)

• oil city

1. As Port Harcourt na oil city, di expectation na say work go boku but di reality dey different.  — (bbc__72436, __no translation__)

   Kpofire fuel or illegally refined petroleum products no be new tin for di oil city of Port-Harcourt, Rivers sate south-south, Nigeria, but tori of how e don almost take over town dey give authorities dem sleepless nights.  — (bbc__62630, __no translation__)

• oil deal

1. How 'magomago' for oil deal make Nigeria lose $6bn  — (bbc__56162, __no translation__)

   BP don gree to pay about $10bn to one businessman wey get hand for suspicious oil deal.  — (bbc__18872, __no translation__)

• oil men

1. Dem say two Nigerian oil men, Kolawole Aluko and Olajide Omokore, join others bribe Mrs Alison-Madueke to win oil contracts.  — (bbc__50304, __no translation__)

   STEFAN HEUNIS Good hospitals na some of di things Nigerians no dey see because of bribery and corruption for government How bone hook big oil men and Nigerian politicians for throat  — (bbc__86371, __no translation__)

• oil rich

1. Nigeria na oil rich kontri, but e still dey import refine crude oil becos none of di refineries for di kontri dey refine crude oil.  — (bbc__73894, __no translation__)

   PIUS UTOMI EKPEI Niger Delta Avengers na millitant group wey dey worry di oil rich region for Nigeria Niger Delta Avengers don talk on Wednesday say dem go attack oil pipelines again.  — (bbc__80141, __no translation__)

• oil well

1. As when I dey secondary school for my mama village Kokokori, eh dere, dere's eh oil well here.  — (BEN_24_Bunkering_DG__81, Like when I was in secondary school in my mother's village, Kokokori, eh there... there's eh an oil well here.)

   For Africa, Angola and Nigeria dey produce oil well well, even Ghana just begin produce oil too and na so ogbonge oil companies plenty for there but palava on top oil pollution matter plenty.  — (bbc__49910, __no translation__)

• palm oil

1. palm oil, pepper, salt...  — (NST_cleaned__35614, __no translation__)

   So if I cook di palm oil...  — (NST_cleaned__35677, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• crude 0.82 114, fuel 0.74 375, production 0.71 149, price 0.70 378, companies 0.70 321, spill 0.68 88, rice 0.68 419, bags 0.67 73, gas 0.67 218

Antonyms

• crude 0.82 114, fuel 0.74 375, production 0.71 149, price 0.70 378, companies 0.70 321, spill 0.68 88, rice 0.68 419, bags 0.67 73, gas 0.67 218

Translations

• English: no definition