Difference between revisions of "okay"

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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* ˌók â
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* ˌókâ
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-okay.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-okay.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-okay.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-okay.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 189
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 84
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1197
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 309
 
  
 
===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
* Na to say someting dey well.
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* Say someting dey well.
:* {{ux|dv|De people food no dey sweet but e '''okay''' for my pocket. |(The eatery food may not be delicious but it is economical.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Di people food no dey sweet but e dey '''okay''' for my pocket. |(The eatery food may not be delicious but it is economical.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|I don tel my mother in law say e dey '''okay''' if she wan come visit us dis Christmas.|(I have approved of a visit from my mother in law for Christmas.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|I don tel my mother-in-law say e dey '''okay''' if she wan come visit us dis Christmas.|(I have approved of a visit from my mother in law for Christmas.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|It'S '''okay''' for a man to do dis kind thing abi? |(JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__145, It's okay for a man to do this kind of a thing, right ?)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|It'S '''okay''' for a man to do dis kind thing abi? |(JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__145, It's okay for a man to do this kind of a thing, right ?)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|Three K is '''okay''' for me. |(KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__234, Three thousand is okay for me.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|Three K is '''okay''' for me. |(KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__234, Three thousand is okay for me.)}}

Revision as of 15:43, 7 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English okay

Pronunciation

  • ˌókâ


Interjection

  • Say someting dey well.
  • Di people food no dey sweet but e dey okay for my pocket.  — (The eatery food may not be delicious but it is economical.)
  • I don tel my mother-in-law say e dey okay if she wan come visit us dis Christmas.  — (I have approved of a visit from my mother in law for Christmas.)
  • It'S okay for a man to do dis kind thing abi?  — (JOS_27_Man-And-Woman_DG__145, It's okay for a man to do this kind of a thing, right ?)
  • Three K is okay for me.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__234, Three thousand is okay for me.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: OK