only

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English only

Pronunciation

  • ˈoʊnli

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 93
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 145
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 3469
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 110

Adjective

Na as someting or person de dey one place by e self.

  • Na only me.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__53, I am the only one.)
  • Dis mata don dey cause wahala for African kontris wey get beta economy even though all di policy makers don gree say visa free travel na di only wey make economy blow for di region.  — (bbc__40881, The matter has become controversial for the more developed African countries despite the fact that stakeholders have reached consensus that visa free travel would boost the economies of states in the region.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: only

Adverb

only: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:1900)
    Only am,  — (NST_cleaned__16071, __no translation__)
    Packet only.  — (WAZA_06_Cigarettes_T__98, Packets only.)
  2. advmod (frequency:38)
    No only think sey Jesus die for everybody.  — (jw__32294, __no translation__)
    E no only tell them, but e still show them example.  — (jw__2883, __no translation__)
  3. dep (frequency:3)
    Only sey I no get wad for hand.  — (JOS_39_Driver-Lady_M__66, Only that I don't have cash at hand.)
    Only sey you go tell am sey stomach o.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__188, Only that you told him that stomach...)
  4. obl:mod (frequency:3)
    Aldough, na only of recent everybody as we all, all of us don grow, na me be last born.  — (KAN_01_Aishas-Lifestory_DG__58, Although, it is just of recent that everybody as we all... all of us has grown. I'm the last child.)
    Like di GenCos, di DisCos too na only 60% of di companies dey private organisations hand, goment get di remaining 40%.  — (bbc__63896, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • same 0.46 1459, first 0.43 5514, correct 0.43 1344, abi 0.43 569, small 0.43 3132, true 0.42 1623, maybe 0.42 415, main 0.40 934, normal 0.40 424

Antonyms

  • same 0.46 1459, first 0.43 5514, correct 0.43 1344, abi 0.43 569, small 0.43 3132, true 0.42 1623, maybe 0.42 415, main 0.40 934, normal 0.40 424

Translations

  • English: no definition