palava

Naija

Alternative forms

• palaver

Etymology

Borrowed from English palava

Pronunciation

• pàlávà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1695
• Frequency in raw corpus: 679
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 501

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

palava: problem -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   dat one na ur palava. Make we no forget di danger and palava of dirty environment.  — no translation

2. det (frequency:93)

   How di palava take start?  — (bbc__56451, __no translation__)

   Wia di palava dey come from  — (bbc__100731, __no translation__)

3. - (frequency:80)

   Nail palava  — (bbc__72309, __no translation__)

   Im word don bring palava.  — (bbc__59699, __no translation__)

4. amod (frequency:56)

   Marital palava  — (bbc__65792, __no translation__)

   Na big palava.  — (bbc__70263, __no translation__)

5. det-nmod (frequency:29)

   Di Chibok girl palava bin vex dey whole world.  — (bbc__30972, __no translation__)

   We believe say dis one go carry di palava of equipment comot our shoulder.  — (bbc__714, __no translation__)

6. case-det (frequency:27)

   Di answer to dis palava na simple somtin.  — (bbc__33029, __no translation__)

   Im sef never put mouth inside the palava.  — (bbc__59407, __no translation__)

7. amod-det (frequency:21)

   Nigeria drug police dey fight dis big palava.  — (bbc__25887, __no translation__)

   Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency dey fight dis big palava.  — (bbc__25895, __no translation__)

8. nmod (frequency:17)

   Game of thrones' palava' for Nigeria  — (bbc__8864, __no translation__)

   'Cameroon don enter palava of attack after attack, im still talk.  — (bbc__8227, __no translation__)

9. case (frequency:15)

   But even di boat matter end for palava.  — (bbc__22671, __no translation__)

   Meanwhile, investor-dem into di state without palava.  — (ja102__3106, __no translation__)

10. cc (frequency:5)

    How di herdsmen and farmer palava take start Why UniIlorin decide to chase herdsmen from campus  — (bbc__56443, __no translation__)

    Dis kain farmer and herdsmen palava don increase for di north central region for Nigeria since di beginning of 2018.  — (bbc__40770, __no translation__)

11. dep (frequency:4)

    Plenty of dis oil spill dey also cause fire where dey release dangerous smoke wey fit cause breathing palava.  — (bbc__82110, __no translation__)

    Also, plenti drivers, weda okada or moto, dey horn anyhow for road especially inside holdup without knowing say na palava dem dey cause for dem sef and oda pipo.  — (bbc__75237, __no translation__)

12. conj (frequency:2)

    Im say: dis issue we must solve am peacefully...China no go ever allow palava and war.  — (bbc__59376, __no translation__)

    Di election wey dem cancel cause palava and Babangida step aside on August27, 1993. Ernest Shonekan, MKO townsman from Ogun state become di interim government.  — (bbc__31642, __no translation__)

13. dep-det (frequency:2)

    Di palava wey dey southern Cameroon get to do with di one wey government soldiers for di country dey arrest people inside di English speaking region wey wan break away go form dia own country.  — (bbc__36970, __no translation__)

    #DayOfTheGirl: Nigerian girls talk di palava dem dey face United Nations say na 1.1 billion girls dey dis world, and upon dat one, people still dey treat many of dem anyhow especially for countries where war dey happen.  — (bbc__8065, __no translation__)

14. amod-cc (frequency:2)

    Ghana government bin welcome China to invest for di country but for 2013, dem arrest 168 Chinese people because of suspected illegal gold mining wey cause environment and social palava.  — (bbc__54005, __no translation__)

    Countries like the Central African Republic, the Congo, Libya, Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan, wey fight-fight and plenty palava dey and West African countries like Nigeria wey dey battle Boko Haram go enjoy di partnership.  — (bbc__26283, __no translation__)

15. case-dep (frequency:2)

    Even for Edo State House of Assembly, di Orhionmwon II constituency election bin dey inconclusive on top palava plus including ballot snatching.  — (bbc__47494, __no translation__)

    But because of palava about say Mr Odinga no sign one form 24A wey suppose show say im really no wan contest, dem force im name enter ballot paper even though im still dey say e no do again.  — (bbc__21902, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• wahala 0.87 1460, problem 0.75 1739, fight-fight 0.72 236, problems 0.71 170, kill-kill 0.68 162, katakata 0.68 257, confusion 0.68 89, tension 0.66 144, threat 0.65 116

Antonyms

• wahala 0.87 1460, problem 0.75 1739, fight-fight 0.72 236, problems 0.71 170, kill-kill 0.68 162, katakata 0.68 257, confusion 0.68 89, tension 0.66 144, threat 0.65 116

Translations

• English: problem