papa

Naija

Alternative forms

• mama 0.80 2152, husband 0.73 1084, wife 0.72 1474, parents 0.69 434, uncle 0.69 128, family 0.69 2173, broda 0.66 165, daughter 0.66 274, sister 0.65 740

Etymology

Borrowed from English papa

Pronunciation

• pápà

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 66
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 197
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1874
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 201

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

papa: father, a pastor -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   As we reach dere, im papa start to dey flog am sotay peopl con dey beg di papa.  — no translation

   Tunde go meet papa make e pray for am.  — no translation

2. conj (frequency:244)

   papa and mama of di pikin;  — (hildrights__1056, __no translation__)

   How papa, and mama go dey alive…  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__82, How will a father and mother be alive ... ?)

3. - (frequency:150)

   Papa!  — (deuber__1983, __no translation__)

   E don turn papa.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__96, He has turned a father.)

4. cc (frequency:127)

   Reuters Di mama and papa bin dey court  — (bbc__85198, __no translation__)

   Sabo bin dey live wit im mama and papa.  — (bbc__86638, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:60)

   Abeg dis papa, very correct somebody jare.  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__23, Please, this Papa, is a very correct person, please.)

   Di papa tok say none of im pikin fit help am.  — (bbc__36980, __no translation__)

6. nmod (frequency:43)

   Na Unoka be Okonkwo papa.  — (katakata__305, __no translation__)

   Papa for family fit do like Jehoshaphat.  — (jw__22255, __no translation__)

7. det-nmod (frequency:27)

   Pipo also follow praise di Pikin papa.  — (bbc__81372, __no translation__)

   Which advice one brother give the papa of the house?  — (jw__45468, __no translation__)

8. cc-nmod (frequency:21)

   di person wey dey like di mama and papa of di pikin;  — (hildrights__824, __no translation__)

   Kundiri Alhaji Bukar say five of di mama and papa dem faint instanta as dem hear di tori.  — (bbc__62686, __no translation__)

9. case (frequency:13)

   Sellers Bailey/Twitter Last love letter from papa  — (bbc__87651, __no translation__)

   BBC Hausa talk to one papa afta im find out say im daughter dey abuse codeine.  — (bbc__18256, __no translation__)

10. case-det (frequency:10)

    Like that papa, God no dey stop people wey choose to dey do wetin dey their mind.  — (jw__36753, __no translation__)

    According to Pwajok, di paternity leave na to make sure say di mama and pikin get enough care from di papa.  — (bbc__11582, __no translation__)

11. amod (frequency:9)

    Spanish papa chop accuse say im rape to comot 'evil spirit'  — (bbc__99658, __no translation__)

    Why Buhari 1961 WASC result carri old papa photo Di one common tin wey hold dis four  — (bbc__100295, __no translation__)

12. cc-det (frequency:4)

    dem born, weda di papa marry di mama or di papa and mama no marry  — (human_rights__87, __no translation__)

    or find person wey go take care of pikin like sey e be di mama and di papa.  — (hildrights__718, __no translation__)

13. dep (frequency:3)

    ONE Russia police * come dey shout for me sey: “You be wicked papa.  — (jw__27619, __no translation__)

    Me I want to pass my WAEC first.Wetin you mean dat's what Clementina want, papa?  — (deuber__2699, __no translation__)

14. advmod (frequency:3)

    Nobody, no papa, no help.  — (ONI_09_Before-I-Marry_M__57, Nobody, no father, no help.)

    Ah di beg population make deh helep we make wa papa dem komot.  — (bbc__197, __no translation__)

15. amod-cc (frequency:3)

    Wetin you go do if you want be better husband, better wife or better papa and mama?  — (jw__43349, __no translation__)

    Robert, wey we talk about before, talk sey: “After I don dey near Jehovah well well, I come be better husband and better papa.  — (jw__37142, __no translation__)

16. appos (frequency:2)

    Jehovah Witness people don write many book wey go fit help papa, mama, and pikin dem.  — (jw__17873, __no translation__)

    Joseph Kabila presidency for DR Congo start for 2001 afta dem killim papa, President Laurent Kabila.  — (bbc__61232, __no translation__)

17. cc-dep (frequency:2)

    Selassie mama and papa name dia first pikin, 'Tafari Mekonnen' wen dem born am for 1892, later im collect di title 'Ras' wey mean high chief.  — (bbc__87635, __no translation__)

    Every pikin get di right mey e b sey e get di care wey mama and papa dey give pikin and as e be like dat, e no go get pikin wey de go comot for im mama and papa wey be sey di pikin no talk sey im want comot if e np be sey – na because of im school or im betterbody ;  — (hildrights__318, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• mama 0.80 2152, husband 0.73 1084, wife 0.72 1474, parents 0.69 434, uncle 0.69 128, family 0.69 2173, broda 0.66 165, daughter 0.66 274, sister 0.65 740

Antonyms

• mama 0.80 2152, husband 0.73 1084, wife 0.72 1474, parents 0.69 434, uncle 0.69 128, family 0.69 2173, broda 0.66 165, daughter 0.66 274, sister 0.65 740

Translations

• English: father, a pastor