paper
Naija
Alternative forms
- letter 0.69 602, document 0.67 91, box 0.65 156, ballot 0.65 138, papers 0.63 74, material 0.61 124, petition 0.59 247, email 0.59 69, user 0.58 53
Etymology
etymology:English ' paper'.
Pronunciation
- pípà
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 11
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 682
- Frequency in raw corpus: 314
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 946
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
paper: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:61)
- na paper. — (deuber__5397, __no translation__)
- Na us go pay for ream paper ka. — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__135, It's we who will pay for the ream of paper, kai.)
- case (frequency:47)
- things like paper. — (deuber__5483, __no translation__)
- de come put number for paper. — (NST_cleaned__34617, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:35)
- make water soak di paper. — (deuber__1549, __no translation__)
- you allow am finish dat paper. — (deuber__4691, __no translation__)
- acl:relcl (frequency:11)
- Paper wey dem write something put dey their body — (jw__28113, __no translation__)
- to accept paper wey dem use as consent as evidence as section 132 for dis Act talk; — (hildrights__970, __no translation__)
- case-det (frequency:10)
- Read pass di money of di paper. — (NST_cleaned__10153, __no translation__)
- dem sit for dat paper dem go do di rest. — (deuber__4693, __no translation__)
- dep-det (frequency:6)
- Di paper we are buying five hundred naira is now four, one thousand five hundred. — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__42, The paper we were buying five hundred naira is now one thousand five hundred naira.)
- Ehn I read one paper yesterday wey be sey di man don blow people before den come catch am o. — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__3, Ehn I read from one paper yesterday that the man had dealt with people before they caught him.)
- amod-det (frequency:6)
- one way or di oder di paper na WAEC paper e leak out — (deuber__4672, __no translation__)
- The brother still tell us why dem value this old paper. — (jw__10838, __no translation__)
- nmod (frequency:5)
- Cameroon tribune weh na paper for ngomna say de investigation 'na clear election propaganda'. — (bbc__24593, __no translation__)
- The two of dem tell Michael and im brother to enter their motor because dem no dey check children paper. — (jw__3085, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:4)
- Get your pen, and paper! — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__133, Get your pen, and paper!)
- E fit be for TV, radio or paper. — (jw__16846, __no translation__)
- amod (frequency:4)
- E say dem don step down from di warning wey dem give as dem no go fit protect pipo wey no get correct paper. — (bbc__59052, __no translation__)
- And make FCDA, and oda ehn organisation wey dey into land, and properties — make de just come togeda, just liaise, give genuine paper.
- dep (frequency:2)
- ''I dey tell people wetin I use after dem don comment because I like to watch dia reactions when I tell dem say, na paper I use make am. — (bbc__8371, __no translation__)
- Na dis afternoon deh call Mimi Mefo say make e park e cargo dem go back for house afta state prosecutor sign paper weh e di give e freedom for komot New Bell prison. — (bbc__70592, __no translation__)
- cc-det (frequency:2)
- The book and the paper talk sey one new office wey be Service Department, wey dey headquarter, go dey control the work. — (jw__9381, __no translation__)
- —if dem want give person notice or any paper as e dey this Act dem go give am face to face or send am fom post office wey dem go register and write di day and time wen di paper reach di address wen di person dey stay. — (hildrights__1572, __no translation__)
Derived forms
- Roll di ballot paper wen you finish. — (bbc__85863, __no translation__)
- Dem go carry di ballot paper come, dem go just vote for demselves, and go. — (ENU_07_South-Eastern-Politics_M__17, They willl bring the ballot paper; they will just vote for themselves and leave.)
- You fit still construct your own binoculars with cardboard paper, old news paper, scissors pin, cello tape, aluminium foil and glue. — (bbc__101755, __no translation__)
- Local news paper Punch also report say di age of di women dey between 15 and 60 years, and dey rescue dem after information reach reach di ear of DSS and NAPTIP on top wetin dey go on. — (bbc__64160, __no translation__)
- For di press release wey UK Ministry of Justice carry come out, dem say di stress to dey apply for divorce go reduce because of di new online service wey no go need paper forms. — (bbc__51284, __no translation__)
- According to di Ministry of Justice, court staff dey spend 13,000 hours to deal with some kain paper divorce forms, but dis simple online service don already contribute to 95% drop for di number of application wey dem dey return because of mistake compare with paper forms. — (bbc__11780, __no translation__)
- For one year now, people wey dey use coins and paper money no reach one percent of all di people for di country. — (bbc__52136, __no translation__)
- With economy wey don almost die for Zimbabwe and scarcity of paper money di country don dey do cashless transactions by force. — (bbc__39939, __no translation__)
- Military courts inside Cameroon complete paper work late Friday to free some of de 289 prisoners weh President Biya dash presidential pardon. — (bbc__67209, __no translation__)
- Di police claim say Bobi Wine no get permission from dem to do di concert but di musician say na lie dem dey tok as im don do di necessary paper work - and e show im own proof for social media. — (bbc__37290, __no translation__)
- Dis no be chikini money for small-small girls and some of dem wey no get dat kain money dey use cloth, tissue paper and even rags for dia menses. — (bbc__41888, __no translation__)
- Keyamo also chook mouth ontop di 16 page letter wey former President Olusegun Obasanjo write about di elections and Buhari goment say di letter just be like tissue paper. — (bbc__62333, __no translation__)
- Local tori paper, Diario De Mallorca say di collision bin happun for air ova di Inca hospital around 13:36 local time . — (bbc__64183, __no translation__)
- PDP National publicity secretary Kola Ologbondiyan tok inside one tori paper say di opposition party wan to torchlight dis madam on top accuse say oil money miss road wey lead to high fuel price; — (bbc__79940, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- letter 0.69 602, document 0.67 91, box 0.65 156, ballot 0.65 138, papers 0.63 74, material 0.61 124, petition 0.59 247, email 0.59 69, user 0.58 53
Antonyms
- letter 0.69 602, document 0.67 91, box 0.65 156, ballot 0.65 138, papers 0.63 74, material 0.61 124, petition 0.59 247, email 0.59 69, user 0.58 53
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
paper: document -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- E don lose di paper wey e use buy di motor o. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonyms
- letter 0.69 602, document 0.67 91, box 0.65 156, ballot 0.65 138, papers 0.63 74, material 0.61 124, petition 0.59 247, email 0.59 69, user 0.58 53
Antonyms
- letter 0.69 602, document 0.67 91, box 0.65 156, ballot 0.65 138, papers 0.63 74, material 0.61 124, petition 0.59 247, email 0.59 69, user 0.58 53
Translations
- English: document