pass
Naija
Etymology
Borrowed from English pass
Pronunciation
- pæs
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 106
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 133
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4359
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 87
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
pass: Na when person trow ball give.
- - (frequency:2)
- Na di same Messi dey involve for di next goal, after Dembele collect pass from di striker hammer in di second goal. — (bbc__70511, __It was this same Messi that was involved in the next goal, after Dembele hijacked the ball and pass from the striker scored the second goal.)
- amod-det (frequency:2)
- Market di pass small small, even if no be for way way we laikam, de know your culture promoter tok. — (bbc__98303, Manage the pass gradually, even if it is not the way we like it, we knew the view of your promoter)
Derived forms
- passport
Synonyms
- play, kick
Antonyms
- tack
Translations
- English: Pass
Verb
pass:
- Make someting comot small
- obj (frequency:1248)
- Pass ten. — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__155, More than ten.)
- Make person waka for one place reach anoder
- - (frequency:963)
- Waka pass. — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__175, Move away.)
- Abeg waka pass, — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__171, please move away.)
- When someting make sense more
- obl:arg (frequency:256)
- Defenders wey cost pass for di world — (bbc__27888, __no translation__)
- Who dey make moni pass for Nollywood? — (bbc__100171, __no translation__)
- Make someting sele
- mark (frequency:26)
- E go come to pass. — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__29, It will come to pass.)
- All the years wey pass, — (jw__1242, __no translation__)
Derived forms
- pisspass
Synonyms
- dan 0.36 762, over
Antonyms
- bottom
Translations
- English: Past, go through,than