person

Naija

Alternative forms

• anybody 0.70 695, people 0.67 20145, somebody 0.65 191, anybodi 0.64 283, pesin 0.62 2951, man 0.60 4389, nobody 0.60 634, everybody 0.59 1105, something 0.58 1110

Etymology

Borrowed from English person

Pronunciation

• ˈpərsən

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 204
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 81
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6357
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 67

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

person: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2067)

   Person.  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__284, person.)

   Person…  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__95, A person...)

2. det (frequency:708)

   I say which person,  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__52, I say who is the person ?)

   One person bin die.  — (bbc__48066, __no translation__)

3. amod (frequency:154)

   Na bad person.  — (NST_cleaned__19773, __no translation__)

   Very kaja person.  — (WAZL_14_Kulele-Zone_DG__82, Very proper person.)

4. case (frequency:142)

   E be like person now.  — (NST_cleaned__7656, __no translation__)

   No respecter of person.  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__181, Has no respect for person.)

5. dep (frequency:84)

   Person wey dey…  — (ONI_16_Thief_DG__191, A person who...)

   You dey always disrespect person,  — (WAZL_09_Talk-Show-Catman_DG__11, You always disrespect person.)

6. nmod (frequency:70)

   Person of the Year Award  — (bbc__75403, __no translation__)

   Job no be Israel person.  — (jw__14338, __no translation__)

7. dep-det (frequency:57)

   No matter the person wey  — (jw__27231, __no translation__)

   De told me you are a wicked person, reaping where you did not sow.  — (JOS_18_Xtian-Preach_M__27, They told me you are a wicked person, reaping where you did not sow.)

8. advmod (frequency:15)

   Na naija person,  — (NST_cleaned__21212, __no translation__)

   Na far-right person, Richard Spencer organise di rally.  — (bbc__70725, __no translation__)

9. cc-det (frequency:13)

   Shebna and another person still follow Eliakim go meet dem.  — (jw__18972, __no translation__)

   Make the husband and wife no let doctor or another person choose for dem.  — (jw__16171, __no translation__)

10. conj (frequency:11)

    injure or kill person or people;  — (bbc__102436, __no translation__)

    person && e no go die?because me no get money  — (deuber__445, __no translation__)

11. cc (frequency:10)

    Mr Idris say dem no get power to allow any group or person carry pistol or AK47.  — (bbc__68288, __no translation__)

    And you go fit handle problem wey you and person get because of the sin wey dey our body.  — (jw__49364, __no translation__)

12. acl-det (frequency:10)

    one person to stand for di State Council of Chief;  — (hildrights__1281, __no translation__)

    one person to stand for Nigerian Union Journalists;  — (hildrights__1256, __no translation__)

13. amod-cc (frequency:9)

    We no dey separate Moslem person or Christian person;  — (bbc__7230, __no translation__)

    Dem dey try sabi everybody for the congregation whether na pikin or old person.  — (jw__6505, __no translation__)

14. cc-dep (frequency:8)

    den-- oyibo person and black person uh-- person wey yellow and person wey black no be di same now  — (deuber__4556, __no translation__)

    But person wey be sey e go school, e dey pedal come front, na small work, na im we go do for dat person body.  — (NST_cleaned__33110, __no translation__)

15. appos (frequency:5)

    Na Jehovah we go give our life—no be person, work or company.  — (jw__38784, __no translation__)

    When dem dey talk about “soul” for New World Translation Bible, e fit mean person, animal, or person life or animal life.  — (jw__44575, __no translation__)

16. nummod (frequency:2)

    One person dey carry eye look picture for Signature Beyond  — (bbc__78756, __no translation__)

    E be like say one person dey for trouble.Ah na wa o.I dey come.Dis una work self.Yellow!  — (deuber__6194, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• Jew person

1. Daniel na Jew person wey dey serve Jehovah well.  — (jw__6256, __no translation__)

   Im papa come from Greece, but im mama na Jew person.  — (jw__12202, __no translation__)* person bodi

1. Mariam Nyamwaira - wey bi nutritionist from Muhimbili National Hospital - explain give BBC why cockroach fit keep person bodi healthy.  — (bbc__65771, __no translation__)

   E no dey possible make sun no touch person bodi at all but Ms Adeosun dey warn make people make dey always rub sunscreen for dia bodi if dem know say dem go dey tey inside sun.  — (bbc__44925, __no translation__)* person hand

1. All dose vulganizers just dey collect money for person hand hundred, hundred naira hundred, hundred naira.  — (NST_cleaned__22905, __no translation__)

   To make person hand strong, fit mean to make im mind come down, to support am, or to give am power to do something.  — (jw__24085, __no translation__)* talk person

1. One ANC talk talk person tell Reuters say to remove President Zuma no be part of wetin dem discuss for Monday meeting.  — (bbc__78026, __no translation__)

   Onyema Nwachukwu, wey be di talk -talk person for di Operation Lafiya Dole Command wey help free di girl, say Pagu na number 86 for di list of Chibok girls wey dey internet.  — (bbc__79144, __no translation__)* tori person

1. One tori person wey dey live dia, Mrs.  — (bbc__78945, __no translation__)

   Na BBC tori person for Bamenda says di city dey on lockdown now;  — (bbc__69768, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• anybody 0.70 695, people 0.67 20145, somebody 0.65 191, anybodi 0.64 283, pesin 0.62 2951, man 0.60 4389, nobody 0.60 634, everybody 0.59 1105, something 0.58 1110

Antonymes

• anybody 0.70 695, people 0.67 20145, somebody 0.65 191, anybodi 0.64 283, pesin 0.62 2951, man 0.60 4389, nobody 0.60 634, everybody 0.59 1105, something 0.58 1110

Translations

• English: no definition