person

Naija

Alternative forms

• Pesin 0.62 2951

Etymology

Borrowed from English person

Pronunciation

• ˈpəsən

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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: Individual wey be human being

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

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

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

2. dep (frequency:84)

Derived forms

• pesin

Synonyms

• people 0.67 20145, pesin 0.62 2951, man 0.60 4389

Antonyms

• nobody 0.60 634

Translations

• English: An individual, especially a human being.