person

Naija

Alternative forms

• pesin 0.62 2951

Etymology

From English person

Pronunciation

• ˈpẹ́sẹ̀n

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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

Definition

Individual wey be human being.

Noun

1. I say which person,  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__52, I say who is the person ?)
2. No respecter of person.  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__181, Has no respect for person.)

• Somebody wey be our close friend.

You be my personal person now.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, You are my close friend.)

• Somebody wey be our blood.

If you be my person person, you no go behave like dat.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, If you are my family, you won't behave as such.)

Synonyms

• people 0.67 20145,my man 0.60 4389, paddy, blood

Antonyms

• nobody 0.60 634

Translations

• English: An individual, especially a human being.