place
Naija
Alternative forms
- area 0.71 2166, town 0.65 761, village 0.62 764, shop 0.61 264, road 0.60 1516, farm 0.59 413, motor 0.58 578, side 0.58 1353, car 0.58 462
Etymology
Borrowed from English place
Pronunciation
- pleɪs
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 139
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 108
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2368
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 170
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
place: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- det (frequency:496)
- Dat place. — (JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__49, That place.)
- I know dat place. — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__102, I know that place.)
- case-det (frequency:255)
- de live to anoda place. — (human_rights__81, __no translation__)
- Make I stay for dat place. — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__81, Let me stay in that place.)
- - (frequency:150)
- na place... — (NST_cleaned__36889, __no translation__)
- That place name na Haran. — (jw__17345, __no translation__)
- amod (frequency:93)
- Public place. — (WAZA_06_Cigarettes_T__146, Public space.)
- Na very nice place. — (NST_cleaned__21073, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:51)
- den everything go fall in place. — (deuber__6323, __no translation__)
- every oder thing go fall in place. — (deuber__6324, __no translation__)
- advmod (frequency:30)
- place again, de go say just carry go! — (NST_cleaned__37533, __no translation__)
- Government no provide place where dem suppose move go. — (bbc__46432, __no translation__)
- acl (frequency:22)
- place because deir drink no dey cost. — (NST_cleaned__40870, __no translation__)
- Which people go need place to stay for some time? — (jw__45791, __no translation__)
- dep-det (frequency:19)
- Na another place Nora for serve. — (jw__5079, __no translation__)
- Na this place Nathanael come from. — (jw__37414, __no translation__)
- nmod (frequency:17)
- moder place. — (NST_cleaned__38873, __no translation__)
- Con go my grand f-... moder place. — (ABJ_GWA_08_David-Lifestory_MG__7, So I went to my grandf-... grandmother's.)
- dep (frequency:13)
- Dat place, na place wey be sey de dey sell goods, — (NST_cleaned__6022, __no translation__)
- Before we know, we come find place wey be sey we go rent. — (NST_cleaned__39766, __no translation__)
- acl-det (frequency:8)
- If you wan jam plenty people at di same time dey jolly dey go, den Elegushi na di place to visit. — (bbc__57934, __no translation__)
- Ali Nuhu believe say, to reivie di place to become modern cinema na wetin all of us suppose stand for. — (bbc__13844, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:6)
- Kofi Annan body don land Ghana for final burial Kofi Annan: Ghana goment don announce burial date and place — (bbc__62530, __no translation__)
- Bible talk about “plenty people wey nobody go fit count,” wey “come from different country and place,” and wey dey speak different language. — (jw__30229, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:3)
- oga Minister wey get hand for matter wey concern women fit use power tok sey building, place or land wey dey di Federation or State, na Special Mama Centre. — (hildrights__1408, __no translation__)
- as e dey Subsection for dis part, dem no go play any kain partial of politics, tribe, place, sex, religion, culture and dem no go dey carry promote any person wey dem employ for matter wey concern justice so dat kain partial no go dey. — (hildrights__1235, __no translation__)
- acl-cc (frequency:3)
- President Buhari tell di people wey gather for di meeting for Benue say, dis no be di time or place to dey open di way im own staff fall hand. — (bbc__83305, __no translation__)
- Dem get schedule wey go show di day and place wia dem go dey from point to point and dis schedule dey available to stakeholders so dem know how to sensitise dia pipo to know wen to go collect dia PVC. — (bbc__98264, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:2)
- Under refugee law, countries get responsibility to make sure say dem no pursue refugees go place where dia life or freedom dey threatened. — (bbc__97152, __no translation__)
- Patty Pasion/Rappler Labor Secretary, Silvestre Bello III, hold di kain shoe wey dem don ban from work place Philippines Labor Secretary, Silvestre Bello III, don sign order on Friday, August 25, after labor union protest the dress code wey dem talk say carry plenty risk for women wey dey work. — (bbc__80649, __no translation__)
- cc-det (frequency:2)
- The time and the place dey this invitation . — (jw__38916, __no translation__)
- if dem keep di pikin for house or anoder place, e fit woundjure imsef or anoder person. — (hildrights__1032, __no translation__)
Derived forms
- If beta place no dey to put human being den why dem dey worry about information? — (bbc__57582, __no translation__)
- Priti Patel Former UK minister Priti Patel don tok say Nigeria no be beta place for foreign investors to chook dia money inside. — (bbc__83877, __no translation__)
- go follow wen e be sey person go want give pikin place make e stay for di home. — (hildrights__785, __no translation__)
- sey any volunteer organization wey give di pikin place to stay go— look every matter of di pikin again after some time; — (hildrights__1028, __no translation__)
- UNHCR say den di try for advocate say make deh give dis pipo place for stay and protect dem. — (bbc__96750, __no translation__)
- Jumia say wuruwuru orders wey di pipo place reach 2% of wetin di company sell last year and 4% of wetin dem sell for first three months of dis year. — (bbc__61378, __no translation__)
- Meanwhile Nigeria go face Tunisia on Wednesday, 17 July for di third place match. — (bbc__66234, __no translation__)
- We go chook eye on my overall result after di third place match, na so Rohr tell BBC. — (bbc__3149, __no translation__)
- Abbassa e bin be na logistician bin get problem for e work place and na so e fain e sef for Mfou prison. — (bbc__10995, __no translation__)
- To collect maternity leave from work place fit make her lose her work because she no get marriage certificate. — (bbc__94202, __no translation__)
Synonyms
- area 0.71 2166, town 0.65 761, village 0.62 764, shop 0.61 264, road 0.60 1516, farm 0.59 413, motor 0.58 578, side 0.58 1353, car 0.58 462
Antonyms
- area 0.71 2166, town 0.65 761, village 0.62 764, shop 0.61 264, road 0.60 1516, farm 0.59 413, motor 0.58 578, side 0.58 1353, car 0.58 462
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
place: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- mark-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)
- I surprise sey e no tey before I place all the book wey dey with me. — (jw__24907, __no translation__)
- Anything wey you place value, anyting wey be sey you love, anyting wey you treasure, we fit protect am. — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__16, We can protect anything you place value on, anything you love, anything you treasure.)
- mark-obj-obl:arg (frequency:3)
- Mikel Obi throw pass give Odion Ighalo wey place d ball inside di net. — (bbc__69697, __no translation__)
- So first of all, if currently your problem for Nigeria now na how to place three square meal for your table, every morning when you wake up, your work be sey na you, want place three square meal for your table, di truth about di matter be sey you never dey exist. — (NST_cleaned__39148, __no translation__)
- nsubj-obj-obl:arg (frequency:3)
- But di Sheikh and im pipo don come out to say di conditions dem place am for India no good. — (bbc__22120, __no translation__)
- Also, di new strategy where dem place dustbin for highway don also increase di rubbish wey dey road, as people see am as free thing. — (bbc__334, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:2)
- All you need to do na to just go di food service website or social media page, select di kain food wey dey totori your mouth, place your order and dem go deliver am to your domot quick-quick. — (bbc__14156, __no translation__)
- Republicans wey dey di committee dey claim say Google search results dey bias and say Democrats wey dey work for Google company choose websites wey dey free to write as dem like instead of di ones wey dey careful to write as dem like wen e concern how dem wan place Google service wey concern search. — (bbc__84994, __no translation__)
- mark-obj (frequency:2)
- Di women wey place di accuse say dem bin no report di abuse on top say dem bin dey fear for dem work. — (bbc__39664, __no translation__)
- So first of all now, you wey dey listen to me, you go solve your financial problem, den you go attend my training so dat you go know how to place your priorities right. — (WAZP_03_Education_MG__78, So first of all, you who's listening to me, you will solve your financial problem and then you will attend my training so that you will know how to place your priorities right.)
- nsubj-obj (frequency:2)
- United States place visa restrictions on Ghana February dis year sake of Ghana officials play delay tactics in signing deportation documents for some 7000 nationals US wan deport. — (bbc__97253, __no translation__)
- E no clear from di statement why President Akufo-Addo place di temporary ban, but according to di statement, all future travels be suspended be temporarily so say dem go fit minimize di disruption to Government en domestic work. — (bbc__44866, __no translation__)
- obj-obl:arg (frequency:2)
- So first of all, if currently your problem for Nigeria now na how to place three square meal for your table, every morning when you wake up, your work be sey na you, want place three square meal for your table, di truth about di matter be sey you never dey exist. — (NST_cleaned__39148, __no translation__)
- So first of all, if currently your problem for Nigeria now na how to place three square meal for your table, every morning when you wake up, your work (why you dey go work) be sey na you, want place three square meal for your table, di truth about di matter be sey you never dey exist. (WAZP_03_Education_MG__84, So first of all, if your problem in Nigeria at the moment is how to place three meals a day on your table... when you wake up every morning, your work — (I wonder why you go to work) is to place three meals a day on your table, then the truth of the matter is that you don't exist.)
- aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:2)
- Di club bin place Abdullahi wey get contract wit di Italian side until June 2021 on 'period of rest' afta heart tests im do for March 2018. — (bbc__33581, __no translation__)
- According to Director of Plant Protection, Dr Felicia Ansah-Amprofi de high level of local interceptions at de exit points, de alarming rate of external notifications, and de new EU directives to all countries to on de management of harmful organisms on vegetables na im make dem place di ban. — (bbc__11363, __no translation__)
- advcl-aux-mark-obj (frequency:2)
- Based on the tori wey dey The Cable , di minister follow yan say di pipo wey dey place order dey arrange make e land for morning, through British Airways aeroplane and dem go carry wake enta airport to collect am. — (bbc__19208, __no translation__)
- Di court, if application come from State Government, authority wey e concern, or any oder person wey get di authority, fit make --- care order, wey go place pikin as e take concern person wey make application for designated correct person, authority wey dey corrector di State Government ; — (hildrights__180, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- area 0.71 2166, town 0.65 761, village 0.62 764, shop 0.61 264, road 0.60 1516, farm 0.59 413, motor 0.58 578, side 0.58 1353, car 0.58 462
Antonyms
- area 0.71 2166, town 0.65 761, village 0.62 764, shop 0.61 264, road 0.60 1516, farm 0.59 413, motor 0.58 578, side 0.58 1353, car 0.58 462
Translations
- English: no definition