play

Naija

Alternative forms

play

Etymology

From: English play

Pronunciation

• plẽ

Play Play

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 68
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 191
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2339
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 172

Definition

as person take dey move bodi catch fun

Noun

1. as person dey move bodi for game

   But dem go need play as independent sport people dem.  — (bbc__22028, But they will need to play as independent sports persons.)

2. as person dey serious do someting for work, school, house or anywhere

   Some of dem no dey take this work wey we give dem play.  — (jw__980, Some of them are serious with this work we gave them.)

3. Drama wey person write

   Di play don land for pidgin.  — (bbc__101844, The play is now in pidgin.)

   Sometime only me go just dey like dis dey play wit my leg.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__171, Sometimes, I alone will just be there playing with my leg.)

4. when person join club

   Di 42-year-old play for Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Barcelona for im 18-year football career.  — (bbc__30536, The 42-year old played with Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Barcelona in the 18-year period of his football career.)

   Racism dey come in different forms, some na through social media , some for field of play, even players dey racially abuse their opponents, some na from wetin dem write or too and so on.  — (brila__1330, __no translation__)

   Salah don try to conquer England before wen im follow Chelsea play for 2014, but di Premier League refuse to bow to am.  — (bbc__86773, Salah has tried to conquer England in the past when he played with Chelsea in 2014.)

   Mahrez bin dey hope say im go dey follow Manchester City play by now Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez don train with di first team for di first time since di January plans for am to transfer go Manchester City no happen.  — (bbc__64815, __no translation__)

5. as person dey carry do wetin no pure

   This kind rough play na serious matter, because e fit lead to rape.  — (jw__36959, This manner of behaviour is a serious matter because it can lead to rape.)

   INEC oga say e no go good if foul play enter the election for Edo and Ondo.  — (NSC_Odirin 2020, The INEC boss said that it would be unfair if malpractice is recorded at the Edo and Ondo elections.)

Related forms

• chance play

1. Christian Pulisic don come out to tok say im bin dey frustrated sake of say im no dey get chance play for Chelsea dis season but say im go try build ontop im ogbonge performance wey e perform afetr e come from the bench against Southampton.  — (brila__378, __no translation__)

   Meanwhile, the Europa League dey act as the second tier event for teams wey their level no reach those wey dey for the Champions league but the winner dey get chance play for the CL with automatic qualification go the next season Champions League.  — (brila__996, __no translation__)

• marriage play

1. The bad thing be sey, many people for this world dey take their marriage play.  — (jw__36310, __no translation__)

   Tok-tok pesin for Shariah Commission Kano Sanusi Mohammed tell BBC say dem don send directive to di Hisbah Commission to arrest di couple to serve as example to pipo wey dey use big tin like marriage play for social media.Wetin dem do dey against wetin Islam stand for, afta Hisbah arrest dem, next thing na court and from dia, judge go determine di kain sentence wey dem go get based on wetin dem commit.  — (bbc__94559, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: activity, game

Verb

play: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:155)

   Play  — (jw__46005, __no translation__)

   Shey na play,  — (NST_cleaned__27366, __no translation__)

2. obj (frequency:79)

   Play you wayo?  — (JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__108, Trick you ?)

   Play the video .  — (jw__49474, __no translation__)

3. mark (frequency:52)

   I go go church, I go go to play.  — (PRT_07_Drummer_MG__13, I'll go to church, I'll go to play.)

   We know sey children like to play.  — (jw__20675, __no translation__)

4. obl:arg (frequency:37)

   Play With Your Church Mind- Rohr  — (ja102__4096, __no translation__)

   De go go play for sun, use sand rub head, rub face, take am bath.  — (NST_cleaned__21878, __no translation__)

5. aux (frequency:27)

   God no dey use dem dey play.  — (jw__13331, __no translation__)

   E no dey take im name dey play.  — (jw__9057, __no translation__)

6. aux-obj (frequency:23)

   Who dey play who?  — (bbc__100174, __no translation__)

   Na play una dey play here?  — (NST_cleaned__31277, __no translation__)

7. aux-mark (frequency:11)

   You sabi di people wey dey play?  — (KAD_03_Why-Men-Watch-Football_MG__15, Do you know the players?)

   This na d first loss since he start to dey play.  — (bbc__66270, __no translation__)

8. dep (frequency:10)

   We know sey to train pikin no easy, so we no use am play at all.  — (jw__38986, __no translation__)

   Dem born di player for di territory of di association e wan play for.  — (bbc__28531, __no translation__)

9. nsubj (frequency:8)

   You know wetin de play…  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__138, You don't know what...)

   All dose ehn Naijabet wey dem dey say de dey play.  — (BEN_17_Cctv-Jamb-And-Elections_DG__103, All those ehn Naijabet which they are saying that they are playing.)

10. cc-obj (frequency:8)

    Apart from that one, e arrange Levite wey go dey sing and play music.  — (jw__25331, __no translation__)

    Dem no dey talk bad thing wey fit make person cry, dem no dey thief and play wayo.— wp16.1 -E, p.  — (jw__4204, __no translation__)

11. obl:mod (frequency:7)

    No take dem play because Jehovah  — (jw__27271, __no translation__)

    But, na 11 against 11 go play on Sunday.  — (bbc__38630, __no translation__)

12. advcl (frequency:3)

    Di guy talk say na im wife beg am say make im show and try play small.  — (bbc__35096, __no translation__)

    And to dey always play match, even if na International friendly, because FIFA dey reduce point for teams wey e don tay since dem last play match.  — (bbc__11400, __no translation__)

13. advmod (frequency:3)

    You tink sey I dey here dey play?  — (LAG_02_Oliver-And-Cy_T__114, Do you think that I am here to play ?)

    We know play well na one of those nights.  — (bbc__7132, __no translation__)

14. det-obj (frequency:3)

    Me weh ah laik football my friend dem di play football just behind my window, but I no fit komot.  — (bbc__1009, __no translation__)

    Ah see ma sef di play strategic role for CBCHS, ah get plenty responsibility and management want more because deh know de kain training weh a get Tah tok.  — (bbc__13322, __no translation__)

15. conj (frequency:2)

    E fit be play, or maybe gisting.  — (jw__7825, __no translation__)

    Play, play, play, play, de no fit score ball well.  — (JOS_24_Football_M__44, Play, play, play,play, they cannot score well enough.)

16. aux-dep (frequency:2)

    Baptism no be wetin person take dey play at all.  — (jw__3561, __no translation__)

    Na our people dey talk am say dog see you eh, dog wey see you dey play before, come begin see you dey bark.  — (deuber__3540, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• play maker

1. wey di Germany international play maker dey closing on a new signing deal to allow Alexis Sanchez out of Emirates Stadium too follow join body.  — (NST_cleaned__39887, __no translation__)

   E say Ozil wen no get matter for di end of di season ah... wey di Germany international play maker dey closing on a new signing deal to allow Alexis Sanchez out of Emirates Stadium too follow join body.  — (ONI_10_Sport-Commentary_MG__23, He said Ozil who had no issues at the end of the season uh... the German international playmaker is closing on a new signing deal to let Alexis Sanchez out of Emirates Stadium.)

Synonyms

• qualify 0.69 442, match 0.66 1539, compete 0.64 135, game 0.63 760, perform 0.62 298, score 0.61 1191, friendly 0.60 153, host 0.59 455, england 0.59 410

Antonyms

• qualify 0.69 442, match 0.66 1539, compete 0.64 135, game 0.63 760, perform 0.62 298, score 0.61 1191, friendly 0.60 153, host 0.59 455, england 0.59 410

Translations

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