plenty

Naija

Alternative forms

• many 0.70 4476, plenty-plenty 0.69 70, some 0.62 8816, well-well 0.56 994, plenti 0.55 1474, other 0.52 3374, thousands 0.51 271, small-small 0.50 146, heavy 0.49 456

Etymology

Borrowed from English plenty

Pronunciation

• ˈplɛnti

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 71
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 185
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2311
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 174

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

plenty: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:1963)

   Plenty!  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__122, Many.)

   Plenty.  — (bbc__82189, __no translation__)

2. obl:mod (frequency:40)

   say plenty of us dey work.  — (deuber__5421, __no translation__)

   And plenty of dem dey under 30 years old.  — (bbc__11166, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:25)

   We too plenty' here'  — (bbc__9390, __no translation__)

   ‘Where sin plenty, favor even plenty pass am.  — (jw__15121, __no translation__)

4. nsubj (frequency:15)

   e plenty.  — (NST_cleaned__32424, __no translation__)

   E plenty.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__56, It's plenty.)

5. mark (frequency:6)

   Now we hear sey plenty, plenty people uh...  — (NST_cleaned__37032, __no translation__)

   For I just newly come inside barrack here, so I never too get customer wey plenty.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__8, Because I just moved into the barracks here, so I really don’t have many customers.)

6. advcl (frequency:6)

   I still get plenty to offer European clubs dem - Ogu  — (brila__820, __no translation__)

   I still get plenty to offer European clubs dem – Ogu  — (brila__821, __no translation__)

7. obl:arg (frequency:6)

   Salt too dey plenty for di guy shawarma.  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__309, The guy's shawarma is always too salty.)

   You go book her because people dey plenty for dere.  — (JOS_20_Beauty-Of-Jos_MG__68, You'll need to book ahead of time because there's always a lot of people there.)

8. cc (frequency:5)

   For Virgin Islands and Anguilla, dem don dey rush to remove di dirty and plenty things wey Irma destroy.  — (bbc__50785, __no translation__)

   School wey no good again, work wey no dey, light and plenty corruption, na di issues wey di West African country dey face.  — (bbc__87165, __no translation__)

9. dep (frequency:4)

   Because people dey plenty for outside wey dey look for job.  — (NST_cleaned__3965, __no translation__)

   Tantis mtschew, deir maggi too dey plenty inside food jare ah.  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__277, Tantis, mtchew, they always add too many Maggi cubes to their food.)

10. case (frequency:4)

    You get am for plenty?  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__137, You've got plenty of it?)

    Dis one follow as plenty don enter street to jolly on top how army don take over di country on Wednesday.  — (bbc__42165, __no translation__)

11. conj (frequency:4)

    Anytime wey things change for us, e fit make our work plenty or small.  — (jw__23170, __no translation__)

    Critics dem plenty, but e surprise as dem like am well well and from dia e begin get booking.  — (bbc__26463, __no translation__)

12. aux-nsubj (frequency:4)

    Food go plenty.  — (jw__26136, __no translation__)

    Di tray wide, di food con plenty.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__186, The tray is wide; the food was then plenty.)

13. amod (frequency:3)

    If I tell you sey wetin woman dey do plenty pass man own, you no go believe am.  — (BEN_01_Woman-Life-No-Easy_M__2, If I tell you that what women do more than men, you won't believe it.)

    Jehovah dey hear the prayer of plenty plenty people wey dey pray to am with all their mind and e dey answer dem.  — (jw__18120, __no translation__)

14. cc-nsubj (frequency:3)

    But e plenty.  — (IBA_14_Bukky-And-Ope_DG__48, But it is plenty.)

    Although di history of di Kano Empire date back to di 15th century and jihads and war from different fighters plenty, Since 1903, Kano don see stable system for Emirs as rulers.  — (bbc__14472, __no translation__)

15. obj (frequency:2)

    Plenty ka~, plenty eh crocodile, na kaduna de dey call am.  — (KAD_21_Cameroon-School_DG__22, Plenty ka... plenty eh, crocodile, it is Kaduna they call it.)

    Di demonstrations, wey happen with hashtag #FeesMustFall, trouble plenty top universities - sotay President Zuma order say make everybodi leave fees as dem dey for one year.  — (bbc__34099, __no translation__)

16. ccomp (frequency:2)

    Plenty wey kill at least 64 pipo wey 41 of dem bi small-small pikin-dem.  — (ja102__4098, __no translation__)

    Although di fire don off, di things wey burn inside plenty and normal person no fit use am.  — (bbc__14468, __no translation__)

17. mark-obj (frequency:2)

    Efekoha add say wetin dey also contribute wey plenty fake-fake motor insurance, na because most insurance companies offices dey for only Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt.  — (bbc__46477, __no translation__)

    De say, Eritrea collect ein independa from Ethiopia, during di year 1993 after one 30-year ozighi wey dem do, and with anoda border gbege, wey happen for five years, wey plenty ten of thousand of pipo kpai inside.  — (ja102__800, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• plenty money

1. “Get plenty money, dey struggle, try ‘make am.’”  — (jw__49629, __no translation__)

   Why e be sey plenty money, enjoyment, and praise from people dey bring wahala?  — (jw__46477, __no translation__)

• plenty people

1. Jesus tell im disciples make dem give the plenty people food, even though sey na only five bread and two fish dem get  — (jw__21074, __no translation__)

   So, e call the plenty people near imself, come tell dem sey: ‘Listen and understand sey, no be wetin enter person mouth dey make am no clean, but na wetin come out from im mouth.’— Matthew 15:6-11; Isaiah 29:13 .  — (jw__20577, __no translation__)

• plenty things

1. You go see plenty fine, fine things wey you want.  — (NST_cleaned__42105, __no translation__)

   E dey do plenty things for us, one of dem be sey God dey use am ‘give us food and dey make us happy.’ Jehovah dey make sure sey ground dey bring plenty food.  — (jw__28289, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• many 0.70 4476, plenty-plenty 0.69 70, some 0.62 8816, well-well 0.56 994, plenti 0.55 1474, other 0.52 3374, thousands 0.51 271, small-small 0.50 146, heavy 0.49 456

Antonyms

• many 0.70 4476, plenty-plenty 0.69 70, some 0.62 8816, well-well 0.56 994, plenti 0.55 1474, other 0.52 3374, thousands 0.51 271, small-small 0.50 146, heavy 0.49 456

Translations

• English: no definition