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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 183
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1404
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===

Revision as of 16:01, 8 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

  • public 0.65 1012, legal 0.60 216, exercise 0.58 178, insurance 0.55 138, correct 0.54 1344, research 0.54 370, policy 0.54 216, compulsory 0.53 81, kpaakpakpa 0.53 25

Etymology

Borrowed from English proper

Pronunciation

  • prɔ́pà

Play Play

Adjective

proper: appropriate -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    Every pikin suppose get di kind help wey dem ask for wey proper for im condition.  — no translation
  2. - (frequency:166)
    Me, as I dey so, na proper teacher I be.  — (KAD_30_Education_M__4, Me, as I am here, I am a proper teacher.)
    Make she come moh give am proper vanishing.  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__119, She should come let us give her proper garnishing.)
  3. advmod (frequency:4)
    Di tok-tok pesin for di Nigeria Customs Service, Joseph Attah, tell BBC Pidgin say wetin happun na just proper medical case and notin else.  — (bbc__38985, __no translation__)
    Oga Abdullateef, say, every pilgrimage person must under-go very proper screening, to check dos wey dey like use thru pilgrimage waka-waka, take dey tule enter other contri-dem.  — (ja102__3668, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • public 0.65 1012, legal 0.60 216, exercise 0.58 178, insurance 0.55 138, correct 0.54 1344, research 0.54 370, policy 0.54 216, compulsory 0.53 81, kpaakpakpa 0.53 25

Antonyms

  • public 0.65 1012, legal 0.60 216, exercise 0.58 178, insurance 0.55 138, correct 0.54 1344, research 0.54 370, policy 0.54 216, compulsory 0.53 81, kpaakpakpa 0.53 25

Translations

  • English: appropriate