reign

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English reign

Pronunciation

  • rên

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 4019
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 62
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2778

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Verb

reign: in vogue, to rave, trending, be in currency -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    Na dat type of jeans dey reign o.  — no translation
  2. aux (frequency:6)
    For Cameroon, wetin dey reign na big bobi.  — (bbc__50056, __no translation__)
    Ah, shebi I think say na im dey reign, no vex eh.  — (deuber__515, __no translation__)
  3. mark (frequency:5)
    Go and give your pipo justice so as for peace to reign.  — (bbc__6142, __no translation__)
    If di man sey wear trouser, you wear trouser for peace to reign.  — (ABJ_INF_06_Marriage-Counselling_DG__65, If the man say wear trouser, you should wear trouser for peace to reign.)
  4. advmod:emph-aux (frequency:4)
    Na dis ting dey reign now.  — (LAG_16_Calista-Adeola_DG__40, This is the in thing now.)
    Na dis kind one dey reign now.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__257, It's this kind that is trending.)
  5. aux-mark (frequency:3)
    Like every thing wey dey reign e go still get people wey go draw ear give you about am.  — (bbc__63900, __no translation__)
    But for country wey money dey, their own na to dey buy cloth wey cost, new house and to get the motor wey dey reign.  — (jw__42604, __no translation__)
  6. aux-nsubj-obl:arg (frequency:3)
    Na Okonkwo come dey reign for everywhere.  — (katakata__127, __no translation__)
    How second hand clothes dey reign for Nigeria  — (bbc__56598, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • yokohama 0.51 5, flexible 0.50 5, eager 0.49 7, trend 0.49 128, bad-mouth 0.49 5, resistant 0.48 5, risky 0.48 20, excitement 0.48 5, surprising 0.48 17

Antonyms

  • yokohama 0.51 5, flexible 0.50 5, eager 0.49 7, trend 0.49 128, bad-mouth 0.49 5, resistant 0.48 5, risky 0.48 20, excitement 0.48 5, surprising 0.48 17

Translations

  • English: in vogue, to rave, trending, be in currency