rotten

Naija

Alternative forms

• rotin

Etymology

From: English rotten

Pronunciation

• rɔ̀tí

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2785
• Frequency in raw corpus: 25
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4752

Adjective

Na as someting wey don spoil come sour sotay moco moco go dey comot as e dey smell.

• Some people, deir tings con dey rotten for farm.  — (IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__71, The farm produce of some farmers began to rot.)
• The kind paper wey dem first take write Bible dey rotten.  — (jw__15, The paper type used in writing the Bible at the first instance rots.)

Synonyms

• sour

Translations

• English: rotten

Verb

rotten: decay, to be sexually promiscious, be naturally spoilt -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   You don dey rotten sef.  — no translation

   She be rotten woman.  — no translation

   Di pikin don rotten.  — no translation

Synonyms

• whale 0.71 20, danfo 0.70 15, shit 0.70 20, thick 0.70 36, roast 0.68 17, boiled 0.68 9, flash 0.68 21, poo-poo 0.67 46, grenades 0.67 7

Antonyms

• whale 0.71 20, danfo 0.70 15, shit 0.70 20, thick 0.70 36, roast 0.68 17, boiled 0.68 9, flash 0.68 21, poo-poo 0.67 46, grenades 0.67 7

Translations

• English: decay, to be sexually promiscious, be naturally spoilt