school

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English school

Pronunciation

• skul

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 218
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 75
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2622
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 158

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

school

1. where person dey go make dem teach am someting

   I con start primary school,  — (ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__13, Then I started primary school.)

   Some people, na school, and professional work.  — (NST_cleaned__20551, For some people, it's school and a professional job)

   Naim I come begin dey teach for one nursery, and primary school.  — (NST_cleaned__25018,Then I began to teach at one nursery and primary school)

Derived forms

1. law school : Na school wey people wey be sey dem read law for university go go before dem go fit practice law for Nigeria

   Dem just do wetin dem dey call 'call to bar' for lawyers wey graduate for law school.  — (bbc__77211, They just did what they call a 'call to bar' for the lawyers who have graduated from law school)

2. school bus

   Even for some areas inside Delhi di country capital, schools close after protesters throw stones scatter di windows of one school bus on Wednesday.  — (bbc__47510, Even in some areas in Delhi, the country's capital, schools closed after protesters threw stones and broke the windows of one of the school buses on Wednesday)

3. school fees : Na money wey dem dey pay for school wey person dey go.

   Con pay my school fees.  — (ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__56, Then I paid my school fees.)

   No school fees, no food.  — (IBA_21_Obodo-Barracks_MG__25, No school fees, no food.)

Translations

• English: School