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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
etymology:English ' self '.
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From English ''self''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 11:17, 30 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • self 0.79 595

Etymology

From English self

Pronunciation

  • sɛ̂f


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 164
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 92
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1489
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 258

The word is used more orally than in written texts.


Particle

sef: gangan


  1. gangan
    Who sef?  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__87, Who really ?)
    Wetin sef?  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__311, What?)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • too, even

Antonyms

  • self 0.79 595, dough 0.68 76, sometimes 0.60 599, if 0.59 11277, sotay 0.56 416, when 0.54 7140, though 0.53 1054, mahn 0.48 44, well-well 0.47 994

Translations

  • English: even, exactly, even

Adverb

sef: too


  1. too
    You sef dey part of am  — ( You too, are part of it)
    Im papa sef dey come  — (His father is coming too)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • too

Antonyms

  • self 0.79 595, dough 0.68 76, sometimes 0.60 599, if 0.59 11277, sotay 0.56 416, when 0.54 7140, though 0.53 1054, mahn 0.48 44, well-well 0.47 994

Translations

  • English: even, exactly, even

Particle (reflexive)

sef: e dey refer back to person wey dey talk or wey dem send


  1. Dem dey use am dey halla when person no dey measure up
    you sef.  — You!
    Barcelona sef.  — Barcelona!

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • too

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: emphatic