sef

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

etymology: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: no definition, FOC -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:1536)

   Who sef?  — (JOS_33_Changing-Nigeria_DG__87, Who really ?)

   Wetin sef?  — (IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__311, What?)

2. cc (frequency:3)

   Iboro Otu na di governorship candidate from di Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP. E be business man wey school for Nigeria and United Kingdom and even sef don consult for di World Bank.  — (bbc__57445, __no translation__)

   From how you take apply for di job, how you take perform for di interview, how you dress and even sef, how you take siddon for chair, all fit follow join hand to decide weda na you go get di work abi na anoda pesin.  — (bbc__53203, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• 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

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: no definition, FOC

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!

Synonyms

• too

Translations

• English: emphatic