Difference between revisions of "sey"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* say 0.71 51590
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English say
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From English: ''say''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* sé
 
* sé
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-sey.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1702
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 9
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 20306
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 23
 
 
 
===Definition===
 
* Sey person yarn or talk
 
* E dey join one  and small talk together
 
* Sey person get level for matter
 
 
 
===Verb===
 
 
 
# Sey person yarn or talk
 
#: {{ux|dv|When Jesus dey this world, e '''sey''': ‘Nobody know that day and the time, even the angel dem for heaven or the Son no know, but na only the Father know...’ |(jw__39922, __When Jesus was in this world, he said, ' nobody knows the date, even the angels and his son in Heaven, but it's only the father that knows. __)}}
 
 
 
 
 
===Synonyms===
 
* talk
 
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: say
 
 
 
  
 
===Subordinating conjunction===
 
===Subordinating conjunction===
 
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* Word wey person dey use join [[talk talk ]].
 
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:* {{ux|dv| My oga talk sey e no dey di matter. |(My boss said that he is out of the matter.)}}
* e dey join big and small talk together
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:* {{ux|dv|E come house '''sey''' dem no dey give am food chop.|(He came to the house that he/she is not being fed.)}}
* {{ux|dv|E come house '''sey''' dem no dey give am food chop.| NSC_Ajede_2020, (He came to the house that he/she is not being fed }}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: say
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* English: ''that''
  
===Noun===
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===Verb===
 
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* Go look [[say]]
 
 
* to get level for matter
 
* {{ux|dv|E no get '''sey''' for di matter. |NSC_Ajede_2020, He doesn't have a say}}
 
 
 
===Synonyms===
 
* level
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: say
 

Latest revision as of 12:25, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: say

Pronunciation

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Subordinating conjunction

  • My oga talk sey e no dey di matter.  — (My boss said that he is out of the matter.)
  • E come house sey dem no dey give am food chop.  — (He came to the house that he/she is not being fed.)

Translations

  • English: that

Verb