sey

Naija

Alternative forms

• say 0.71 51590

Etymology

Borrowed from English say

Pronunciation

• sé

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1702
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 9
• Frequency in raw corpus: 20306
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 23

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Definition

• Sey person dey yarn or talk
• E dey join one and small talk together

Subordinating conjunction

• e dey join big and small talk together
• 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

Synonyms

• say 0.71 51590, whether 0.59 776, wetin 0.58 19897, really 0.53 1685, something 0.49 1110, who 0.48 2485, everybody 0.47 1105, nobody 0.46 634, when 0.46 7140

Antonyms

• say 0.71 51590, whether 0.59 776, wetin 0.58 19897, really 0.53 1685, something 0.49 1110, who 0.48 2485, everybody 0.47 1105, nobody 0.46 634, when 0.46 7140

Translations

• English: no definition, COMP

Verb

sey: dem dey use am dey yan wetin person yan before again

1. dem dey use am dey yan wetin person yan before again

   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. __)

   When e dey remember the time wey e dey another country dey preach, e sey: “Jehovah give me wetin I need, when I need am.”  — (jw__24357, __When he was remembering when he was in another country preaching, he said 'Jehovah gave me what I need and when I need it__)

Synonyms

• talk

Translations

• English: no definition, COMP

Noun

sey

1. to get level for matter

   E no get say.  — (He doesn't have a say)

Synonyms

• level

Translations

• English: say