Difference between revisions of "sha"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* mstchew 0.76 423, hm 0.70 1176, oh 0.66 337, really 0.64 1685, haha 0.64 836, yes 0.63 760, ehen 0.62 871, toh 0.60 307, sometimes 0.60 599
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English sha
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From: Yoruba ''sha'' meaning ''just''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* ʃɑ
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* ʃɑ̌
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-sha.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sha.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sha.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-sha.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 72
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 181
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 352
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 873
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
 
 
===Particle===
 
sha: no definition, really -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:370)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Who '''sha'''? |(ABJ_GWA_02_Market-Food-Church_DG__84, Who sha...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|sure '''sha''' |(deuber__1159, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod:emph (frequency:12)
 
#: {{ux|dv|No be all of dem '''sha''' o, but many. |(ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__52, Not all of them of course, but many.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But '''sha''' o, we '''sha''' thank God sey God don catch am. |(IBA_33_News-Comments_MG__120, Well, we thank God that he's been apprehended.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
  
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===Adverb===
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# Word wey de dey use dey talk sey wetin de don first talk no be so e be finish. (Conjunctive)
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#:*{{ux|dv|No be all of dem '''sha''' o, but many. |(ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__52, Well, it was not everyone, just some.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|But '''sha''' o, we '''sha''' thank God sey God don catch am. |(IBA_33_News-Comments_MG__120, Well, we are just grateful to  God that he has been exposed.)}}
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# Word wey de dey use dey talk sey make someting happen or make person do someting.
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#:* {{ux|dv| Dat one na your business. '''Sha''' do quick make person come chop rice. |(That's your business, just hurry up let us celebrate with you.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Make dis rain '''sha''' fall. Sky don dark finish like back of pot, e still no want fall.|(This rain should just fall! The sky has been very dark since and it still hasn't rained)}}
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# Word wey dem dey use change matter wey de dey talk
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#:* {{ux|dv| I don tell am. If e gree no wahala, if e no gree, noting still spoil. '''Sha''' make we dey comot. |(I have told him. If he agrees, no problem; if he doesn't agree all well and good. Anyways let's go.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Ah! You don talk wetin you want talk. No need to say sorry. '''Sha''' na you get your mouth. |(Oh! You have said what you want to say, there is no need to be sorry. Anyways, it's your mouth!)}}
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* mstchew 0.76 423, hm 0.70 1176, oh 0.66 337, really 0.64 1685, haha 0.64 836, yes 0.63 760, ehen 0.62 871, toh 0.60 307, sometimes 0.60 599
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* [[toh]]
  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* mstchew 0.76 423, hm 0.70 1176, oh 0.66 337, really 0.64 1685, haha 0.64 836, yes 0.63 760, ehen 0.62 871, toh 0.60 307, sometimes 0.60 599
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* [[mstchew]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition, really
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* English: ''just'', ''well'', ''anyways''

Latest revision as of 12:26, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: Yoruba sha meaning just

Pronunciation

  • ʃɑ̌

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Adverb

  1. Word wey de dey use dey talk sey wetin de don first talk no be so e be finish. (Conjunctive)
    • No be all of dem sha o, but many.  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__52, Well, it was not everyone, just some.)
    • But sha o, we sha thank God sey God don catch am.  — (IBA_33_News-Comments_MG__120, Well, we are just grateful to God that he has been exposed.)
  2. Word wey de dey use dey talk sey make someting happen or make person do someting.
    • Dat one na your business. Sha do quick make person come chop rice.  — (That's your business, just hurry up let us celebrate with you.)
    • Make dis rain sha fall. Sky don dark finish like back of pot, e still no want fall.  — (This rain should just fall! The sky has been very dark since and it still hasn't rained)
  3. Word wey dem dey use change matter wey de dey talk
    • I don tell am. If e gree no wahala, if e no gree, noting still spoil. Sha make we dey comot.  — (I have told him. If he agrees, no problem; if he doesn't agree all well and good. Anyways let's go.)
    • Ah! You don talk wetin you want talk. No need to say sorry. Sha na you get your mouth.  — (Oh! You have said what you want to say, there is no need to be sorry. Anyways, it's your mouth!)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: just, well, anyways