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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 17
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 523
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 236
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1182
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
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#na wen pesin sabi tings  
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# Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am.
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#:* {{ux|dv|Tope na '''sharp''' guy. Egbokhare_2020.|Tope is an intelligent guy}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Tope na '''sharp''' guy. |(Tope knows his way around things.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Pikin wey '''sharp''' like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. |(bbc__81349, A child that is as sharp as a razor needs new tings to remain tops_)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Everybody tink sey de be '''sharp''' guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street. |(NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)}}
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#na de type of way someting be like
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#:* {{ux|dv|Pikin wey '''sharp''' like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. |(bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Sharp''' sand and granite dey list of materials and how much dem go chop to build bungalow for Eastern Nigeria. |(bbc_88231. Sharp sand and granite and the cost is on the list of materials needed to build a bungalow in the East.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|And so as a '''sharp''' bae, make I [[sharpaly]] carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot. |(NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|And so as a '''sharp''' bae, make I sharpaly carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot. |(NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)}}
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# Wetin fit cut someting.
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# na wen someting happen quick quick
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#:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Dem release her '''sharp''' '''sharp'''. |(bbc__29441. They releaased her quickly)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| No be size of cutlass matter, di [[koko]] be sey e '''sharp''' abi e no '''sharp'''? |(It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Di high score win on Saturday don make di Falcons enta semi-finals '''sharp''' '''sharp'''. |(bbc__35165, __the high number of scores by the Falcons shot them to semi final quickly__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|De club den hire Julen Lopetegui for replace before World Cup but de sack am '''sharp''' '''sharp'''. |(bbc__102133, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|And our warranty na '''sharp''', '''sharp''', |(NST_cleaned__4816, __no translation_)}}
 
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#na wen pesin brain hot well well
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Swansea dey '''sharp''', discipline and hungry. |(bbc__6256, __)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Students dem wey brain '''sharp''' sometimes dey need wetin dey more-challenging, extra support or di freedom to learn as dem fit. |(bbc__92457, __)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Dem think say dis na foreign ting but sabi people don carry out research wey show say music lesson go make your pikin dey '''sharp'''. |(bbc__9667. They think being intelligent is due to foreign things but research has shown that music lessons can make a child smart_)}}
 
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#na someting wey fit cut
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, __)}
 
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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*[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]]
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*[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]],
 
====Synonyms====
 
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*[[brain]]
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*[[brain]], [[wise]]
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
 
*[[dull]]
 
*[[dull]]
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English: smart
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* English: ''smart'', ''sharp''
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===Adverb===
 
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#na manner wey someting take
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|About two nights ago, some mammy girls come to my house '''sharp''' one o'clock for night. |(bbc__129, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Infact research don also show say no be only pikin music dey help to dey '''sharp''', old people too dey benefit from am. |(bbc__59963, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Every mama and papa want dia pikin to dey '''sharp''', to do well-well for life, so dem dey find different means to make am happen. |(bbc__86391, __no translation__)}}
 
  
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====Related forms====
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===Verb===
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[[sharp sharp], [[sharpally]]
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* Make person make someting make e fit cut or [[chook]] someting well well.
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====Synonyms====
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:* {{ux|dv| Go '''sharp''' knife for junction. |(NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)}}
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[[brain]]
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:* {{ux|dv| De say na iron wey im '''sharp''' na im e use take chook am. |(NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a piece of metal sharpened.)}}
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====Antonyms====
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* [[dull]]
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====Translation====
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====Translations====
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* English: ''sharpen''
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* English: smart
 

Latest revision as of 17:52, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English sharp

Pronunciation

  • ʃâp

Play Play

Adjective

  1. Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am.
    • Tope na sharp guy.  — (Tope knows his way around things.)
    • Everybody tink sey de be sharp guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street.  — (NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)
    • Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger.  — (bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)
    • And so as a sharp bae, make I sharpaly carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot.  — (NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)
  2. Wetin fit cut someting.
    • Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey sharp, and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin.  — (bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)
    • No be size of cutlass matter, di koko be sey e sharp abi e no sharp?  — (It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')

Related forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: smart, sharp

Verb

  • Make person make someting make e fit cut or chook someting well well.
  • Go sharp knife for junction.  — (NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)
  • De say na iron wey im sharp na im e use take chook am.  — (NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a piece of metal sharpened.)

Translation

  • English: sharpen
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