shey

Naija

Alternative forms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Etymology

etymology:Yoruba

Pronunciation

• ʃé

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 24
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 398
• Frequency in raw corpus: 153
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1570

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Interjection

shey: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2)

   shey  — (deuber__4956, __no translation__)

   Shey!  — (ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__80, X.)

Synonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Antonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Translations

• English: no definition

Particle

shey: Question marker -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Shey pile go show?.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:137)

   Shey DHL?  — (IBA_08_Music-And-Art-Students_DG__238, DHL ?)

   Shey until…?  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__106, Is it until... ?)

3. discourse (frequency:2)

   Shey na dem dey sort you, na dem dey, abi na you dey…  — (NST_cleaned__22975, __no translation__)

   Shey na, shey na you marry am come, na me go marry am go.  — (NST_cleaned__31749, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Antonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Translations

• English: Question marker

Subordinating Conjunction

shey: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:9)

   So I con enter shey you know Yankwura?  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__117, So, I then entered, do you know Yankwura ?)

   Shey you understand, shey you understand,  — (NST_cleaned__35044, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Antonyms

• hm 0.73 1176, haha 0.72 836, aha 0.70 300, toh 0.69 307, ehen 0.68 871, oh 0.67 337, mstchew 0.67 423, yes 0.66 760, wheder 0.65 178

Translations

• English: no definition