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
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?
- - (frequency:2)
- shey — (deuber__4956, __no translation__)
- Shey! — (ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__80, X.)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- 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
Antonymes
- 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?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Shey pile go show?. — no translation
- - (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... ?)
- 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__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- 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
Antonymes
- 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?
- - (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__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- 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
Antonymes
- 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