Difference between revisions of "small"

 
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From English: ''small''
 
From English: ''small''
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* smɔl
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* smɔ̂l
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-small.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-small.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-small.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-small.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 212
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 77
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 2793
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 142
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
#Sey someting no plenty.
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#Sey someting no plenty or big.
#:* {{ux|dv|Na '''small''' food I bring come. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, I came with only a small portion of my food.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Na '''small''' food I bring come. |(I came with only a small portion of food.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| '''Small''' kero remain inside stove.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, There is a small quantity of kerosene inside the stove.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| '''Small''' kero remain inside stove.|(There is a small amount of kerosene left in the stove.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Di food wey you chop, e small abi e big? | (The food you ate, was it big or small?)}}
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#:*  {{ux|dv| How you say dis small goat na im you want give your wife people? De go pursue you go house | (How will you decide to give this small goat to your wife.)}}
 
#Sey someting no big.
 
#Sey someting no big.
#:* {{ux|dv| So, Bethel come too '''small'''. |(jw__3194, Bethel became too small.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Di time wey you small, na you dey work dey give yoursef food?  |(When you were not yet an adult, were you the one working to feed yourself?)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| You go make sure sey you cut am '''small''', '''small''' inside. |(NST_cleaned__6555, Endeavor to cut it into tiny pieces inside.)}}
 
#Pikin wey never grow.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|O boy, you '''small''' dat time, you still dey follow babe, |(NST_cleaned__21847, Oh boy! you were still young at that time, you are still going after young girls.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Things wey I learn from '''small''' dey help me make I no fear. |(jw__36690, What I learned from childhood,has helped me in overcoming my fears.)}}
 
 
#:* {{ux|dv|'''Small''' girl! |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|'''Small''' girl! |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Boy, you small dat time, you still dey follow babe. |(NST_cleaned__21847, Oh boy! you were still young at that time, and you were still going after young girls.}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Things wey I learn from '''small''' dey help me make I no fear. |(jw__36690, What I learned from childhood, has helped me in overcoming my fears.)}}
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====Related Forms====
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* [[smallsmall]], [[smalls]]
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====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[chinkili]]
 
* [[chinkili]]

Latest revision as of 18:30, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: small

Pronunciation

  • smɔ̂l

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Adjective

  1. Sey someting no plenty or big.
    • Na small food I bring come.  — (I came with only a small portion of food.)
    • Small kero remain inside stove.  — (There is a small amount of kerosene left in the stove.)
    • Di food wey you chop, e small abi e big?  —  (The food you ate, was it big or small?)
    • How you say dis small goat na im you want give your wife people? De go pursue you go house  —  (How will you decide to give this small goat to your wife.)
  2. Sey someting no big.
    • Di time wey you small, na you dey work dey give yoursef food?  — (When you were not yet an adult, were you the one working to feed yourself?)
    • Small girl!  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)
    • Boy, you small dat time, you still dey follow babe.  — (NST_cleaned__21847, Oh boy! you were still young at that time, and you were still going after young girls.
    • Things wey I learn from small dey help me make I no fear.  — (jw__36690, What I learned from childhood, has helped me in overcoming my fears.)

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Translations

  • English: small, little, young