Difference between revisions of "small"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* small-small 0.51 146, water 0.47 1456, teeth 0.46 77, soup 0.46 229, fine 0.46 836, belle 0.45 914, boy 0.45 838, girl 0.44 1023, just 0.44 5577
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English small
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From English: ''small''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* smɔl
 
* smɔl
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 142
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 142
  
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
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===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===
small: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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Sey someting no plenty.
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Na '''small''' food I bring come. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, I came with a small quantity of food.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Small''' kero remain inside stove.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, There is a small quantity of kerosene inside the stove.)}}
# - (frequency:2363)
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Sey someting no big.
#: {{ux|dv|'''Small''' one. |(WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__118, A small one.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| So, Bethel come too '''small'''. |(jw__3194, Bethel became too small.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Small''' girl! |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)}}
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#: {{ux|dv| You go make sure sey you cut am '''small''', '''small''' inside. |(NST_cleaned__6555, Endeavor to cut it into tiny pieces inside.)}}
# amod (frequency:32)
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#Pikin wey never grow.
#: {{ux|dv|'''Small''', '''small'''. |(NST_cleaned__15097, __no translation__)}}
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#: {{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, still going after young girls.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''small''', '''small'''. |(NST_cleaned__20576, __no translation__)}}
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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.)}}
# advmod (frequency:30)
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Small''' girl! |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)}}
#: {{ux|dv|So, Bethel come too '''small'''. |(jw__3194, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na since wey I dey very '''small'''. |(JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__128, It was since I was very small.)}}
 
# conj (frequency:22)
 
#: {{ux|dv|...'''small''' or big chops... |(bbc__9578, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|You go make sure sey you cut am '''small''', '''small''' inside. |(NST_cleaned__6555, __no translation__)}}
 
# case (frequency:18)
 
#: {{ux|dv|So de start from '''small'''. |(WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__8, So they started from when they were little.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Things wey I learn from '''small''' dey help me make I no fear. |(jw__36690, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:15)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Cartoon na ogbonge wey to reach pipo weda big or '''small''' |(bbc__24862, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|People dey look for '''small''' r '''small''' change wey be sey dey go go… , |(NST_cleaned__18590, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:mod (frequency:11)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Just above di knee '''small''' like dis. |(JOS_10_Mothers-Against-Mini-Skirts_DG__84, Just above the knee a bit like this.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|O boy, you '''small''' dat time, you still dey follow babe, |(NST_cleaned__21847, __no translation__)}}
 
# mark (frequency:8)
 
#: {{ux|dv|The one wey '''small''' pass get ten lines. |(katakata__1089, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|According to one of di president of PETA wey be Ingrid Newkirk, donkeys wey '''small''' well-well too no dey escape dis kain killing. |(bbc__12114, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''small''' remain, e for comot Alisson head. |(bbc__46419, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|The people wey dey play drum stop '''small''' to rest before the real match start. |(katakata__791, __no translation__)}}
 
# nsubj (frequency:7)
 
#: {{ux|dv|My own brain '''small'''. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__45, My own brain is shallow.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My own brain '''small'''? |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__43, My own brain is shallow ?)}}
 
# det (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Se, see di '''small''', '''small'''… |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__13, Se...see this small small...)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Maybe you, ehen maybe you go come dey do some '''small''', '''small''' work for me for house like dat. |(ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__67, Maybe you will come to do some little works for me at home.)}}
 
# appos (frequency:4)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na di fry one if de con make am '''small''', '''small''', '''small''', '''small'''. |(NST_cleaned__13729, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|But di man dey try, e dey do am '''small''', '''small''', '''small''', '''small''', |(NST_cleaned__29087, __no translation__)}}
 
# dep (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Eh ICRC motor sef go just still maneuver '''small''', '''small''', '''small''', |(NST_cleaned__26437, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Small''' '''small''' the rain come dey reduce and e no dey fall always and ground with sky separate again as them suppose. |(katakata__646, __no translation__)}}
 
# cop (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''small''', '''small'''. (JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__170, It's '''small''' '''small'''. |(It's little by little).)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Eh oga, you know sey people, dem plenty for Jerusalem no, no be '''small'''. |(IBA_42_Barrabas_DG__20, uhn boss, you know that people, there are many people in Jerusalem, not a few.)}}
 
# obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|So for this okuba wey you dey talk now, de no fit cut di thing '''small''' for us? |(LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__50, So in this hotel where you are talking to me right now, they cannot cut down on the price ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Because I know sey villages, even dough witout ehn ehn ehn fertilizer, people fit try o, farm like dat '''small''', '''small'''. |(JOS_37_Government-Agric-And-Women_M__44, Because I know that in villages, even though without ehn, ehn, ehn fertilizer, people can try to farm like that little by little.)}}
 
# cc-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Jesus pity for dem and e tell im disciples sey: “True true, things to harvest plenty, but the workers '''small'''. |(jw__2575, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|The brother talk sey: “I first dey fear sey we no go fit do am because e never too tey wey I marry, and our house '''small'''. |(jw__27873, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* small-small 0.51 146, water 0.47 1456, teeth 0.46 77, soup 0.46 229, fine 0.46 836, belle 0.45 914, boy 0.45 838, girl 0.44 1023, just 0.44 5577
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* [[chinguli]]
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* small-small 0.51 146, water 0.47 1456, teeth 0.46 77, soup 0.46 229, fine 0.46 836, belle 0.45 914, boy 0.45 838, girl 0.44 1023, just 0.44 5577
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* [[big]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition
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* English: ''small, little, young''

Revision as of 14:17, 18 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: small

Pronunciation

  • smɔl

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 212
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 77
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 2793
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 142



Adjective

Sey someting no plenty.

  1. Na small food I bring come.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, I came with a small quantity of food.)
    Small kero remain inside stove.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, There is a small quantity of kerosene inside the stove.)

Sey someting no big.

  1. So, Bethel come too small.  — (jw__3194, Bethel became too small.)
    You go make sure sey you cut am small, small inside.  — (NST_cleaned__6555, Endeavor to cut it into tiny pieces inside.)
  2. Pikin wey never grow.
    O boy, you small dat time, you still dey follow babe,  — (NST_cleaned__21847, Oh boy! you were still young at that time, 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.)
  • Small girl!  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: small, little, young