Difference between revisions of "sotay"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
* sotey 0.80 271, well-well 0.64 994, sef 0.56 1597, when 0.55 7140, done 0.53 225, muscle 0.50 47, after 0.49 4737, wen 0.46 4261, kakaraka 0.46 24
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* [[sotey]]
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===Etymology===
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From: English ''so'' and ''stay''
  
===Etymology===
 
From: ''unknown''
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* sóté
 
* sóté
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-sotay.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-sotay.m.ogg</sm2>  
  
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 9
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 769
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 392
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 796
 
  
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===Adverb===
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# Make someting [[tay]] well well.
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#:* {{ux|dv|We wait wait wait '''sotay''' rain con start to dey fall.|(We waited until it started raining.)}}
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#As happen go reach where anoder ting happen.
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Sotay''' she dey slap her. |(NST_cleaned__21451, To the extent that she slapped her.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Sotay''' we come plenty o. |(NST_cleaned__38885, To the extent that we became many.)}}
  
 
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====Related Forms====
===Adverb===
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* [[tay]], [[taytay]]
Make someting tey
 
:* {{ux|dv|we wait wait wait '''sotay''' rain con start to dey fall.|( We waited until it started raining.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|'''Sotay''' she dey slap her. |(NST_cleaned__21451, To the extent that she slapped her.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Sotay''' we come plenty o. |(NST_cleaned__38885, To the extent that we became many.)}}
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''until'', ''extent''
 
* English: ''until'', ''extent''

Latest revision as of 16:16, 9 March 2024

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English so and stay

Pronunciation

  • sóté

Play Play


Adverb

  1. Make someting tay well well.
    • We wait wait wait sotay rain con start to dey fall.  — (We waited until it started raining.)
  2. As happen go reach where anoder ting happen.
    • Sotay she dey slap her.  — (NST_cleaned__21451, To the extent that she slapped her.)
    • Sotay we come plenty o.  — (NST_cleaned__38885, To the extent that we became many.)

Related Forms

Translations

  • English: until, extent