sotay

Naija

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English sotay

Pronunciation

• sóté

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 9
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 769
• Frequency in raw corpus: 392
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 796

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

sotay: till, until -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   we wait wait wait sotay rain con start to dey fall.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:13)

   Sotay she dey slap her.  — (NST_cleaned__21451, __no translation__)

   Sotay we come plenty o.  — (NST_cleaned__38885, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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

Translations

• English: till, until

Subordinating Conjunction

sotay: no definition, such_that -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:405)

   I sotay like…  — (NST_cleaned__404, __no translation__)

   Sotay she dey slap her.  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__2, To the extent that she slapped her.)

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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

Translations

• English: no definition, such_that