starch

Naija

Etymology

etymology:English ' starch'. etymology:English ' starch'.

Pronunciation

• stâtʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 31
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 339
• Frequency in raw corpus: 38
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3730

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

starch: amylum- a polymeric carbohydrate made from cassava. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I dey eat starch and banga soup.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:15)

   Na starch, or na eba?  — (NST_cleaned__34883, __no translation__)

   When you put starch...  — (NST_cleaned__35952, __no translation__)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:8)

   Dey turn your starch.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__126, Keep turning the starch.)

   Den di last tin, na your starch.  — (NST_cleaned__35947, __no translation__)

4. cc (frequency:5)

   Banga soup, and starch na our correct food.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__2, Banga sauce and starch are our best foods.)

   base on di strong Warri girl wen a be staunch Warri babe wen a be, we dey like banga soup, and starch.  — (NST_cleaned__35819, __no translation__)

5. det (frequency:4)

   And dat starch, e dey get am from inside cassava, cassava wey de take dey do gari.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__120, And that starch, it's made from cassava; the cassava that garri is made with.)

   put enough water wey you go take know sey dis starch, e no go strong, or di starch, e no go too dey light.  — (NST_cleaned__35953, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Antonyms

• bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Translations

• English: amylum- a polymeric carbohydrate made from cassava.

Verb

starch: to apply starch to a shirt or clothes. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   I want make you starch di shirt make e for make sense.  — no translation

Synonyms

• bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Antonyms

• bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Translations

• English: to apply starch to a shirt or clothes.