start

Naija

Alternative forms

• stat

Etymology

From: English start

Pronunciation

• stârt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 113
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 127
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4044
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 94

Noun

Di time wey someting begin.

• Brazil neva lose any match since dis World Cup start.  — (bbc__20576, Brazil has not lost a match since the World Cup began.)
• Di Black Stars boss give Emmanuel Boateng im first start for di national team.  — (bbc__30863, The coach of the Black Stars gave Emmanuel Boateng his first appearance for the national team.)

Synonyms

• begin

Antonyms

• finish, stop, end

Translations

• English: beginning

Intransitive Verb

• Make person begin someting.

1. As I small reach, na so I start to dey sing.  — (ENU_15_Music_M__8, As small as I was, that was to sing.)
2. Na so, I start.  — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I started.)
3. Ah I no con know where to start!  — (ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__24, Ah, I didn't even know where to start!)

Transitive Verb

1. No be dem dey start dose tings,  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__264, Isn't them that starts all those things ?)
2. Wetin dey start dis xenophobia attacks?  — (bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)

Serial Verb

1. Start dey use my leg dey crawl dey come.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__132, And I started crawling towards him.)
2. Just carry dem, mix cement, carry gravel, just start dey build o,  — (ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, they mixed cement, added gravel, and they just started building.)

Synonyms

• begin, resume

Antonyms

• finish, end

Translations

• English: to begin.