start
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English start
Pronunciation
- stât
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
Antonyms
Translations
- English: start, beginning
Intransitive Verb
- Make person begin someting.
- As I small reach, na so I start to dey sing. — (ENU_15_Music_M__8, I started singing even as a young person.)
- Na so, I start. — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I began.)
- Ah I no con know where to start! — (ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__24, I was at a loss for where to begin!)
Transitive Verb
- No be dem dey start dose tings. — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__264, Isn't them that starts all those things?)
- Wetin dey start dis xenophobia attacks? — (bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)
Serial Verb
- Start dey use my leg dey crawl dey come. — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__132, And I started crawling towards him.)
- 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
Antonyms
Translations
- English: to begin.