stick

Naija

Alternative forms

• bag 0.75 175, wood 0.74 72, pot 0.72 145, stone 0.69 199, pieces 0.69 61, legs 0.68 47, coins 0.68 19, windows 0.68 21, cutlass 0.67 38

Etymology

Borrowed from English stick

Pronunciation

• stɪk

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 4
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1439
• Frequency in raw corpus: 99
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2100

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

stick: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:7)

   Na this people be “Joseph” stick.  — (jw__12668, __no translation__)

   This people na the anointed, and na dem be “Judah” stick.  — (jw__12666, __no translation__)

2. det (frequency:7)

   Madam one stick, packet.  — (NST_cleaned__10856, __no translation__)

   Na im the stick turn to snake!  — (jw__24599, __no translation__)

3. nmod:poss (frequency:5)

   E tell am sey make e throwey im stick for ground.  — (jw__24598, __no translation__)

   When I reach church, de collect deir stick, and deir...  — (NST_cleaned__42887, __no translation__)

4. case-det (frequency:4)

   For 2019, di tax go be N2 for each stick, then pack of 20 stick of cigar go get like N40 tax on top am.  — (bbc__49879, __no translation__)

   She say before you go say jack, na so dem come di beat di husband wit dia stick come drag am for ground go police station.  — (bbc__88850, __no translation__)

5. case (frequency:3)

   So we fit talk sey the stick ‘for Judah’ mean the two-tribe kingdom.  — (jw__25619, __no translation__)

   Three men dey beat them with stick, dey move hand from one drum go another with gragra as if them drink something.  — (katakata__348, __no translation__)

6. compound-conj (frequency:3)

   Senator Dino Melaye bin carri walking stick and neck brace enter senate chamber for May 30 like person wey im neck brake.  — (bbc__87766, __no translation__)

   Mansa Musa bin dey on top horse but na 500 servant dey im front and dem dey carry gold walking stick and di 80 camels im get dey carry 136 kg of gold.  — (bbc__65280, __no translation__)

7. cc (frequency:2)

   E no tey, Judas come with many people wey carry sword and stick.  — (jw__9269, __no translation__)

   Judas Iscariot and many people wey carry sword and stick go the Garden of Gethsemane, make dem for catch Jesus.  — (jw__21724, __no translation__)

8. amod (frequency:2)

   Them go first use small small stick then tall and big branch of tree.  — (katakata__14, __no translation__)

   When Okonkwo hear say e no gree eat, e carry big stick come inside the hut, come stand dey look am for ground.  — (katakata__257, __no translation__)

9. det-nmod (frequency:2)

   The gold small pass one stick of matches head and e scarce pass original diamond.  — (jw__36811, __no translation__)

   For 2018, under dis new tax rate for Tobacco each stick of cigar go get N1 tax which mean say pack of 20 stick of cigar go come get N20 tax on top am.  — (bbc__49873, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• chewing stick

1. Stockfish na cod fish wey dem dey dry for three months till e strong well-well like wood wey dem dey use for chewing stick.  — (bbc__92370, __no translation__)

   Wetin Mallam Isah dey do with sand no entirely dey wrong because e get pipo like that wey dey use sand or charcoal but wetin im suppose do na to dey add salt to di sand to remove bacteria and also get chewing stick wey e go dey use clean im tongue because na place wey dey host plenti bacteria too. Na so Ado tok.  — (bbc__7634, __no translation__)

• walking stick

1. E hit im walking stick for ground gbosa.  — (katakata__1036, __no translation__)

   De state counsel say deh fit use de walking stick as weapon for court.  — (bbc__27744, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• bag 0.75 175, wood 0.74 72, pot 0.72 145, stone 0.69 199, pieces 0.69 61, legs 0.68 47, coins 0.68 19, windows 0.68 21, cutlass 0.67 38

Antonyms

• bag 0.75 175, wood 0.74 72, pot 0.72 145, stone 0.69 199, pieces 0.69 61, legs 0.68 47, coins 0.68 19, windows 0.68 21, cutlass 0.67 38

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

stick: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. mark-obl:arg (frequency:2)

   Im say di best tin na to stick to one partner wey also dey clean.  — (bbc__43266, __no translation__)

   Ordega, 25, don play football for Russia, Sweden, America, Australia, Spain and China, and her mama tell am say she no go ever marry if she kontinu to stick to football.  — (bbc__79268, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• bag 0.75 175, wood 0.74 72, pot 0.72 145, stone 0.69 199, pieces 0.69 61, legs 0.68 47, coins 0.68 19, windows 0.68 21, cutlass 0.67 38

Antonyms

• bag 0.75 175, wood 0.74 72, pot 0.72 145, stone 0.69 199, pieces 0.69 61, legs 0.68 47, coins 0.68 19, windows 0.68 21, cutlass 0.67 38

Translations

• English: no definition