stick

Naija

Alternative forms

• stik

Etymology

From English stick

Pronunciation

• stîk

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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

Noun

• Na an elongated piece of wood im be.

1. Na im the stick turn to snake!  — (jw__24599, He is the stick that turned snake.)

1. E tell am sey make e throwey im stick for ground.  — (jw__24598, He told him to drop his rod.)

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1. 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__8776, Senator Dino Melaye walked into the senate chamber with his crutch and a neck brace on 30th May like a person that broke his neck.)

Related 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, Stock fish is a fish that they dry for three months, yet it is as strong as wood that they use for chewing stick. )

• walking stick

1. De state counsel say deh fit use de walking stick as weapon for court.  — (bbc__27744, The senate counsel said that they can use the walking stick an evidence in the court.)

Translations

• English: twig or small branch.

Verb

• Make someting hook or enter wella.

1. Im say di best tin na to stick to one partner wey also dey clean.  — (bbc__43266, He said that the best thing is to hold on to one partner that is also serious.)

   I wan stick to only one partner .  — (bbc__43266, I want to hold on to only one wife..)

Translations

• English: stay