sweet

Naija

Alternative forms

• pain 0.70 627, touch 0.62 489, surprise 0.56 436, tire 0.54 548, laugh 0.52 233, snap 0.52 114, wella 0.51 415, rub 0.51 66, kampe 0.51 37

Etymology

Borrowed from English sweet

Pronunciation

• swit

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 35
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 304
• Frequency in raw corpus: 720
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 479

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

sweet: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:197)

   E dey sweet.  — (JOS_19_Bukuru_MG__106, It is tasty.)

   E dey sweet,  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__145, It's sweet)

2. obj (frequency:26)

   Na e dey sweet e…  — (NST_cleaned__16879, __no translation__)

   All this things dey make belle sweet us.  — (jw__32703, __no translation__)

3. advmod (frequency:13)

   Eh im dey sweet now.  — (ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__95, Eh, it is fun.)

   Dat kuka dey very sweet.  — (JOS_19_Bukuru_MG__93, That kuka is very tasty.)

4. nsubj (frequency:8)

   e say e sweet.  — (NST_cleaned__39608, __no translation__)

   E sweet, no be small!  — (jw__34860, __no translation__)

5. aux-obj (frequency:5)

   Na only when you give your belle go dey sweet you.  — (jw__25881, __no translation__)

   E talk sey David na person wey dey do wetin dey sweet am.  — (jw__17960, __no translation__)

6. mark (frequency:4)

   De say no, soup wey sweet, na money make am.  — (JOS_22_Marriage-Talk-With-Oscar-2_DG__3, They say no... a soup that is delicious, it's money that made it.)

   After all, soup wey sweet, na better money kill am.​— Deut.  — (jw__44701, __no translation__)

7. obl:arg (frequency:4)

   di thing no come-- e no dey sweet for belle  — (deuber__2084, __no translation__)

   Ahmad Bashir, di assistant to Nigeria Presido Buhari even tweet as belle dey sweet goment on top dis swap deal.  — (bbc__13334, __no translation__)

8. mark-obj (frequency:4)

   E take like one hour before I come feel dis tin wey sweet my bodi.  — (bbc__2561, __no translation__)

   As small time pass, Matthew want show sey e really sweet am as Jesus choose am, e come do one big party for im house.  — (jw__2996, __no translation__)

9. advcl (frequency:3)

   Our belle dey sweet as we hear,  — (jw__28596, __no translation__)

   E dey sweet as we dey bear im name.  — (jw__7626, __no translation__)

10. cc (frequency:2)

    Many people like to chop cake and sweet sometimes.  — (jw__1972, __no translation__)

    Soft and sweet drinks Sweet or correct snacks including crisps Noodles and soup Food wey dem don already cook come package Food wey get plenty sugar and oil.  — (bbc__49452, __no translation__)

11. det (frequency:2)

    All dose sweet, sweet words.  — (NST_cleaned__31856, __no translation__)

    E say e laikam and de tin di sweet e belle as as e bi de only woman for write and win dis essay competition.  — (bbc__45433, __no translation__)

12. dep (frequency:2)

    Sweet Sweet Codeine dey nominated unda di 2019 News & Current Affairs category.  — (bbc__92801, __no translation__)

    Di United 2026 join-body of three kontris sweet for eye sake of dia ogbonge stadium, hotels and roads wey dem get and profit dem fit make for di competition.  — (bbc__32765, __no translation__)

13. obl:mod (frequency:2)

    Reuters Na so belle dey sweet pipo for Mumbai  — (bbc__85336, __no translation__)

    Teenagers wey dey too watch porn fit get lack of self control because dia mind neva mature reach to handle sometin wey dey sweet like dat.  — (bbc__93177, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• sweet belle

1. And, and di ting dey sweet belle, to dey see how ehm dat opposite sex, how de dey operate, how de dey function, how dey dey grow, how deir life be.  — (WAZP_06_Tommys-Life-Story_M__86, And... and the thing sweeten the stomach to see how ehm that opposite sex, how they operate; how they function; how they are growing; how their life is.)

   Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images Paul Biya don dey run things for Cameroon for 35 years Video weh e di show how President Biya no use sweet belle greet di Higher Education Minister Jacques Fame Ndongo, na big tori for social media.  — (bbc__80637, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• pain 0.70 627, touch 0.62 489, surprise 0.56 436, tire 0.54 548, laugh 0.52 233, snap 0.52 114, wella 0.51 415, rub 0.51 66, kampe 0.51 37

Antonyms

• pain 0.70 627, touch 0.62 489, surprise 0.56 436, tire 0.54 548, laugh 0.52 233, snap 0.52 114, wella 0.51 415, rub 0.51 66, kampe 0.51 37

Translations

• English: no definition