tanda

Naija

Alternative forms

• fly 0.64 400, stranded 0.62 15, siddon 0.62 258, kak 0.58 34, pack 0.57 339, jolly 0.57 111, gada 0.57 361, harare 0.56 65, empty 0.56 80

Etymology

Borrowed from English tanda

Pronunciation

• tàndá

Play Play

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1900
• Frequency in raw corpus: 198
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1334

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

tanda: stay, stand -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Make una tanda here first, make I observe area.  — no translation

2. mark-obl:arg (frequency:14)

   Di Turkish minister for health still take time visit some people wey tanda for Hospital.  — (bbc__32652, __no translation__)

   Di club wey tanda for number 18 position for France Ligue 1, sack manager Leonardo Jardim for Thursday.  — (bbc__33591, __no translation__)

3. obl:arg (frequency:3)

   For dis foto, forget di pipo wey stand, check di man we tanda for corner.  — (bbc__19785, __no translation__)

   Now, di High Court wey tanda for Nairobi don rule say dem suppose add another candidate join for di election.  — (bbc__75699, __no translation__)

4. aux-nsubj (frequency:3)

   Plenti communities dem dey under water while thousands of pipo no get wia dem go tanda and di flood still don destroy plenty farms dem.  — (bbc__81923, __no translation__)

   Dem be digital services wey mean say na online dem go tanda, and dem go dey bring exciting short-short audio, video, graphics and even illustrations.  — (bbc__28330, __no translation__)

5. - (frequency:2)

   And I, I tanda ask am oga, wetin dey happen now, why you dey talk to yourself?  — (JOS_36_People-Suffering_M__34, And I... I stand to ask him, Mister, what is happening now ? Why are you talking to yourself ?)

   Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, go tanda as di oga chairmo, ein con also arrange one $687,000 put for one corner too, as start-up money, wey de go investment ontop research and development of tekinology-focused solution-dem across di six pillars of dis ein govt development agenda.  — (ja102__1537, __no translation__)

6. mark (frequency:2)

   If true true Shatta Wale wan relocate come Nigeria, na to tanda, grab pop-corn den observe di drama wey go happen.  — (bbc__57792, __no translation__)

   Na dis one dey make tori people and even Buhari country people all over the world to tanda, dey wait wetin the man wey dey run Africa most populous nation, go talk.  — (bbc__70622, __no translation__)

7. mark-obl:mod (frequency:2)

   Femi Anikulapo Kuti, wey be Fela first son, come build di New Afrika Shrine for Agindingbi, Ikeja wey tanda near Lagos goment secretariat.  — (bbc__48981, __no translation__)

   In fact, INEC confam to BBC on Tuesday say dem get dia own security plan wit three stages inside am - and di first stage na for security pipo wey no carri weapons to tanda near everi polling station.  — (bbc__63922, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• fly 0.64 400, stranded 0.62 15, siddon 0.62 258, kak 0.58 34, pack 0.57 339, jolly 0.57 111, gada 0.57 361, harare 0.56 65, empty 0.56 80

Antonyms

• fly 0.64 400, stranded 0.62 15, siddon 0.62 258, kak 0.58 34, pack 0.57 339, jolly 0.57 111, gada 0.57 361, harare 0.56 65, empty 0.56 80

Translations

• English: stay, stand