thousand

Naija

Alternative forms

• hundred 0.92 469, fifty 0.87 193, twenty 0.84 294, naira 0.80 867, eighty 0.76 41, seventy 0.75 50, thirty 0.73 166, ninety 0.72 51, nineteen 0.71 48

Etymology

Borrowed from English thousand

Pronunciation

• ˈθaʊzənd

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 80
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 168
• Frequency in raw corpus: 424
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 740

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Numeral

thousand: no definition, thousand.CARD -- Definition in Naija?

1. compound-conj (frequency:40)

   two thousand, and seven.  — (NST_cleaned__39749, __no translation__)

   I marry two thousand, and eight.  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__110, I got married in two thousand, and eight.)

2. case-compound (frequency:22)

   She dey bring salary up to twenty thousand.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__167, She brings salary up to twenty thousand)

   Dat is January of two thousand, and eighteen,  — (NST_cleaned__10605, __no translation__)

3. - (frequency:18)

   Di oder one na seven hunred, one thousand.  — (LAG_28_Buying-Shawarma_DG__22, The other one are seven hundred, one thousand.)

   Con finish service two, thousand, and nine.  — (ABJ_INF_04_First-Time-In-Abuja_M__9, Service was over in two thousand and nine.)

4. cc-compound (frequency:16)

   sey you invest one hundred and thirty seven thousand.  — (NST_cleaned__36537, __no translation__)

   e no go reach uh like one hundred and fifty thousand naira  — (deuber__3371, __no translation__)

5. advmod-compound (frequency:8)

   Na just two thousand.  — (NST_cleaned__973, __no translation__)

   If e see only one thousand like dis, e go see sey e be see, see one million,  — (LAG_05_Government-Dey-Try_M__74, if he finds/gets only one thousand like this, he will feel as if it is... seen one million.)

6. compound-dep (frequency:6)

   If na Christmas time, toh I go fit get like ten thousand.  — (KAD_17_Turkeys_MG__94, If it's during the Christmas season, well, I can get around ten thousand.)

   Dis people tell me sey na twenty thousand wey I go, I go take bail myself o.  — (NST_cleaned__31783, __no translation__)

7. compound-nmod (frequency:6)

   one fifty thousand for school fees.  — (deuber__3133, __no translation__)

   At least, na four thousand in a month.  — (NST_cleaned__13907, __no translation__)

8. amod-compound (frequency:6)

   Nigeria government say more than six thousand Boko Haram suspects dey detention for different parts of di country.  — (bbc__73772, __no translation__)

   I con tell am sey you dey mad abi, you go con carry your fifty thousand give di girl make she go give her boyfriend,  — (NST_cleaned__28555, __no translation__)

9. compound-det (frequency:4)

   Em take dat one one thousand.  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__143, Ehm, take that one for one thousand.)

   Me sef, me, di two thousand too much for me.  — (KAD_24_Biography_M__43, Even me, the two thousand is too much for me.)

10. nummod:det (frequency:3)

    Sey I get five thousand.  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__48, I told him I have one for five thousand.)

    Sey WAEC now, na thirty eight thousand, de dey write o.  — (NST_cleaned__39020, __no translation__)

11. case-nummod:det (frequency:3)

    Dem dey under one thousand now among di university wey dey for di world.  — (LAG_19_Nepa-Wahala_DG__86, They are under a thousand among the universities in the world.)

    Ah things wey be sey, we dey buy, and we dey sell like sey we dey buy fifty thousand before, come fit dey sell like fifty five, fifty three.  — (LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__26, Ah, things that we are buying, and we are selling, like we were buying fifty thousand naira before, now is offered for sale at fifty five, fifty three.)

12. det-nmod (frequency:2)

    If dem go on this strike, di thousand of protesters hope say e go put pressure on top politicians and policy makers, make dem to take actions ontop climate issues.  — (bbc__57617, __no translation__)

    United Nation, don arrange di amount of $2 million wey bi about N720 million, put for one special corner, wey e won take support di respond wey wi contri heleth sector, dey try to respond to di Cholera disease, wey don dey affect some thousand of pipo-now, for Yobe state.  — (ja102__5192, __no translation__)

13. case-conj (frequency:2)

    Two point one million Nigerians, na sey na dem don lose deir job for two thousand, and sixteen,  — (WAZA_04_Press-Review_DG__22, Two point one million Nigerians, they have lost their jobs in 2016.)

    So as I finish from dere (since two thousand and fourteen, I finish from Federal Government Boys College, ), I come dey house now. (ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__30, So as soon as I completed my education over there  — (since two thousand and fourteen, I finished in the Federal Government Boys College), I was just staying at home.)

14. compound-cop (frequency:2)

    Wetin be two thousand?  — (ENU_16_Fishfarm_DG__11, What is two thousand ?)

    Maybe with Konga I see dis shirt, de say na fifteen thousand.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__80, Maybe, if it's in Konga I saw this shirt, they will say it's fifteen thousand.)

15. cc-nummod:det (frequency:2)

    Chop five percent of one hundred and thirty seven thousand.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__39, Take away five percent of one hundred and thirty seven thousand.)

    Like dat one fit dey run around seven thousand to eight thousand naira every Friday.  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__40, That way, you can be making around seven thousand to eight thousand naira every Friday.)

Derived forms

• 18 thousand

1. im disappointed on top dis kain plenty money wey senator di collect for di country wen di salary of ordinary worker be just 18 thousand naira.  — (bbc__32442, __no translation__)

   Di Secretary-General of NLC, Peter Ozo Esan say e dey shameful for country wey di minimum monthly salary for ordinary workers be 18 thousand naira only, senator dey collect dis kain huge money.  — (bbc__32441, __no translation__)

• Two thousand

1. Two thousand.  — (NST_cleaned__19130, __no translation__)

   Two thousand naira,  — (NST_cleaned__974, __no translation__)

• five thousand

1. Carry anoder one five thousand.  — (ONI_27_A-Hotelier-Interview_MG__64, I picked up the key to another one which goes for five thousand.)

   Dem give you five thousand naira.  — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__105, They will give you five thousand naira.)

• four thousand

1. At least, na four thousand in a month.  — (LAG_24_Focus-On-Your-Life_M__9, At least, it's four thousand naira, in a month.)

   e no go pass four thousand, three five.  — (NST_cleaned__33700, __no translation__)

• one thousand

1. if I work, na one thousand.  — (NST_cleaned__40483, __no translation__)

   Em take dat one one thousand.  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__143, Ehm, take that one for one thousand.)

• six thousand

1. Nigeria government say more than six thousand Boko Haram suspects dey detention for different parts of di country.  — (bbc__73772, __no translation__)

   De say, na about six thousand pipo, na-im de dey expect wi naija police force to recruit after di end of di exercise.  — (ja102__3430, __no translation__)

• ten thousand

1. ten thousand.  — (deuber__3196, __no translation__)

   ten thousand naira  — (deuber__3106, __no translation__)

• two thousand

1. Two thousand.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__49, Two thousand.)

   Two thousand naira,  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__139, Two thousand Naira.)

Synonyms

• hundred 0.92 469, fifty 0.87 193, twenty 0.84 294, naira 0.80 867, eighty 0.76 41, seventy 0.75 50, thirty 0.73 166, ninety 0.72 51, nineteen 0.71 48

Antonyms

• hundred 0.92 469, fifty 0.87 193, twenty 0.84 294, naira 0.80 867, eighty 0.76 41, seventy 0.75 50, thirty 0.73 166, ninety 0.72 51, nineteen 0.71 48

Translations

• English: no definition, thousand.CARD