tight

Naija

Alternative forms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Etymology

Borrowed from English tight

Pronunciation

• táìt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3617
• Frequency in raw corpus: 251
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1133

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Adjective

tight: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:84)

   This one make dem be tight friend.  — (jw__37801, __no translation__)

   Which people be Jesus tight friend?  — (jw__41964, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Antonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Translations

• English: no definition

Adverb

tight: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:61)

   Those wey hold you tight.  — (jw__37410, __no translation__)

   Na dem fit hold you tight,  — (jw__25505, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Antonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

tight: tighten -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Make you tight am.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:35)

   Make we hold God tight.  — (jw__23006, __no translation__)

   wey hold Jehovah tight.  — (jw__48877, __no translation__)

3. obj (frequency:3)

   Tight security  — (bbc__94001, __no translation__)

   So as di guy dey dere, people dey talk o say one tin, fuel cost, one tin tight, everytin, we no dey see food dey chop.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__57, So, as the guy is there, people are saying one thing or the other fuel is expensive, things are tight, everything, we do not see food to eat...)

4. nsubj (frequency:3)

   I give am hand, e tight.  — (LAG_18_Lagos-Districts_M__27, I commend it, it is serious.)

   Dis Kaduna wey we dey, ting con, e tight, di ting tight too much.  — (NST_cleaned__11861, __no translation__)

5. advmod-mark (frequency:3)

   E fire di ball inside roof of di net from angle wey tight well.  — (bbc__46418, __no translation__)

   So, e fit hard well well to find better skirt, gown, blouse, suit or trouser wey no tight.  — (jw__36350, __no translation__)

6. mark-obl:arg (frequency:3)

   Penda Ekoka fall as court room tight wit about 89 CRM pipo, no air and heat for de same space, tori pesin weh bin dey inside tok.  — (bbc__80746, __no translation__)

   UN di worry for civilian population for Anglophone regions dem weh tight for middle palapala, laik de big taim tok say between devil and deep blue sea.  — (bbc__96682, __no translation__)

7. aux-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Di road dey tight.  — (LAG_01_Hairdressing_M__35, The road is usually tight.)

   Dat company don dey work wit di commission since 2011. I assure you say our system dey tight  — (bbc__7880, __no translation__)

8. advcl-mark (frequency:2)

   But the narrow gate and the road wey tight dey lead to life, and people wey dey follow the road no plenty.’— Matthew 7:12-14 .  — (jw__35465, __no translation__)

   This one mean sey, we no go wear any cloth wey tight sotey e come dey show how our body be or cloth wey dey show part of our body wey people no suppose see.  — (jw__13409, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Antonyms

• strong 0.64 1503, clean 0.45 607, peace 0.44 987, togeda 0.44 302, together 0.43 649, hands 0.41 154, togeder 0.41 89, guard 0.41 98, side 0.41 1353

Translations

• English: tighten