ting

Naija

Alternative forms

• thing 0.87 3692, tin 0.83 1539, tings 0.70 536, things 0.67 5030, character 0.66 545, guy 0.62 746, something 0.62 1110, someting 0.62 216, ones 0.61 491

Etymology

Borrowed from English ting

Pronunciation

• tɪŋ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 250
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 66
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1014
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 361

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

ting: no definition, thing -- Definition in Naija?

1. det (frequency:411)

   dis ting.  — (NST_cleaned__35547, __no translation__)

   Di ting be  — (human_rights__175, __no translation__)

2. amod-det (frequency:112)

   Di same ting.  — (KAD_09_Kabir-Gymnasium_MG__21, The same thing.)

   Any oda ting?  — (IBA_25_Buying-Indomie_DG__184, Any other thing ?)

3. amod (frequency:79)

   Better ting.  — (JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__156, A good thing.)

   So na bad ting.  — (NST_cleaned__6203, __no translation__)

4. - (frequency:46)

   Ting no dey do like dat,  — (JOS_05_Buhari-Government_M__68, Things are not like that.)

   So na im be di ting my broder.  — (BEN_15c_Theology-Church-Finances_DG__159, So that's the thing, my brother.)

5. case-det (frequency:32)

   I no get time for dat ting.  — (ENU_23_Chizom-Talk_DG__39, I don't have time for that thing.)

   If you like good tings, work for di ting,  — (ABJ_NOU_04_M-Joshuas-Lifestory_M__89, If you love good things, work for it.)

6. dep-det (frequency:18)

   See dat ting you talk, na hunger o,  — (ABJ_GWA_11_Hungry-No-Go-Kill-Us_DG__143, See that thing that you said, it is hunger.)

   De just embrace one ting which is unity.  — (NST_cleaned__39568, __no translation__)

7. det-nmod (frequency:12)

   You know one ting about dat man?  — (ABJ_INF_09a_Children-Story_M__28, Do you know something about the man ?)

   One ting wit girl be sey when e come meet boy, ah na money de want o.  — (NST_cleaned__13943, __no translation__)

8. case (frequency:7)

   You dey see di psychology behind di ting.  — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__122, Do you see the psychology behind the thing ?)

   As in di kind of ting, de don give am retire now.  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__143, As in the kind of thing, they have retired him.)

9. cc-det (frequency:6)

   Toh me and di ting be sey as una, dat una governor no try for una at all,  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__39, Toh, I, and the thing is that as your... that your governor didn't try for you at all.)

   di economy dey talk sef, de say tings go better, tings go better, but di ting...  — (NST_cleaned__33166, __no translation__)

10. nmod (frequency:5)

    Dis swallow no be everybody ting,  — (NST_cleaned__9974, __no translation__)

    Nna g~, dis ting, e ge~, e get as e be.  — (WAZP_02_Porico_M__50, Brother, g... this thing, it is... it is as it is.)

11. amod-dep (frequency:5)

    Wi~, which kind ting?  — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__95, What... what sort of thing ?)

    Dat'S only ting de want.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__242, That's is the only thing they want.)

12. amod-case (frequency:3)

    De, de look for many ting to get sharp, sharp money.  — (JOS_05_Buhari-Government_M__63, Are...are looking for many things to get quick, quick money.)

    Because if you go put hand for bad ting, if police catch you, your own don end.  — (LAG_24_Focus-On-Your-Life_M__67, Because if you go and engage in bad things, if police catches you, your own has ended.)

13. dep (frequency:2)

    really bad person and e do ting we make dem becos of am bring am come  — (human_rights__183, __no translation__)

    De, di ting be sey wey I wan ask you sey why una governor no dey pay?  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__20, They...the thing that I want to ask you is that, why is your governor not paying ?)

14. advmod (frequency:2)

    Ting too make sense.  — (ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__153, Thing... makes a lot of sense.)

    So after conditioning di hair, put water very well so dat all di ting go comot.  — (IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__25, So, after conditioning the hair, put water very well, so that all the things will wash off.)

Derived forms

• maths ting

1. You sef go like ah mehn dis kind maths ting.  — (ENU_11_Delicious-Beans-And-Plantain_M__64, You too, you will like, ah, men, this kind of maths thing.)

   So di ting tire person, but di maths con even make me I con even hate di man sef, because of di maths ting.  — (NST_cleaned__28547, __no translation__)

• number ting

1. And number one ting be sey every man right from when you born male pikin , de get dat hunger for competition pass women.  — (NST_cleaned__41421, __no translation__)

   And number one ting be sey every man right from when you born male pikin (wey be sey im na small pikin), de get dat hunger for competition pass women. (KAD_03_Why-Men-Watch-Football_MG__22, And the first thing is that every man, right from when a male child is born  — (which means he's a small child), they're more competitive than women.)

• ting change

1. You, you mean, you mean sey you, you, you go pray, you go pray, and ting go change?  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__162, You... you mean... you mean that you...you... you will pray... you will pray and things will change ?)

   How you see dis eh, dis new, ehn dis ting, change wey de change you come here like dis?  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__4, How do you see this eh,...this new ehn,... this thing... change which they changed you to this place like this ?)

Synonyms

• thing 0.87 3692, tin 0.83 1539, tings 0.70 536, things 0.67 5030, character 0.66 545, guy 0.62 746, something 0.62 1110, someting 0.62 216, ones 0.61 491

Antonyms

• thing 0.87 3692, tin 0.83 1539, tings 0.70 536, things 0.67 5030, character 0.66 545, guy 0.62 746, something 0.62 1110, someting 0.62 216, ones 0.61 491

Translations

• English: no definition, thing