today

Naija

Alternative forms

• now 0.48 8252, meeting 0.48 1791, yesterday 0.46 342, tomorrow 0.43 330, here 0.42 1186, afternoon 0.41 251, strike 0.40 719, evening 0.39 325, again 0.39 3160

Etymology

Borrowed from English today

Pronunciation

• təˈdeɪ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 70
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 187
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1919
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 198

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adverb

today: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:3)

   De go bring anoder man today.  — (JOS_14_Chibozor-View-About-Nigeria_MG__50, They will bring another man today.)

   Di man appear for court today;  — (bbc__35876, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• now 0.48 8252, meeting 0.48 1791, yesterday 0.46 342, tomorrow 0.43 330, here 0.42 1186, afternoon 0.41 251, strike 0.40 719, evening 0.39 325, again 0.39 3160

Antonymes

• now 0.48 8252, meeting 0.48 1791, yesterday 0.46 342, tomorrow 0.43 330, here 0.42 1186, afternoon 0.41 251, strike 0.40 719, evening 0.39 325, again 0.39 3160

Translations

• English: no definition

Noun

today: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:1680)

   today  — (deuber__5338, __no translation__)

   Today?  — (LAG_30_Rambling-Conversation_DG__73, Today ?)

2. case (frequency:139)

   E dey till today.  — (BEN_15a_Theology-Demons_DG__99, She's there till today.)

   Starting from today…  — (ENU_25_Boss-And-Apprentice_DG__291, Starting from today...)

3. dep (frequency:14)

   no be today dem start to dey spend money for dirty.  — (deuber__5331, __no translation__)

   No be today di people of Southern Cameroon start to dey vex.  — (bbc__84463, __no translation__)

4. amod (frequency:13)

   Na today own o,  — (NST_cleaned__21697, __no translation__)

   no be only today.  — (deuber__897, __no translation__)

5. advmod (frequency:9)

   Even today, Jehovah still dey select some good people wey go follow Jesus rule.  — (jw__26113, __no translation__)

   Even today, we see sey na better thing to dey read and think about wetin Bible talk.  — (jw__18236, __no translation__)

6. conj (frequency:7)

   Dat woman, I no go ever forget her in my life even if she die today, or tomorrow.  — (ENU_33_A-Beg_MG__60, That woman, I will never forget her in my life, even if she dies today, or tomorrow.)

   No be sey if you come, we go con dey tell you story sey come today, come tomorrow,  — (ENU_10_Genus-Investment_DG__36, It is not that if you come, we will begin to tell you stories Come today, come tomorrow.)

7. nmod (frequency:7)

   Today for Owerri, di thing wey I go learn dere na how to cook ofeowerri.  — (deuber__3999, __no translation__)

   Today for di programme, di thing wey I wan put mouth, na cooking corner na im we dey.  — (deuber__3932, __no translation__)

8. det (frequency:3)

   Di wey dey Kaduna state, today.  — (ja102__2053, __no translation__)

   Na wetin BBC tori pesin Fiona Equere see wen she go dia today.  — (bbc__72191, __no translation__)

9. amod-dep (frequency:3)

   First one, today we get almost 500,000 refugees for our country...second one, Cameroon no suppose dey take in refugees from around di world, Bakary bin tell AFP.  — (bbc__3638, __no translation__)

   Afta de kontri for Monday and kidnappings for Northwest region, Tuesday na bloody today weh no man bi fit expect as civilians, ambazonia forces die, goment forces wound afta attacks.  — (bbc__12814, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• today leaders

1. No be today leaders of di two kontris don dey meet  — (bbc__75066, __no translation__)

   No be today leaders of di two kontris don dey meet Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari go do meeting with US President Donald Trump for White House on April 30, di White House bin announce on Sunday.  — (bbc__75067, __no translation__)* today morning

1. Ein family confam say, ein die today morning wey bi Friday, for inside Edenvale hospital, wey dey Johannesburg.  — (ja102__3928, __no translation__)

   Tori say, one of wi naija ogbonge former super eagles and super falcons coach, paul hamilton, don die for di age of 75 years, inside one military hospital, today morning, for lagos-yee.  — (ja102__4935, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• now 0.48 8252, meeting 0.48 1791, yesterday 0.46 342, tomorrow 0.43 330, here 0.42 1186, afternoon 0.41 251, strike 0.40 719, evening 0.39 325, again 0.39 3160

Antonymes

• now 0.48 8252, meeting 0.48 1791, yesterday 0.46 342, tomorrow 0.43 330, here 0.42 1186, afternoon 0.41 251, strike 0.40 719, evening 0.39 325, again 0.39 3160

Translations

• English: no definition