Difference between revisions of "toh"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* mstchew 0.81 423, aha 0.81 300, okay 0.81 1302, hm 0.79 1176, yes 0.77 760, haha 0.75 836, ehen 0.73 871, bros 0.73 72, oh 0.71 337
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English toh
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From Hausa: ''toh''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* toh*
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* tôh
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-toh.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-toh.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-toh.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-toh.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 88
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 152
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 307
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 963
 
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
 
 
  
 
===Interjection===
 
===Interjection===
toh: no definition, alright -- Definition in Naija?
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* Word wey de dey take show sey person [[greeput]] for wetin [[anoder]] person [[talk]] when e be like sey matter tire person [[one kind]] and e no really reach inside [[belle]].  
 
 
 
 
# - (frequency:262)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' |(JOS_28_Exams_DG__2, Toh !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh'''. |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__71, Okay.)}}
 
# discourse (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Ah '''toh'''! |(JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__108, Ah !)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' now… |(NST_cleaned__2125, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' bros, how we go do am? |(NST_cleaned__11883, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' everything wey I just, wey I dey talk now, |(NST_cleaned__23389, __no translation__)}}
 
# ccomp (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' I no get money, I con s-... |(NST_cleaned__33629, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' we just dey, we just dey feel nothing, we just dey. |(NST_cleaned__7086, __no translation__)}}
 
# advmod:emph (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' sha, im promise us sey im go do someting for Pleateu State. |(JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__6, Toh, he promised us that he will do something in Plateau State.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' now, she don show you sey she no love you, na your friend she love. |(NST_cleaned__21731, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonymes====
 
* mstchew 0.81 423, aha 0.81 300, okay 0.81 1302, hm 0.79 1176, yes 0.77 760, haha 0.75 836, ehen 0.73 871, bros 0.73 72, oh 0.71 337
 
 
 
====Antonymes====
 
* mstchew 0.81 423, aha 0.81 300, okay 0.81 1302, hm 0.79 1176, yes 0.77 760, haha 0.75 836, ehen 0.73 871, bros 0.73 72, oh 0.71 337
 
  
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' bros, how we go do am? |(NST_cleaned__11883, Brother, that is true, so what do we do now?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' I no get money. |(NST_cleaned__33629, I am broke as it is.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' sha, im promise us sey im go do someting for Plateau State. |(JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__6, Well, he had  promised he was going to do something in Plateau State.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|'''Toh''' now, she don show you sey she no love you, na your friend she love. |(NST_cleaned__21731, Do you see that she has demonstrated that she does not really love; she loves your friend instead.)}}
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====Synonyms====
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* [[okay]]
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: no definition, alright
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* English: ''alright then'' okay then'', ''whatever''

Latest revision as of 11:55, 5 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From Hausa: toh

Pronunciation

  • tôh

Play Play

Interjection

  • Word wey de dey take show sey person greeput for wetin anoder person talk when e be like sey matter tire person one kind and e no really reach inside belle.
  • Toh bros, how we go do am?  — (NST_cleaned__11883, Brother, that is true, so what do we do now?)
  • Toh I no get money.  — (NST_cleaned__33629, I am broke as it is.)
  • Toh sha, im promise us sey im go do someting for Plateau State.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__6, Well, he had promised he was going to do something in Plateau State.)
  • Toh now, she don show you sey she no love you, na your friend she love.  — (NST_cleaned__21731, Do you see that she has demonstrated that she does not really love; she loves your friend instead.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: alright then okay then, whatever