una

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English una

Pronunciation

• ùnà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 240
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 69
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3001
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 130

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Pronoun

una: you (plural) -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Una supposed rest for some time o.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:2118)

   Una do!  — (BEN_33_School-Issues_DG__9, Well done.)

   Una doo.  — (BEN_04_Education-In-Nigeria_M__52, You are welcome.)

3. case (frequency:191)

   I dey hear for una.  — (WAZL_15_MC-Abi_MG__67, I'm here for your sake.)

   Two of una go agree,  — (ONI_04_Women_M__41, two of you will agree.)

4. advmod:emph (frequency:18)

   Oh I hail una o.  — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__34, I greet you all.)

   We still pass una o.  — (PRT_03_Football_DG__21, We are still better than you.)

5. acl:relcl (frequency:15)

   Una wey don talk say presido, e don kpai.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__182, Those of you who said that the President He has died.)

   Make una wey be children dey obey una papa and mama for everything.  — (jw__16152, __no translation__)

6. dep (frequency:8)

   Na una we go tank pass.  — (NST_cleaned__5667, __no translation__)

   Eh but una still, una still get…  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__415, Eh, but you still...you still have...)

7. case-dep (frequency:5)

   E sey: ‘Make una wey be wife dey carry body down for una husband.  — (jw__16149, __no translation__)

   E sey: “Which of una wey be papa go give im pikin snake, if e beg am for fish?  — (jw__20351, __no translation__)

8. nummod:mod (frequency:5)

   Una two no fit understand una Language.  — (LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__85, The two of you can not understand your languages.)

   Except sey una two no wan make di marriage last.  — (NST_cleaned__2439, __no translation__)

9. cc (frequency:4)

   Una sey, make una do,  — (NST_cleaned__14016, __no translation__)

   I go dey give una and una pikin dem food.’ Bible still talk sey: ‘Na im e come make their mind strong and e tell dem wetin make their mind come down.’— Gen.  — (jw__21629, __no translation__)

10. advmod (frequency:3)

    una all una just but not to dese people  — (deuber__3252, __no translation__)

    Ah meh uh, just, meh una just dey wait for me.  — (ENU_15_Music_M__84, Aha, you should uh...just... you should just be waiting for me.)

11. conj:dicto (frequency:3)

    Una, your roommates don come back?  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__43, You...your roommates have come back ?)

    All di tory wey una, we dey hear, na lie, no be true.  — (JOS_36_People-Suffering_M__101, all the stories that you... we are hearing, are lies; they are not true.)

12. det (frequency:2)

    Dat, dat, dat, dat, dat, dat una, dat una government too slow.  — (NST_cleaned__18683, __no translation__)

    who be dat una dean self?ah na one old man wey get one long bear-bear.  — (deuber__5023, __no translation__)

13. nmod (frequency:2)

    Na una p~…  — (NST_cleaned__16049, __no translation__)

    Una back from ein farm, wey dey Nasarawa state.  — (ja102__5167, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• i 0.62 22807, dem 0.58 66999, everybody 0.57 1105, we 0.56 25536, abeg 0.55 467, me 0.54 7747, everybodi 0.54 166, you 0.53 28881, anybody 0.52 695

Antonyms

• i 0.62 22807, dem 0.58 66999, everybody 0.57 1105, we 0.56 25536, abeg 0.55 467, me 0.54 7747, everybodi 0.54 166, you 0.53 28881, anybody 0.52 695

Translations

• English: you (plural)