up

Naija

Alternative forms

• down 0.60 2093, sit 0.51 262, calm 0.49 120, back 0.46 3301, continue 0.44 1473, just 0.43 5577, kneel 0.43 40, fast 0.42 249, shut 0.42 148

Etymology

Borrowed from English up

Pronunciation

• əp

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 139
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 107
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2347
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 171

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Preposition

up: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:1950)

   up  — (bbc__102780, __no translation__)

   Line up  — (bbc__63950, __no translation__)

2. dep (frequency:332)

   For up...  — (NST_cleaned__33849, __no translation__)

   de born us up till now?  — (NST_cleaned__39535, __no translation__)

3. conj (frequency:134)

   Men dey cheat up and down.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__35, Men cheat everywhere.)

   E go dey waka up, and down.  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__13, He will be walking up and down.)

4. advmod:emph (frequency:17)

   Babe, what up now?  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__1, Girl, what's up ?)

   Dat one na fuck up o.  — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__91, That one is a mess o.)

5. advmod-dep (frequency:5)

   Dough up till now, I never see di money.  — (ONI_01_Salary-Wahala_M__17, Though, up till now, I have not seen the money.)

   I reach airport around 12 O'clock but up til now nobodi dey attend to us.  — (bbc__3981, __no translation__)

6. conj-dep (frequency:4)

   Starting with di March 2016 copy, na im Playboy magazine, stop to dey show women wey naked from up to down.  — (bbc__92206, __no translation__)

   When e be like this, person no fit say whether the rumble of Amadiora thunder, whether na from up or down e dey for come.  — (katakata__660, __no translation__)

7. advmod (frequency:3)

   So what's up now?  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__137, So, what's up ?)

   Guy, what's up now?  — (NST_cleaned__35492, __no translation__)

8. cc-dep (frequency:2)

   When that three days reach, Israel people see lightning and up of the mountain dark finish.  — (jw__44812, __no translation__)

   Tins no dey go to well for im personal life, as Jaguda pipo kidnap im mama Beauty Siasia for her village for Odoni, Bayelsa state last month and up till now dem neva release her.  — (bbc__94097, __no translation__)

9. obl:arg (frequency:2)

   All di tins you suppose know about di midterms Who dey up for di election dis year?  — (bbc__13994, __no translation__)

   Mr Modi dey up against di main opposition Congress party and he also get powerful regional rivals wey dey across di kontri.  — (bbc__68395, __no translation__)

10. advcl:relcl (frequency:2)

    See as pipo line up wey wan enta Nike shop.  — (bbc__102467, __no translation__)

    Oga Rewane wen im follow BBC News Pidgin tok, say tho e dey possible for price to go up now wey di new 30k minimum wage don become law, e no go stretch di new moni wey go enta workers pocket.  — (bbc__76885, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• down 0.60 2093, sit 0.51 262, calm 0.49 120, back 0.46 3301, continue 0.44 1473, just 0.43 5577, kneel 0.43 40, fast 0.42 249, shut 0.42 148

Antonyms

• down 0.60 2093, sit 0.51 262, calm 0.49 120, back 0.46 3301, continue 0.44 1473, just 0.43 5577, kneel 0.43 40, fast 0.42 249, shut 0.42 148

Translations

• English: no definition