wake
Naija
Alternative forms
- fuck 0.80 60, mess 0.73 47, pick 0.66 252, lock 0.60 203, set 0.59 549, stand 0.59 712, hang 0.58 109, climb 0.58 155, zip 0.57 5
Etymology
Borrowed from English wake
Pronunciation
- wêk
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 360
- Frequency in raw corpus: 228
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1207
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Noun
wake: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:3)
- For some area, if person die, dem dey do wake keeping, dey do sacrifice for the dead body, and dey do second burial. — (jw__8192, __no translation__)
- So today now, dis evening, we go even go im house go do wake keep so dat tomorrow morning, we go carry am go home for burial. — (ABJ_NOU_01_Death-Of-A-Brother_DG__32, So today, in the evening, we will go to his house for wake keep so that by tomorrow morning, we will take him home for burial.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- fuck 0.80 60, mess 0.73 47, pick 0.66 252, lock 0.60 203, set 0.59 549, stand 0.59 712, hang 0.58 109, climb 0.58 155, zip 0.57 5
Antonyms
- fuck 0.80 60, mess 0.73 47, pick 0.66 252, lock 0.60 203, set 0.59 549, stand 0.59 712, hang 0.58 109, climb 0.58 155, zip 0.57 5
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
wake: wake up from sleep, regain consciousness. -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- "naim I shout, "" common wake ""." — no translation
- - (frequency:10)
- Be wake you. — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__62, Be waking you.)
- e no get how di sleep deep, or how di dream be eh, you go must wake up. — (NST_cleaned__39211, __no translation__)
- compound:prt-mark (frequency:7)
- Her own na to wake up, baff dey go school. — (NST_cleaned__21573, __no translation__)
- If you no know im, you need to wake up o ehn? — (WAZP_08_Your-Heart-Dey-Heavy_M__5, If you don't know him, you need to wake up, ehn ?)
- mark-obj (frequency:6)
- Many parents need to know say oda ways dey wey to wake dia pikin up wey no go give dem headache or make dem cry. — (bbc__65485, __no translation__)
- Dem rush di mama go hospital for treatment and right now doctors dey battle to wake her because she dey unconscious. — (bbc__82439, __no translation__)
- compound:prt-obj (frequency:5)
- Even if you dey sleep - dem go use cain take wake you up. — (bbc__3592, __no translation__)
- Den in di night around eight, I go chop, sleep, wake up di next day, — (NST_cleaned__17758, __no translation__)
- mark-obj-obl:mod (frequency:5)
- How to wake your pikin for morning — (bbc__56649, __no translation__)
- How to wake your pikin for morning How pickin cry dey affect mama — (bbc__56650, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:4)
- “Our friend don go sleep, but I want travel go there, go wake am.”— JOHN 11:11 . — (jw__49800, __no translation__)
- I see plenty pipo dey run go where di grave dey and dem dey hala say dey wan wake Belay. — (bbc__4020, __no translation__)
- compound:prt (frequency:3)
- Sey you sleep, wake up, you bath. — (LAG_12_Insurance_MG__9, You sleep, you wake up, you take your bath.)
- Derefore, make all dose wey di thing concern wake up do something quick quick. — (deuber__756, __no translation__)
- mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
- When I wake, I see myself for one room wey cold well well; — (jw__44018, __no translation__)
- I hapi well-well on top say I don dey dream about am for long, my name na di first tin she tok wen she wake. — (bbc__5141, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- fuck 0.80 60, mess 0.73 47, pick 0.66 252, lock 0.60 203, set 0.59 549, stand 0.59 712, hang 0.58 109, climb 0.58 155, zip 0.57 5
Antonyms
- fuck 0.80 60, mess 0.73 47, pick 0.66 252, lock 0.60 203, set 0.59 549, stand 0.59 712, hang 0.58 109, climb 0.58 155, zip 0.57 5
Translations
- English: wake up from sleep, regain consciousness.