wash
Naija
Alternative forms
- cut 0.78 495, pour 0.78 199, clean 0.76 607, fold 0.75 27, tie 0.72 181, cover 0.71 434, chuk 0.71 33, touch 0.71 489, grind 0.70 38
Etymology
Borrowed from English wash
Pronunciation
- wɑʃ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 35
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 308
- Frequency in raw corpus: 215
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1253
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Verb
wash: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- obj (frequency:29)
- Na me, go wash plate. — (NST_cleaned__42622, __no translation__)
- e go begin wash deir mind. — (deuber__2456, __no translation__)
- aux-nsubj-obj (frequency:9)
- dis one no how you go wash am. — (deuber__1389, __no translation__)
- E go wash am, e go cook, e go clean house. — (NST_cleaned__21873, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:8)
- I wan wash. — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__18, I want to wash.)
- Any type of cloth, you fit use my soap wash. — (LAG_37_Soap-Making_MG__29, You can wash any kind of clothing with my soap.)
- aux-obj (frequency:5)
- Na me, go wash plate. — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__42, I would be the one to wash the dishes.)
- Why the way people take dey wash their hand come be problem for Jesus enemy? — (jw__46843, __no translation__)
- mark-obj (frequency:4)
- So after dat, if you want to wash am, you use shampoo, — (NST_cleaned__10722, __no translation__)
- When I enter your house, you no give me water to wash my leg. — (jw__19606, __no translation__)
- nsubj-obj (frequency:4)
- Patapata di whole of dat day, na so, we wash plate. — (KAD_13_Entering-University_MG__95, So that's how we washed plates for the entire day.)
- When you come back, you just come, you wash am, you on your engine, you move. — (NST_cleaned__34666, __no translation__)
- conj-obj (frequency:3)
- You fit use am wash ankara, wash jeans. — (LAG_37_Soap-Making_MG__28, You can wash ankara and jeans with it.)
- Wash di pikin, bath di pikin, wash di cloth. — (BEN_01_Woman-Life-No-Easy_M__27, Wash the child, bathe the child and wash the clothes.)
- advmod-obj (frequency:3)
- So you need to use hot water take wash am well. — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__75, [eng So you need to use hot water eng] to wash it well.)
- You no like how she dey help you sometimes dey even help wash your uniform. — (KAD_29_Boys-Talk_DG__185, You don't like as she helps you sometimes, even helps you to wash your uniform ?)
- mark (frequency:2)
- So even dough you like, put am for water, if you like wash am, ehen e no go do anytin. — (IBA_05_Cobbler_DG__36, So even if you like, put it in water, if you will like, wash it, ehen it will not get broken.)
- And make sure when you want to wash, wash it very well so dat relaxer no go break your customer hair o. — (IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__57, And make sure when you want to wash the hair, wash it very well, so that the relaxer will not break your customer's hair.)
- advmod (frequency:2)
- I don even finish wash now. — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__246, I have even finished washing.)
- Cut am into pieces, wash am well. — (ABJ_INF_02_Cooking-Recipes_M__67, Cut it into pieces, wash it well.)
- cc-obj (frequency:2)
- Our boat no too get space for person to sleep, cook, or wash cloth, but we dey manage am. — (jw__45196, __no translation__)
- Till I comot di tank, comot am out, loose am, and wash di... dis, dis ting, I go come meet you say get me money as... so dat I will now go di... buy di fuel pump. — (KAD_12_Mechanic-At-Work_MG__12, Until I remove the tank, bring it out, loosen it and wash the... this, this thing, then I will come and tell you that you should give me some money since... so that I can go to the... buy some at the fuel pump.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- cut 0.78 495, pour 0.78 199, clean 0.76 607, fold 0.75 27, tie 0.72 181, cover 0.71 434, chuk 0.71 33, touch 0.71 489, grind 0.70 38
Antonyms
- cut 0.78 495, pour 0.78 199, clean 0.76 607, fold 0.75 27, tie 0.72 181, cover 0.71 434, chuk 0.71 33, touch 0.71 489, grind 0.70 38
Translations
- English: no definition