water

Naija

Alternative forms

• garri 0.80 127, grass 0.80 139, dirty 0.79 242, tree 0.78 221, fish 0.78 323, blood 0.74 500, boat 0.74 280, tyre 0.74 110, light 0.73 655

Etymology

Borrowed from English water

Pronunciation

• ˈwɔtər

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 83
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 166
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1264
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 295

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

water: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:518)

   Water  — (bbc__98148, __no translation__)

   Na water.  — (NST_cleaned__18141, __no translation__)

2. case (frequency:164)

   We dey suffer for water,  — (KAD_28_Barracks_M__14, We are suffer for water.)

   We dey suffer for water.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)

3. det (frequency:112)

   di water.  — (NST_cleaned__36290, __no translation__)

   No water, no light.  — (NST_cleaned__7783, __no translation__)

4. amod (frequency:86)

   pure water dey.  — (deuber__1255, __no translation__)

   Drink plenty water.  — (bbc__43648, __no translation__)

5. cc (frequency:41)

   e give us food and water.  — (jw__18075, __no translation__)

   E just be like ororo, and water, oil, and water.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__101, It is just like oil and water, oil and water.)

6. case-det (frequency:38)

   When e come out from the water,  — (jw__44604, __no translation__)

   AFP Di plane fly very low to di water  — (bbc__9877, __no translation__)

7. conj (frequency:27)

   Plenty food, water, and better land,  — (jw__30185, __no translation__)

   no bread, water, or cloth to cover body.  — (jw__44019, __no translation__)

8. nmod (frequency:6)

   No we no dey drink Sapele water for here.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)

   Water for sea de go up and down, e no de quiet.  — (jw__9399, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:6)

   Even di school ma, no water, no everyting ma.  — (NST_cleaned__22368, __no translation__)

   So, so water, water na im I dey drink, drink garri.  — (ONI_23_Things-Don-Cost_DG__74, I have just been drinking water filled garri.)

10. dep (frequency:5)

    Na well water we dey use.  — (jw__9372, __no translation__)

    Water no, water no dey hostel o.  — (KAD_08_Kasu-Student-Interaction_DG__40, Water is not...water is not in the hostel.)

11. cc-nmod (frequency:4)

    Who dey in charge of tins like land and water for Plateau na one reason wey fit dey cause dis attacks.  — (bbc__100168, __no translation__)

    Who dey in charge of things like land and water for Plateau na one reason wey fit dey cause dis attacks.  — (bbc__100167, __no translation__)

12. dep-det (frequency:4)

    You don drink di water wey I br~… ,  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__186, Have you drank the water that I br...)

    So where you want get that living water from?  — (jw__21241, __no translation__)

13. amod-cc (frequency:3)

    The land get better grass and plenty water.  — (jw__22418, __no translation__)

    Ajegunle na one of di big slums for Lagos - di two of dem get plenty things in common like poverty and bad water.  — (bbc__13503, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• beta water

1. From 2000-2007 budget for water increase from 8.8 billion to 42 billion but pipo still no get beta water  — (bbc__53100, __no translation__)

   We no get beta water to use cook or drink and if we wan cook, we go boil di flood water and use am, she tok.  — (bbc__7274, __no translation__)

• fuel water

1. We dey baff wit fuel water  — (bbc__6614, __no translation__)

   'Na fuel water we dey use cook and baff'  — (bbc__9136, __no translation__)

• holy water

1. Authorities for Ethiopia dey blame holy water as di tin wey dey spread diarrhoea for di East African kontri and don kill at least 10 pipo.  — (bbc__18032, __no translation__)

   Eight NDC flagbearer aspirants form 'yentua' alliance over 400k filing fees Ghana wan tax anointing oil, holy water and miracle sticker sales  — (bbc__46569, __no translation__)

• ice water

1. Some rice, some plantain, some ice water you know if na well water you see, abeg check well o, no drink someting join.  — (NST_cleaned__26915, __no translation__)

   Bashir Ahmaad National Security Council on Thursday agree to send security agencies to states to make sure say di elections wey dey come for road go dey peaceful and all di tension from di political parties' primaries wey dey ground go cool like ice water.  — (bbc__19214, __no translation__)

• meat water

1. If na meat water, if na meat water, you add...  — (NST_cleaned__38067, __no translation__)

   Once you don pour di meat water inside di, di...  — (NST_cleaned__38069, __no translation__)

• rain water

1. Madam Yakubu add say na rain water fit don cause di accident and nobody die.  — (bbc__64748, __no translation__)

   Di doctor talk say make I no go inside rain or use rain water because di rain water get oil.  — (bbc__1454, __no translation__)

• sea water

1. Before e reach Nigeria, di whole sea water, corrosion, everyting don affect di tyre because dem go pack am for inside container.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__164, Before it gets to Nigeria, the whole sea water, corrosion and other factors will have affected the tyre because they will pack them in the container.)

   One traditional priest for di area direct residents say make dem go bath sea water den take cleanse dema body from every curse from di gods.  — (bbc__78956, __no translation__)

• water cari

1. Na so water cari four of dem go.  — (bbc__22410, __no translation__)

   month-old baby girl wey water cari go  — (bbc__102547, __no translation__)

• water leaf

1. Na ugwu, and water leaf.  — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__7, It is pumpkin leaf and water leaf.)

   Yes, ugwu, and water leaf.  — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__5, Yes, pumpkin leaf and water leaf.)

• water mata

1. Aside from dat, water and sanitation mata also join wetin dey kill 59,600 pikin dem for di kontri every year.  — (bbc__17593, __no translation__)

   For some village na dis kain stream dem dey drink from Nigeria suppose chook eye for water mata like national priority  — (bbc__52364, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• garri 0.80 127, grass 0.80 139, dirty 0.79 242, tree 0.78 221, fish 0.78 323, blood 0.74 500, boat 0.74 280, tyre 0.74 110, light 0.73 655

Antonyms

• garri 0.80 127, grass 0.80 139, dirty 0.79 242, tree 0.78 221, fish 0.78 323, blood 0.74 500, boat 0.74 280, tyre 0.74 110, light 0.73 655

Translations

• English: no definition