water

Naija

Etymology

From: English water

Pronunciation

• wɔ́ta

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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

Noun

1. That thing wey dem dey use wash, drink or mix sometin

   • We dey suffer for water.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)
   • No water, no light.  — (NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)
   • 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.)
   • No, we no dey drink Sapele water for here.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)
   • 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, Ajegunle is one of the big slums in lagos. The two them have poverty and bad water in common)

Synonyms

ogogoro,

• holy water, river water,drinking water, pure water, eba water.

Translations

• English: water

Verb

1. Make person wet wetin dry

   • 'water' the ground before you begin to sweep.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, Wet the ground before sweeping.)
   • They water, .  — (NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)

Translations

• English: water'