way

Naija

Etymology

From: English way

Pronunciation

• wéì

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 84
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 161
• Frequency in raw corpus: 2958
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 133

Noun

1. Na road wey person pass enta or comot from place.

   • Pass kitchen go out Danladi, dat na de new way to take comot til dem repair de main door.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The new way out of the house now is through the kitchen until the main entrance door is repaired.)
   • I beg which way person go fit pass wey go qucik to take reach bursary?  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021.which is the fastest route to the bursary?.)
   • You dey go different way.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__461, You are going in a different direction.)

2. Na how person take dey do something, good or bad.

   • E get way dem suppose take do some tins.  — (bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)
   • Wetin be de one way person go fit take near God for Naija?  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. What is the main way to draw close to God in Nigeria?.)
   • Dis day, plenti pipo dey find way to reduce dia sugar.  — (bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)
   • Today na Lola, tomorrow na Jude, but Jude way no pure.  — (NST_cleaned__18367. Jude seems bisexual because today it's Lola, tomorrow it's Jude.)
   • De don lean because of di way di country dey.  — (ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__104, They have become thin because of the situation of the country.)

3. Na to carry mata pass anoder road.

   • One way, na when we pray to am if we get problem.  — (jw__31772. An alternative is to pray to him in time of trouble.)
   • Di leading judge come thank all di lawyers wey involve for petition for dia hard work and di beta way dem write dia last statement.  — (bbc__35751. The judge thanked all the lawyers involved for the hard work put into the last statement on.)

Related forms

• wayoways

Synonyms

• road

Translations

• English: direction, alternative