way

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Naija

Alternative forms

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 through kitchen go out Danladi, na dat be de new way to take go out.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The new way out now is through the kitchen.)
    • 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.
    • 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 Nigeri.)
    • Dis day, plenti pipo dey find way reduce dia sugar.  — (bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)
  3. Na person doings
    • Today na Lola, tomorrow na Jude, but Jude way no pure.  — (NST_cleaned__18367, __no translation__)
    • 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.)
    • One way, na when we pray to am if we get problem.  — (jw__31772, __no translation__)
    • How to find beta way to take throway dirty, na big headache for Lagos city wey be Nigeria bizness capital.  — (bbc__56624, __no translation__)
    • 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, __no translation__)
    • Oda Nigerians wey follow walk di run way na Nigerian British rapper Tinie Temah and model Davidson Obennebo.  — (bbc__76075, __no translation__)
    • {{ux|dv|You know okay eh di way tins dey, dey be, |(KAN_03_My-Plans-For-The-Country_DG__106, You know, okay, the ways things are...are...)}

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Translations

  • English: direction