well
Naija
Etymology
From: English well
Pronunciation
- wɛ̃l
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 318
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 58
- Frequency in raw corpus: 6195
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 69
Noun
- Na deep hole wey dem dig for ground to get water.
- Dem suppose dig de well make e deep if dem want water wey clean well well. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. They ought to dig deep if they want clean water from the well.)
- So Rebekah come run go the well go fetch water many many times. — (jw__9292. Rebekah ran to the well and fetched water many times.)
- De well don tey, na part of our history sef. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The well has been there for a long time. Infact, it is part of our history.)
Adjective
- Na say person body dey alright
- De medicine good. E go make your husband well again. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The medicine is good and should cure your husband.)
- Your faith don make you well.”— Luke 17:17-19 . — (jw__21088. Your faith has made you whole again.)
- You no well. — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__103, You are not okay.)
- De con call us for village say our moder no well. — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__78, They called us from the village saying our mother was sick.)
- Na when someting pass beta place for person body or mind.
- De pounded yam and vegetable soup go down well . — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The pounded yam and vegetable soup was very sumptuous.)
- When I hear say she born, de news sweet me for body well. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The news of her safe delivery was uplifting.)
Adverb
- Na make person or someting dey okay or remain small.
- Tel James make he do well o. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Tell James to be of good behavior.)
- E try very well. — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__135, He tried very well.)
- You say tings no go well again after dem sack you? — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. You said things turned upside down for you after the sack?)
- Na when de way someting be dey okay.
- De teach french well? — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__19, They teach French well ?)
- Guy, I don't know if tings go work out dat well. — (NST_cleaned__3450. I am not too sure things will work out as planned.)
- Shine your eyes well becos fake lipstick packaging dey-dey very different and dia colour dey different too. — (bbc__89421. Be smart because there are fake lipsticks of diffeent colour everywhere.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: well for water, satisfactory, good behaviour