well
Naija
Alternative forms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Etymology
Borrowed from English well
Pronunciation
- wɛl
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 318
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 58
- Frequency in raw corpus: 6195
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 69
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adjective
well: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:5)
- E fit make your husband well.’ — (jw__26733, __no translation__)
- Your faith don make you well.”— Luke 17:17-19 . — (jw__21088, __no translation__)
- aux-nsubj (frequency:5)
- Make im bodi well. — (IBA_21_Obodo-Barracks_MG__34, May he remain in good health.)
- Jesus make all of dem well. — (jw__2500, __no translation__)
- advmod-nsubj (frequency:5)
- 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 that our mother was sick.)
- advmod-mark (frequency:3)
- For many years, dem take care of Rose papa wey no well; — (jw__11670, __no translation__)
- The work wey one woman, wey im name na Toñi dey do na to take care of old people and people wey no well. — (jw__36591, __no translation__)
- advmod-mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
- I hear sey e no well. — (NST_cleaned__31462, __no translation__)
- Di gumbody country dem go try make sure say notin go prevent any pikin of di right to get dat kind correct treatment when e no well. — (gumbody__95, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Antonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Translations
- English: no definition
Adverb
well: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- - (frequency:4080)
- well. — (deuber__5009, __no translation__)
- Do well. — (JOS_28_Exams_DG__13, Do it well.)
- advmod (frequency:147)
- E try very well. — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__135, He tried very well.)
- You say you no well! — (ABJ_INF_09b_Old-Time-School_M__111, You said you're not well !)
- dep (frequency:77)
- Sey because of sey I know wetin I dey do well, well. — (NST_cleaned__6642, __no translation__)
- Well as dis rain fall now, all of dem dey inside rain. — (PRT_10_Market_DG__45, Well, as this rain falls now, all of them are in the rain.)
- advcl (frequency:14)
- De teach french well? — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__19, They teach French well ?)
- Inside am e sorry well well. — (katakata__502, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:10)
- You self go see sey you need time to well. — (jw__47829, __no translation__)
- E even preach for people wey e meet near river and people wey dey fetch water for well. — (jw__39198, __no translation__)
- det (frequency:9)
- Guy, so I don't know if tings e go work out dat well. — (NST_cleaned__3450, __no translation__)
- So Rebekah come run go the well go fetch water many many times. — (jw__9292, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:7)
- Make you sabi us well well and wetin we believe. — (jw__38981, __no translation__)
- Reuters Unai Emery say im team play well or second half — (bbc__85504, __no translation__)
- nsubj (frequency:6)
- Money matter well. — (NST_cleaned__14315, __no translation__)
- Sportsman Luck epp Kompany well well — (bbc__92134, __no translation__)
- obl:mod (frequency:5)
- Guy, so I don't know if tings e go work out dat well. — (JOS_39_Driver-Lady_M__23, Guy, so, I don't know if things it will work out very well.)
- This one make dem know me as person wey sabi wayo well well. — (jw__28027, __no translation__)
- cc (frequency:4)
- E end for right she dey life and she well. — (katakata__183, __no translation__)
- How we go fit use am, and how we use am well, na im be di problem. — (JOS_18_Xtian-Preach_M__22, How we will use it. And how we use it well is the problem.)
- case-det (frequency:3)
- E no tey, na im Rebekah come fetch water for the well. — (jw__9289, __no translation__)
- And ehm in di well, e dey gargarntuan in fact oyibo na, oyibo na akpotu m, o na akpo m si m bia. — (NST_cleaned__19046, __no translation__)
- aux-mark (frequency:3)
- Even if you s~, go listen to advise from outsider, you go still know di one wey go fit you well, — (LAG_15_Prayer_M__17, Even if you s... will listen to advise from outsider, you will still know the one that fits you well.)
- So, Jesus come tell the leper wey don well sey: “Make sure sey you no tell anybody, but go, make the priest see you, and make you give the gift wey Moses command.”— Matthew 8:4 . — (jw__31328, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:2)
- Ps 90:10, 12 —How we go fit ‘count our days well, so that we fit get sense’? — (jw__30501, __no translation__)
- Shine your eyes well becos fake lipstick packaging dey-dey very different and dia colour dey different too. — (bbc__89421, __no translation__)
- mark (frequency:2)
- But the place where people no really dey, na for those village wey far well well for inside. — (jw__3494, __no translation__)
- But if you no do dat one, you dey siddown meh anoder man give you, time go come wey you by yourself go know sey you no do yourself well. — (KAD_31_Girls-Education_M__29, But, if you do not do that one, you sit down expecting another man to give you, the time will come that you particularly will realise that you don't do yourself well.)
- obl:arg (frequency:2)
- ONE brother wey im name na Allen, * pack go one new area wey far well well from im former place. — (jw__27626, __no translation__)
- And eh we, di wife of we Presido, Aisha Buhari, e don talk sey Presido Bubu, e dey well for di where dem for dey treat am. — (WAZA_04_Press-Review_DG__71, And eh, our... the wife of our President, Aisha Buhair, she has said that President Buhari, he is getting well where they are treating him.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Antonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Translations
- English: no definition
Verb
well: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
- advmod-mark-nsubj (frequency:2)
- Unless if de no well, unless maybe deir body no… — (NST_cleaned__10486, __no translation__)
- You fit send food wey you prepare for house wen your friend no well, or help carry am go hospital - dis little tins fit show di kain great friend wey you be. — (bbc__101752, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Antonyms
- well- 0.78 7, well-well 0.61 994, done 0.61 225, treat 0.53 759, behave 0.49 228, wella 0.47 415, brain 0.46 237, really 0.46 1685, stranger 0.45 72
Translations
- English: no definition