wey

Naija

Alternative forms

• wen

Etymology

From unknown.

Pronunciation

• wé

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1484
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 11
• Frequency in raw corpus: 72685
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4

Conjuction (relativiser)

• We dey use am yarn more for person or someting.

1. e be like ant wey sabi say harvest don come but e no gader enter im hole.  — (Egbokhare_2021, He is like an ant that knew that it is time for harvest but didn't gather enough food to keep.
2. Come see di man wey buy im car.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, Come and meet the man who bought the car.

Subordinating Conjunction

And dis one wey our country now, notin dey at all again.  — (ABJ_GWA_08_David-Lifestory_MG__185, Especially, with the way our country is at the moment, we don't have anything anymore.)

Related forms

• wey be sey

1. Me, wey be sey how much be my salary?  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__129, Me, how much money is my monthly income?)
2. Wey be sey, my mama like exercise well, well.  — (KAD_09_Kabir-Gymnasium_MG__10, Which means my mother likes to work out so much.)

Translations

• English: who.