why
Naija
Alternative forms
- wetin 0.61 19897, if 0.53 11277, how 0.52 9827, so 0.52 11908, always 0.52 1011, whether 0.51 776, weda 0.50 556, who 0.50 2485, make 0.47 28077
Etymology
Borrowed from English why
Pronunciation
- waɪ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 106
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 134
- Frequency in raw corpus: 3054
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 127
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Adverb
why: no definition, why.Q -- Definition in Naija?
- dep (frequency:475)
- Why de no… — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__34, Why won't they,)
- See why me, I like Jos? — (NST_cleaned__37305, __no translation__)
- - (frequency:357)
- Why, — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__127, Why ?)
- Why? — (ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__16, Why ?)
- ccomp (frequency:17)
- Why Economist say Lagos na 2nd Worst Place to Live — (bbc__100336, __no translation__)
- Why e be like that be sey, na life and death matter. — (jw__16791, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:11)
- , eng and dat is why… , — (JOS_35_We-Dey-Waka_M__78, And that is why...)
- Why and how Jehovah don take show human being favor? — (jw__46401, __no translation__)
- conj-dep (frequency:11)
- Jesus tell us why we need help, and the two main command wey big pass. — (jw__21101, __no translation__)
- We dey use the correct time tell people why we love dem and wetin dem dey do? — (jw__24126, __no translation__)
- obl:mod (frequency:9)
- Dat'S why. — (JOS_02_Hair-And-Movies_DG__130, That's why.)
- So dat is why. — (ONI_13_Current-Interests_DG__133, So, that is why.)
- cc (frequency:8)
- Sey why? — (JOS_07_Trousers-And-Short-Skirts_DG__59, That what ?)
- Because why? — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__16, Why ?)
- mark (frequency:8)
- We con ask her sey why? — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__34, We then asked her, why ?.)
- I con ask am sey why now, why e no fit wear am? — (NST_cleaned__3704, __no translation__)
- nsubj (frequency:6)
- Why de name y~, why de. — (WAZL_09_Talk-Show-Catman_DG__63, Why did they name you... why did they gi...)
- But why for tennis, na different tin? — (bbc__23767, __no translation__)
- obj (frequency:2)
- Why Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Cross River and Kano na states to watch for di Govnorship Elections Abonnema mamas protest election killing — (bbc__100286, __no translation__)
- Why Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Cross River and Kano na states to watch for di Govnorship Elections 22 INEC card readers wey miss for Bayelsa don 'reappear' — (bbc__100285, __no translation__)
- case (frequency:2)
- So all dis tings na part of why… , — (KAD_02_Football_M__72, So, all these things are part of why...)
- Dey demolition no touch di office of AIT DAAR Communications wey be owners of TV station AIT and radio station Raypower, say politics get hand for why goment scata di company gate house and fence on Tuesday. — (bbc__30213, __no translation__)
- appos (frequency:2)
- Dat is why both newspaper, magazine, television, radio, even some people wey dey ehn... — (NST_cleaned__36177, __no translation__)
- Mr 15:25 —Wetin be the reason why the time wey Mark write say Jesus die, different from the one wey John write? — (jw__24644, __no translation__)
- advcl (frequency:2)
- Dat na why, only di ones wey get who fit help dem with money dey fit gather evidence. — (bbc__67970, __no translation__)
- Mr Wlliams say Black Panther don ginger dem, dat na why dem sure say di Dahomey Warriors go do well. — (bbc__68694, __no translation__)
- advmod (frequency:2)
- Okay dat's why. — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__171, Maybe, maybe she doesn't have money be that, that is why.)
- I don't know why. — (ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__45, I don't know why ?)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- wetin 0.61 19897, if 0.53 11277, how 0.52 9827, so 0.52 11908, always 0.52 1011, whether 0.51 776, weda 0.50 556, who 0.50 2485, make 0.47 28077
Antonyms
- wetin 0.61 19897, if 0.53 11277, how 0.52 9827, so 0.52 11908, always 0.52 1011, whether 0.51 776, weda 0.50 556, who 0.50 2485, make 0.47 28077
Translations
- English: no definition, why.Q