worry

Naija

Alternative forms

• wori

Etymology

From: English worry.

Pronunciation

• wɔ́rì

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 352
• Frequency in raw corpus: 863
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 409

Adjective

• Na someting wey dey trouble person for mind.

• I no dey worry myself sey e no come.  — (Egbokhare_2020. I will refuse to be anxious over his absence.)
• I no dey worry myself sey e no come.  — (Egbokhare_2020. I will refuse to be anxious over his absence.)

Verb

• Na make someting dey trouble person for im mind

1. Wetin dey worry me now be say I neva get job, so make Papa no just die yet o  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Dad should not die yet because I'm yet to get a job and it bothers me.)

   Wetin dey worry you?  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__100, What's your problem?)

• Na make person no allow someting or person trouble im mind.

1. No worry.  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__185, Don't worry.)

   You no need to worry  — (jw__47784. Do not be anxious.)

   I begin de worry, and de think whether I go take the work and no go the school again.  — (jw__1651. I bothered over whether I was going to stop school when I take up the job.)

Derived forms

worryworry

Synonyms

• trouble, disturb

Antonyms

• peaceful

Translations

• English: to trouble, be agitated, anxious