Difference between revisions of "yankee"
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#: {{ux|dv|Any small chance wey I get, na '''yankee''' I dey enter.|no translation}} | #: {{ux|dv|Any small chance wey I get, na '''yankee''' I dey enter.|no translation}} | ||
# Dis na anoder way wey people dey call America. (Proper Noun) | # Dis na anoder way wey people dey call America. (Proper Noun) | ||
| − | #: {ux|dv| Dat guy don tear go Yankee o. | (NSC_Emeka_2020, That guy has gone to America.)}} | + | #: {{ux|dv| Dat guy don tear go Yankee o. | (NSC_Emeka_2020, That guy has gone to America.)}} |
====Derived forms==== | ====Derived forms==== | ||
Revision as of 17:13, 8 March 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
- fonsi 0.94 7, featuring 0.92 31, despacito 0.91 7, iyanya 0.90 8, bieber 0.90 21, vert 0.88 5, kesh 0.88 7, julia 0.88 12, bruno 0.87 30
Etymology
Borrowed from English yankee
Pronunciation
- jàNkí
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 1
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 31107
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
yankee: abroad -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Any small chance wey I get, na yankee I dey enter. — no translation
- Dis na anoder way wey people dey call America. (Proper Noun)
- Dat guy don tear go Yankee o. — (NSC_Emeka_2020, That guy has gone to America.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: abroad