Difference between revisions of "yawa"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* overnight 0.69 32, teargas 0.67 23, somersault 0.66 11, pipeline 0.66 84, pick-up 0.65 20, gas 0.65 218, pipe 0.65 20, tanker 0.64 167, missile 0.64 50
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English yawa
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From: Hausa ''yawa''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* jáwá
 
* jáwá
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yawa.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yawa.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-yawa.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-yawa.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 46
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3351
 
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
yawa: problem -- Definition in Naija?
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* Wetin happen wey fit cause [[gbege]].
 
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:*{{ux|dv|'''Yawa''' don gas for my area.|(Crisis has erupted in my area.}})
 
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:*{{ux|dv|All dis one wey we dey talk, na '''yawa'''. |(NST_cleaned__26061, All these things we are deliberating on are problems.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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:*{{ux|dv|Why '''yawa''' full many marriage nowadays be say di man and woman no trust deirsef again. |(Many marriages are in trouble today because trust is missing.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Yawa''' don gas for my area.|no translation}}
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:*{{ux|dv|Why '''yawa''' dey always find Dino Melaye? |(bbc__100706, Why is Dino Melaye always in trouble?)}}
# - (frequency:22)
 
#: {{ux|dv|All dis one wey we dey talk, na '''yawa'''. |(NST_cleaned__26061, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Why '''yawa''' dey always find Dino Melaye? |(bbc__100706, __no translation__)}}
 
# case-det (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Meanwhile, de never tok di cause of di '''yawa''' and mention di name of dis officer-dem, wey de suspend-so. |(ja102__3412, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|He wey react to dis kasala wey happen-so, he say di thing touch ein mind well-well, as e see di burn-burn of di dead-bodi of di innocent mama and her pikin, wey die inside dat '''yawa'''. |(ja102__5658, __no translation__)}}
 
# det (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Una wey dis '''yawa''' for happen. |(ja102__5160, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|De back to Kano pillars club house, after ein bin finish to visit ein former Enyimba teammate-dem inside dia hotel weyn dis '''yawa''' con happen on Sunday night. |(ja102__824, __no translation__)}}
 
# amod-det (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|No be today dis kain '''yawa''' don gas for Japan. |(bbc__75056, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Patel say make foreign investors shine eye wella for wetin P&ID dey experience before dem enta dis same '''yawa'''. |(bbc__80599, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* overnight 0.69 32, teargas 0.67 23, somersault 0.66 11, pipeline 0.66 84, pick-up 0.65 20, gas 0.65 218, pipe 0.65 20, tanker 0.64 167, missile 0.64 50
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* [[wahala]], [[problem]],
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* overnight 0.69 32, teargas 0.67 23, somersault 0.66 11, pipeline 0.66 84, pick-up 0.65 20, gas 0.65 218, pipe 0.65 20, tanker 0.64 167, missile 0.64 50
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: problem
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* English: ''crisis'', ''problem'', ''trouble''

Latest revision as of 20:55, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: Hausa yawa

Pronunciation

  • jáwá

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Noun

  • Wetin happen wey fit cause gbege.
  • Yawa don gas for my area.  — (Crisis has erupted in my area.)
  • All dis one wey we dey talk, na yawa.  — (NST_cleaned__26061, All these things we are deliberating on are problems.)
  • Why yawa full many marriage nowadays be say di man and woman no trust deirsef again.  — (Many marriages are in trouble today because trust is missing.)
  • Why yawa dey always find Dino Melaye?  — (bbc__100706, Why is Dino Melaye always in trouble?)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: crisis, problem, trouble