Difference between revisions of "yawa"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Alternative forms===
 
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* 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===
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Borrowed from English yawa
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Borrowed from Hausa ''yawa''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3351
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3351
  
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The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
  
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===Noun===
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* Someting wey be wahala.
  
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===Noun===
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yawa''' don gas for my area.|Egbokhare_2020, Problem has ensued in my area.}}
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yawa: problem -- Definition in Naija?
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#: {{ux|dv|All dis one wey we dey talk, na '''yawa'''. |(NST_cleaned__26061, All these things we are deliberating are problems.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Why '''yawa''' dey always find Dino Melaye? |(bbc__100706, Why is Dino Melaye always in trouble?)}}
  
  
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Yawa''' don gas for my area.|no translation}}
 
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# - (frequency:22)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|All dis one wey we dey talk, na '''yawa'''. |(NST_cleaned__26061, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Why '''yawa''' dey always find Dino Melaye? |(bbc__100706, __no translation__)}}
 
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# case-det (frequency:6)
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# det (frequency:5)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Una wey dis '''yawa''' for happen. |(ja102__5160, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
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# amod-det (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|No be today dis kain '''yawa''' don gas for Japan. |(bbc__75056, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{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__)}}
 
  
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====Derived forms====
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====Related forms====
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* [[wahala]], trouble, [[surutu]]
  
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
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* 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
  
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====Antonyms====
 
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* 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====
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* English: problem
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* English: ''problem''

Revision as of 13:50, 24 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa yawa

Pronunciation

  • jáwá

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 46
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3351


Noun

  • Someting wey be wahala.
  1. Yawa don gas for my area.  — Egbokhare_2020, Problem has ensued in my area.
    All dis one wey we dey talk, na yawa.  — (NST_cleaned__26061, All these things we are deliberating are problems.)
    Why yawa dey always find Dino Melaye?  — (bbc__100706, Why is Dino Melaye always in trouble?)


Related forms


Synonyms

  • wahala, problem


Translations

  • English: problem
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