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Revision as of 12:04, 24 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • jɛ̀jɛ́

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1516
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 93
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2191

Adjective

Na as de dey call any ting or person wey no dey do well or try at all all.

  • Yeye man.  — (deuber__1834, A no-good man.)

Translations

  • English: useless, stupid

Noun

Na di ting wey no good at all all.

  • Babylon people come dey use dem do yeye.  — (jw__15578, The Babylonians maltreated the people.)

Translations

  • English: maltreatment

Verb

yeye: maltreat, ill treat

  • Na so e dey yeye di pikin cos no im born am.  — (Egbokhare_2021, H/She has been maltreating the child because he/she is not the biological parent.)
  • Di Liverpool striker wey dem just give crown as PFA Player of di Year score two goals, create anoda two for im team mates as Liverpool yeye dia opponents Roma.  — (bbc__31729, The Liverpool player that won the PFA Player award scored two goals, created two assists for his team mates when Liverpool defeated Roma.)

Translations

  • English: maltreat, ill treat