Difference between revisions of "yeye"
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* English: ''maltreatment'' | * English: ''maltreatment'' | ||
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| − | + | Make de do person someting wey go pain am well well. | |
:*{{ux|dv|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.)}} | :*{{ux|dv|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.)}} | ||
| + | :*{{ux|dv|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.)}} | ||
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* English: ''maltreat, ill treat'' | * English: ''maltreat, ill treat'' | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 24 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: unknown
Pronunciation
- jɛ̀jɛ́
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
Transitive Verb
Make de do person someting wey go pain am well well.
- 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