Difference between revisions of "yeye"
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Revision as of 12:24, 9 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- mago-mago 0.54 92, kerewa 0.52 39, shaku-shaku 0.52 8, fainting 0.50 9, amebo 0.49 28, ordinary 0.49 151, play-play 0.46 23, stubborn-head 0.46 6, zoning 0.45 20
Etymology
Borrowed from English ?
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
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
Adjective
yeye: useless, stupid -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare
- Yeye man. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonymes
- mago-mago 0.54 92, kerewa 0.52 39, shaku-shaku 0.52 8, fainting 0.50 9, amebo 0.49 28, ordinary 0.49 151, play-play 0.46 23, stubborn-head 0.46 6, zoning 0.45 20
Antonymes
- mago-mago 0.54 92, kerewa 0.52 39, shaku-shaku 0.52 8, fainting 0.50 9, amebo 0.49 28, ordinary 0.49 151, play-play 0.46 23, stubborn-head 0.46 6, zoning 0.45 20
Translations
- English: useless, stupid
Verb
yeye: useless, stupid maltreat, ill treat -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare
- Na so e dey yeye di pikin cos no im born am. — no translation
Derived forms
Synonymes
- mago-mago 0.54 92, kerewa 0.52 39, shaku-shaku 0.52 8, fainting 0.50 9, amebo 0.49 28, ordinary 0.49 151, play-play 0.46 23, stubborn-head 0.46 6, zoning 0.45 20
Antonymes
- mago-mago 0.54 92, kerewa 0.52 39, shaku-shaku 0.52 8, fainting 0.50 9, amebo 0.49 28, ordinary 0.49 151, play-play 0.46 23, stubborn-head 0.46 6, zoning 0.45 20
Translations
- English: useless, stupid maltreat, ill treat