yeye

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English yeye

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

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

yeye: useless, stupid -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Yeye man.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:78)

   Yeye man.  — (deuber__1834, __no translation__)

   Yeye man!  — (deuber__6699, __no translation__)

3. obj (frequency:3)

   England win Cameroon 3-0, but di Indomitable Lionesses behaviour sake of video assistant referee decision come be like say e yeye Cameroon.  — (bbc__47030, __no translation__)

   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, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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

Noun

yeye: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:6)

   Babylon people come dey use dem do yeye.  — (jw__15578, __no translation__)

   E dey use Israel people do yeye everyday.  — (jw__790, __no translation__)

2. amod-det (frequency:2)

   Which kind yeye broke ass nigger?  — (KAD_06_Cooking_DG__173, Which kind of useless broke nigger ?)

   Which kind yeye, which kind yeye talk you dey talk?  — (NST_cleaned__23838, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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: no definition

Verb

yeye: maltreat, ill treat -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Na so e dey yeye di pikin cos no im born am.  — no translation

Synonyms

• 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

Antonyms

• 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: maltreat, ill treat