Difference between revisions of "upandown"

Latest revision as of 18:56, 9 March 2024

From: English Up and down

Di kind cloth wey women dey wear wey get buba top and wrapper.
- Na upandown di women go wear go di party o. — (The women wore matching tops and bottoms to the party. )
- Everywhere
- Di man find di money upandown e no see. — (The man tried to raise funds everywhere, he couldn't get any.)
Make person look person from head reach leg.
- Ekelebe look am upandown tell am make e getat. — (The police man looked at him from head to toe and asked him to get out.)

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 ===Etymology===
-From: English ''Up'' + ''and'' + ''down''
+From: English ''Up'' ''and'' ''down''
 ===Pronunciation===
 * ɔ́pàndàn
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-upandown.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-upandown.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Definition===
-Di kind cloth wey women dey wear wey be sey di top and the wrapper na di same ting.
-===Usage===
 ===Noun===
-* {{ux|dv|Na '''upandown''' di women go wear go di party o.| (Egbokhare_2020, The women wore matching tops and bottoms to the party. ) }}
+# Di kind cloth wey women dey wear wey get buba top and wrapper.
+#:* {{ux|dv|Na '''upandown''' di women go wear go di party o.| (The women wore matching tops and bottoms to the party. )}}
+#:* Everywhere
+#:* {{ux|dv| Di man find di money '''upandown''' e no see. |(The man tried to raise funds everywhere, he couldn't get any.)}}
+# Make person look person from head reach leg.
+#:* {{ux|dv| [[Ekelebe]] look am '''upandown''' tell am make e [[getat]]. |(The police man looked at him from head to toe and asked him to get out.)}}
 ====Translations====
-* English: 3 piece of wrapper and dress worn by Edo and Urhobo women.
+* English: ''matching tops and bottoms'', ''everywhere'', ''head to toe''