Difference between revisions of "rake"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* hi 0.87 15, hello 0.86 20, hau 0.84 6, ngwanu 0.84 8, ď 0.83 10, oho 0.83 14, dammy 0.82 11, jekesai 0.82 6, bla 0.82 14
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English rake
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From: English ''rake''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-rake.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-rake.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-rake.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-rake.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3340
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 9
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8278
 
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
rake: to make empty threats -- Definition in Naija?
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* Make person dey vex con dey shout.
 
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** {{ux|dv| Why im go dey '''rake'''? |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__267, Why will he shout ?)}}
 
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** {{ux|dv| You tink sey na by to '''rake'''? Baba, show your workings make we see.|(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Let's see what you are doing, shouting will not make a difference.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''rake''' e dey '''rake''' so o.|no translation}}
 
# aux-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Why im go '''rake''', |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__263, Why will he shout ?)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Why im go dey '''rake'''? |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__267, Why will he shout ?)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* hi 0.87 15, hello 0.86 20, hau 0.84 6, ngwanu 0.84 8, ď 0.83 10, oho 0.83 14, dammy 0.82 11, jekesai 0.82 6, bla 0.82 14
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[halla], [[vok]], [[para]]
  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* hi 0.87 15, hello 0.86 20, hau 0.84 6, ngwanu 0.84 8, ď 0.83 10, oho 0.83 14, dammy 0.82 11, jekesai 0.82 6, bla 0.82 14
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[[jolly]],
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: to make empty threats
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English: ''Shout''

Revision as of 10:37, 5 December 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English rake

Pronunciation

  • rêk

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Verb

  • Make person dey vex con dey shout.
    • Why im go dey rake?  — (JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__267, Why will he shout ?)
    • You tink sey na by to rake? Baba, show your workings make we see.  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Let's see what you are doing, shouting will not make a difference.)

Synonyms

[halla], vok, para

Antonyms

jolly,

Translations

English: Shout