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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
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| − | + | # Make person use wetin get soft chukuku wey dey join put for wood or metal use am clean someting. | |
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv| Dis tile, una no go brush am? |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021,These tiles, won't you clean them?)}} | |
| − | # | + | # Make person use leg carry anoder person two leg comot for ground make e fall. |
#: {{ux|dv|If you no take time, I go '''brush''' you now. |(If you are not careful, I will kick your legs.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|If you no take time, I go '''brush''' you now. |(If you are not careful, I will kick your legs.)}} | ||
| − | # | + | #: {{ux|dv| As police catch di guy, omo, de '''brush''' di guy once! | (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Immediately the police caught him, he was cleared off the ground.)}} |
| − | # | + | # Make dem beat person. |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | # {{ux|dv| E go insult who pass am, de con '''brush''' am like who thief money for market. | (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, He was a beaten like a thief because he insulted a person who was not his peer.)}} |
| − | + | # Make person clean im teeth. | |
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv| No go use bad smell kill person, once you wake go '''brush''' abeg. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Don't kill people with a foul odour, as soon as you wake up please brush your teeth.)}} | |
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | + | [[clean]], [[beat]], [[deck]] | |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | *[[dirty]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English:''brush'', ''beat'' |
Revision as of 14:07, 13 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English brush
Pronunciation
- brɔ̂ʃ
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2775
- Frequency in raw corpus: 15
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 6284
Noun
- Wetin get soft chukuku wey dey join put for wood or metal wey de fit use am clean someting.
- Dis rug clean well well na because dey use brush wash am well well. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, This rug is really clean because a brush was used to really scrub it.)
- Wetin get soft chukuchuku wey de dey use dey clean teeth.
- De talk sey e good make person dey change im tootbrush if e don use am reach three months. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia-2021, They say it's good for you to change your toothbrush if you have used it for three months.)
- Wetin get soft chukuchuku wey de dey use comb head.
- If you don barb abolo you no go need brush nah. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, If you have have a skin-cut, you won't need a brush then.)
Translations
- English: brush, toothbrush
Verb
Transitive
- Make person use wetin get soft chukuku wey dey join put for wood or metal use am clean someting.
- Dis tile, una no go brush am? — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021,These tiles, won't you clean them?)
- Make person use leg carry anoder person two leg comot for ground make e fall.
- If you no take time, I go brush you now. — (If you are not careful, I will kick your legs.)
- As police catch di guy, omo, de brush di guy once! — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Immediately the police caught him, he was cleared off the ground.)
- Make dem beat person.
- E go insult who pass am, de con brush am like who thief money for market. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, He was a beaten like a thief because he insulted a person who was not his peer.)
- Make person clean im teeth.
- No go use bad smell kill person, once you wake go brush abeg. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, Don't kill people with a foul odour, as soon as you wake up please brush your teeth.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English:brush, beat