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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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From: English '''water'''
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From English: ''water''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* wɔ́tèr
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* wɔ̀tá
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-water.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-water.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-water.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-water.m.ogg</sm2>
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 83
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 166
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 1264
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 295
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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#Sey that thing wey  
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* Liquid wey no get smell, taste or color wey dey come from river, sea, rain, wey every living ting dey drink and use do plenty many many tings.
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#:* {{ux|dv|We dey suffer for '''water'''. |(IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| If you go chop you go need''' water'''.|(If you’ll eat, you’ll need water.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|No '''water''', no light. |(NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| '''Water''' no dey for dis side. Na  people wey get borehole we dey beg make dem give us water.|(There is no water here. We beg people who have boreholes to give us water.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|E just be like ororo, and '''water''', oil, and '''water'''. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__101, It is just like oil and water, oil and water.)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|When e come out from the '''water''', |(jw__44604, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|AFP Di plane fly very low to di '''water''' |(bbc__9877, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|No we no dey drink Sapele '''water''' for here. |(LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Water''' for sea de go up and down, e no de quiet. |(jw__9399, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|Ajegunle na one of di big slums for Lagos - di two of dem get plenty things in common like poverty and bad '''water'''. |(bbc__13503, Ajegunle is one of the big slums in lagos. The two them have poverty and bad '''water''' in common)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|For some village na dis kain stream dem dey drink from Nigeria suppose chook eye for water mata like national priority |(bbc__52364, __no translation__)}}
 
  
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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* [[holy water]], [[river water]], [[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water]], [[sapele water]].
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* [[holy water]] [[river water]],[[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water].
 
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====Translations====
 
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* English:'' water'''
 
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===Verb===
 
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#Make person wet wetin dry
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|''water'''' the ground before you begin to sweep. |(IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, Wet the ground before sweeping.)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv| They '''water''', . |(NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)}}
 
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====Synonyms====
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English:'' water'''
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* English: ''' water'''

Latest revision as of 02:14, 26 December 2022

Naija

Etymology

From English: water

Pronunciation

  • wɔ̀tá

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Noun

  • Liquid wey no get smell, taste or color wey dey come from river, sea, rain, wey every living ting dey drink and use do plenty many many tings.
  • If you go chop you go need water.  — (If you’ll eat, you’ll need water.)
  • Water no dey for dis side. Na people wey get borehole we dey beg make dem give us water.  — (There is no water here. We beg people who have boreholes to give us water.)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: water
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