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===Intransitive Verb=== | ===Intransitive Verb=== | ||
* Make person lie face down for ground to greet. | * Make person lie face down for ground to greet. | ||
− | + | :*{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)}} | |
− | + | :*{{ux|dv|I no fit '''dobale''' for anybody. |(NSC_Tella_2021, I can't prostrate for anyone.)}} | |
===Serial Verb=== | ===Serial Verb=== |
Revision as of 15:13, 24 May 2021
Naija
Etymology
From Yoruba dobale (prostrate).
Pronunciation
- dɔ̀bálɛ̀
Intransitive Verb
- Make person lie face down for ground to greet.
- Dobale for baba. — (Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)
- I no fit dobale for anybody. — (NSC_Tella_2021, I can't prostrate for anyone.)
Serial Verb
- Di man dobale dey beg di woman. — (NSC_2021, The man prostrated to beg the woman.)
Noun
- Na dobale im dey shout. — (NSC_Tella_2021, He was shouting he should prostrate.)
- Di rite for traditional wedding.
- We go do dobale for im wedding for Lagos. — (NSC_Tella_2021, We went to perform the traditional wedding rite in Lagos.)
- Na make person dey do good boy.
- I go go dodobale make dem allow me comot. — (NSC_Tella_2021, He was shouting he should prostrate.)
Translations
- English: to prostrate while greeting an older person male.