Difference between revisions of "dowry"
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 8 | * Frequency in raw corpus: 8 | ||
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| − | + | *Money wey de dey pay give woman family when de want marry am. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| Dem don pay im '''dowry'''? |(Egbokhare_2020, Have they paid her bride price?)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| As you dey ready marry so, keep ''dowry'' down. For dat area, de no get joy. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, Ensure that you keep some money for the dowry. In that community, they are not very nice.)}} | |
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Revision as of 12:05, 5 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English dowry
Pronunciation
- dáúrì
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 8
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8830
Noun
- Money wey de dey pay give woman family when de want marry am.
- Dem don pay im dowry? — (Egbokhare_2020, Have they paid her bride price?)
- As you dey ready marry so, keep dowry down. For dat area, de no get joy. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, Ensure that you keep some money for the dowry. In that community, they are not very nice.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: dowry