Difference between revisions of "bale"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
Bail
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English bail
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From: English ''bale''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-bale.m.ogg</sm2>
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 1
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 38991
 
 
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
 
 
  
 
===Noun===
 
===Noun===
# bale: Money wey person dey pay take comot for police cell
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# Bundle of [[okririka]].
#: {{ux|dv| When you comot now, abi you dem '''bale''' you?| ( When did you come out, or were you bailed?)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| How many '''bale''' you want carry come market?| (NSC_2020, How many bags of second-hand clothes did you bring to market?)}}
# bale ( dis one no get '''bail''' as alternative form) bag of Okririka.
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# Plenty money wey de wrap.
#: {{ux|dv| How many '''bale''' you want carry come market. | ( How many bags of second-hand clothes did you bring to market.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| If you see di money wey di politicians share eh, na bale o! na wa o!|(NSC_2020, If you see the money the politicians shared, Bundles! It's a problem.)}}
 
 
===Verb===
 
# bale: take off, run away
 
#: Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv| As kalampo come, we '''bale''' for our lives o. |(As the police arrived, we ran for our lives.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* courtois 0.88 20, thibaut 0.87 16, osimhen 0.87 13, gareth 0.86 27, borussia 0.86 41, iniesta 0.86 25, kylian 0.85 28, midfield 0.85 26, roberto 0.85 26
 
  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
kolobi, gbab,
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[[bundle]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: take off, run away
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* English: ''bale''

Latest revision as of 19:24, 17 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English bale

Pronunciation

  • bêl

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Noun

  1. Bundle of okririka.
    • How many bale you want carry come market?  —  (NSC_2020, How many bags of second-hand clothes did you bring to market?)
  2. Plenty money wey de wrap.
    • If you see di money wey di politicians share eh, na bale o! na wa o!  — (NSC_2020, If you see the money the politicians shared, Bundles! It's a problem.)

Antonyms

bundle

Translations

  • English: bale