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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
− | Borrowed from English | + | Borrowed from English bail |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 16:36, 13 August 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
Bail
Etymology
Borrowed from English bail
Pronunciation
- bêl
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.
Verb
bale: take off, run away -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- 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
- 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
Translations
- English: take off, run away