bow

Naija

Alternative forms

• kneel 0.79 40, sit 0.78 262, bend 0.74 51, shut 0.71 148, step 0.71 317, calm 0.68 120, pick 0.61 252, lock 0.60 203, cool 0.60 127

Etymology

etymology:English ' bow'

Pronunciation

• bàù

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 13
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 618
• Frequency in raw corpus: 64
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2729

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

bow: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:7)

   E also sabi the tree wey good apss to make bow.  — (katakata__268, __no translation__)

   wan shoot di ting bow, and arrow, di ting no go enter.  — (NST_cleaned__37745, __no translation__)

2. det (frequency:6)

   Di President of di Senate Ahmed Lawan insist say make Amaechi take a bow and go, some opposition lawmakers no gree.  — (bbc__32296, __no translation__)

   But no be all of di nominees tok too much, di lawmakers give some di special privilege to take a bow and go without too much tok.  — (bbc__23077, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• bow tie

1. So all di ozigi wey dey shele to di people, all di poverty wey dey kolobi dem like bow tie , dem go fit improve am.  — (NST_cleaned__33508, __no translation__)

   If you be young pesin wey still dey hustle, some good areas dey wey you fit stay for Lagos wey di house rent no go hook you for neck like bow tie.  — (bbc__57823, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• kneel 0.79 40, sit 0.78 262, bend 0.74 51, shut 0.71 148, step 0.71 317, calm 0.68 120, pick 0.61 252, lock 0.60 203, cool 0.60 127

Antonyms

• kneel 0.79 40, sit 0.78 262, bend 0.74 51, shut 0.71 148, step 0.71 317, calm 0.68 120, pick 0.61 252, lock 0.60 203, cool 0.60 127

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

bow: to respect, be overwhelmed,awestricken by sth.,awed, admire -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If you see as di man take rotate di motor, you go bow.  — (If you see the way the man swerved the car, you will respect his driving skills.)

   When you see di babe, you go bow.  — (When you see the girl, you will be awe stricken.)

2. compound:prt-obl:arg (frequency:4)

   This one come make dem bow down for Jesus.  — (jw__29933, __no translation__)

   I want still go bow down for am.’ But that one na big lie!  — (jw__43887, __no translation__)

3. aux-nsubj-obl:arg (frequency:2)

   We dey bow to different people.  — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__87, We bow to different people.)

   We dey bow to people wey dey lie to us, we dey bow to traditionalists, we dey bow to different people, all, because we want money.  — (NST_cleaned__39661, __no translation__)

4. advmod-aux-mark-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Better dey if you fit just bow...  — (NST_cleaned__39656, __no translation__)

   Better dey if you fit just bow... just bow to me.  — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__84, Better things are available if you'll just bow... just bow to me.)

Synonyms

• kneel 0.79 40, sit 0.78 262, bend 0.74 51, shut 0.71 148, step 0.71 317, calm 0.68 120, pick 0.61 252, lock 0.60 203, cool 0.60 127

Antonyms

• kneel 0.79 40, sit 0.78 262, bend 0.74 51, shut 0.71 148, step 0.71 317, calm 0.68 120, pick 0.61 252, lock 0.60 203, cool 0.60 127

Translations

• English: to respect, be overwhelmed,awestricken by sth.,awed, admire