Difference between revisions of "cement"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
Wetin be like powder wey dey strong wen e dry, wey dey dey use build house.
 
Wetin be like powder wey dey strong wen e dry, wey dey dey use build house.
:* {{ux|dv| Just carry dem, mix '''cement''', carry gravel, just start dey build o, |(ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, they mixed cement, added gravel, and they just started building.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Just carry dem, mix '''cement''', carry gravel, just start dey build o, |(ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, mixed the cement, added gravel, and started building.)}}
:* {{ux|dv| Dangote '''Cement''', na di producer of '''cement''' for Africa |(bbc__86264, __no translation__)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Dangote Cement, na di producer of '''cement''' for Africa |(bbc__86264, Dangote Cement is the sole producer of cement in Africa.)}}
:* {{ux|dv| But now, if you no bring goat, twenty bags of eh... '''cement''', eh... twenty bags of eh... salt, rice, everyting! |(KAD_15_Money-Wahala_MG__17, But nowadays, if you don't bring a goat, twenty bags of uh... cement, uh... twenty bags of uh... salt, rice, everything!)}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 13:44, 23 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English cement

Pronunciation

  • sìmɛ̂nt

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 5
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1139
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 26
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4627

Noun

Wetin be like powder wey dey strong wen e dry, wey dey dey use build house.

  • Just carry dem, mix cement, carry gravel, just start dey build o,  — (ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, mixed the cement, added gravel, and started building.)
  • Dangote Cement, na di producer of cement for Africa  — (bbc__86264, Dangote Cement is the sole producer of cement in Africa.)

Translations

  • English: cement

Verb

Make dem use wetin be like powder wey dey strong wen e dry, to cover someting.

  • Make una cement the floor quick quick.  — (Egbokhare_2020, You should cement the floor quickly.)

Translations

  • English: cement