chain

Naija

Etymology

From: English chain

Pronunciation

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 54
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3028

Definition

Join join iron wey dem take de lock someting

Noun

1. Join join iron wey dem take de lock someting

   Na chain de chain us,  — (NST_cleaned__25891, We have been chained.

   But e cut the chain, and e break the iron wey dem put for im leg.  — (jw__35362, __no translation__)

   Cough syrup addict wey dem tie with chain so dat dem no fit hurt oda pipo or dem sef.  — (bbc__26256, __no translation__)

   The chain wey dem take chain all the prisoners come loose.  — (jw__2678, __no translation__)

2. ladder/

   Di third important part of di chain na di distribution companies , na dem dey carri light go everibodi domot.  — (bbc__38874, __no translation__)

   De and resource-dem from all dos wey get hand and mouth inside di power value chain  — (ja102__1235, __no translation__)

   One of di horse owners, Karina Fisker talk say: when di lions chop di horse, e dey enter back as part of di food chain.  — (bbc__78509, __no translation__)

3. Necklace

   Dat, dat chain, I no do valentine now you understand.  — (LAG_14_Charles-And-Alfred-On-Music_DG__6, That...that chain, I didn't do Valentine, do you understand ?)

4. family

   You know I get a lot of chain,  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__173, You know I have a big family.)

   Na long chain na im I get na,  — (NST_cleaned__8534, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: Chain

Verb

Make person take join join iron hold someting

1. Hold di motor for dere.  — (Detain the vehicle there.)

Translations

• English: To hold a vehicle