Difference between revisions of "curse"
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#Make person talk bad bad someting about person. | #Make person talk bad bad someting about person. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv| Why you dey '''curse''' your senior brother? |(Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Why you dey '''curse''' your senior brother? |(Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)}} | ||
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#:* {{ux|dv| Disability no be '''curse''' |(bbc__43027, My disability is not an affliction.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Disability no be '''curse''' |(bbc__43027, My disability is not an affliction.)}} | ||
#Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person. | #Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person. | ||
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#:* {{ux|dv| One old mama don '''curse''' dat boy.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| One old mama don '''curse''' dat boy.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)}} | ||
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* [[bless]] | * [[bless]] | ||
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* English: ''insult, curse | * English: ''insult, curse | ||
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Revision as of 18:34, 19 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: curse
Pronunciation
- kɔ́s
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2006
- Frequency in raw corpus: 73
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2536
Noun
- Someting bad dey happen to person.
- Na curse dey follow am. — ( Egbokhare_2020, He/she has been cursed.)
- Dem be people wey curse dey for their head. — (jw__29361, The crowd are accursed )
- Talk wey person talk, sey bad ting go follo person.
- Na that time e remove the curse. — (jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)
- Chief priest sey make people go wash di curse wey dey deir head for river . — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the retributions from their head.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: curse,
Verb
Transitive
- Make person talk bad bad someting about person.
- Why you dey curse your senior brother? — (Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)
- Nwoye mama curse am, then sidon again begin peel the yam go. — (katakata__1130, Nwoye's mother insulted him, then sat down again and continued to peel her yam.)
- Sey someting na bad ting.
- Disability no be curse — (bbc__43027, My disability is not an affliction.)
- Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.
Intransitive
- One old mama don curse dat boy. — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: insult, curse