Difference between revisions of "deck"
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| − | + | Make person dress well. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| I don '''deck''' for di marriage.|(Egbokhare_2020, I am dressed for the marriage.)}} | |
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#Make person punch anoder person. | #Make person punch anoder person. | ||
Revision as of 16:21, 28 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: deck
Pronunciation
- dɛ̂k
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 2
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 17356
Verb
Make person dress well.
- I don deck for di marriage. — (Egbokhare_2020, I am dressed for the marriage.)
Transitive
- Make person punch anoder person.
- If you find my trouble I go deck you. — (Egbokhare_2020, If you provoke me, I will punch.)
- Make person sitdon dey flenjo.
- Bros just deck for chair dey drink. — (Egbokhare_2020, He relaxed on the chair drinking.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: to dress, punch, relax