Difference between revisions of "demo"
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Make person dey form one kind, one kind. | Make person dey form one kind, one kind. | ||
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:* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020,He/she started acting up in the palace.)}} | :* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020,He/she started acting up in the palace.)}} | ||
:* {{ux|dv| Na from day one dem don dey '''demo''' give us for that hostel, but we no send dem. |(NSC_Shulammite_2020, From the very first day, they've been showing off in the hostel, but we were not interested.)}} | :* {{ux|dv| Na from day one dem don dey '''demo''' give us for that hostel, but we no send dem. |(NSC_Shulammite_2020, From the very first day, they've been showing off in the hostel, but we were not interested.)}} | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 14 December 2020
Naija
Etymology
from: English demonstration
Pronunciation
- dɛ̄mɔ̄
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12985
Verb
Transitive
Make person dey form one kind, one kind.
- E begin dey demo for di palace. — (Egbokhare _2020,He/she started acting up in the palace.)
- Na from day one dem don dey demo give us for that hostel, but we no send dem. — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, From the very first day, they've been showing off in the hostel, but we were not interested.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: show off, to act up