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.
:* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020,He/she started acting up in the palace.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|E just start 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 10:38, 18 May 2021

Naija

Etymology

from: English demonstrate

Pronunciation

  • dɛ̄mɔ̄

Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 4
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12985

Verb

Intransitive

Make person dey form one kind, one kind.

  • E just start 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