Difference between revisions of "demo"
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Revision as of 10:26, 13 October 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- bog 0.70 19, demonstrators 0.69 14, dating 0.66 25, armah 0.66 6, shoppers 0.66 5, mp 0.66 54, toke 0.66 7, skip 0.65 139, osman 0.65 10
Etymology
from: English demonstration
Pronunciation
- dɛ̀mó
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 12985
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Verb
demo: demonstrate, to act up -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- E begin dey demo for di palace. — (He/she started acting up in the place.)
Derived forms
Synonyms
- bog 0.70 19, demonstrators 0.69 14, dating 0.66 25, armah 0.66 6, shoppers 0.66 5, mp 0.66 54, toke 0.66 7, skip 0.65 139, osman 0.65 10
Antonyms
- bog 0.70 19, demonstrators 0.69 14, dating 0.66 25, armah 0.66 6, shoppers 0.66 5, mp 0.66 54, toke 0.66 7, skip 0.65 139, osman 0.65 10
Translations
- English: demonstrate, to act up