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| − | + | Make sombody dey form one kain one kain for anoder person. | |
#:* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020_ He/she started acting up in the place.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020_ He/she started acting up in the place.)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Na from day one dem don dey '''demo''' for us for that hostel, but as per sharp guys na, we no send dem. |(NSC_Shulammite_2020_From the very beginning, they've been showing off in that hostel. But due to our kind of person, we don`t give a damn.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Na from day one dem don dey '''demo''' for us for that hostel, but as per sharp guys na, we no send dem. |(NSC_Shulammite_2020_From the very beginning, they've been showing off in that hostel. But due to our kind of person, we don`t give a damn.)}} | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 13 October 2020
Naija
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
Definition
Make person dey showoff.
Verb
Make sombody dey form one kain one kain for anoder person.
- E begin dey demo for di palace. — (Egbokhare _2020_ He/she started acting up in the place.)
- Na from day one dem don dey demo for us for that hostel, but as per sharp guys na, we no send dem. — (NSC_Shulammite_2020_From the very beginning, they've been showing off in that hostel. But due to our kind of person, we don`t give a damn.)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: showoff, to act up