Difference between revisions of "demo"

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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
Make person dey showoff.
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Make person dey form one kind, one kind.
 
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===Verb===  
===Verb===
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:* {{ux|dv|E begin dey '''demo''' for di palace. |(Egbokhare _2020,He/she started acting up in the palace.)}}
Make sombody dey form one kain one kain for anoder person. 
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:* {{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|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.)}}   
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* [[shakara]], [[yanga]],[[form]]  
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* [[shakara]], [[yanga]],[[form]],[[denge]]  
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
 
[[humble]], [[calm down]], [[jeje]]
 
[[humble]], [[calm down]], [[jeje]]
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''showoff'', ''to act up''
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* English: ''show off'', ''to act up''

Revision as of 15:12, 14 October 2020

Naija

Etymology

from: English demonstration

<ref></ref>===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

Definition

Make person dey form one kind, one kind.

Verb

  • 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

Antonyms

humble, calm down, jeje

Translations

  • English: show off, to act up