Difference between revisions of "denge"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
denge: be positively haughty, show off. -- Definition in Naija?
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Make person dey show off
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|You too dey '''denge'''. |(Egbokhare You show off a lot.)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|No dey use Crucifix '''denge''' pose - Pope Francis |(bbc__75176, __no translation__)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
 
#: {{ux|dv|You too dey '''denge'''. |(You show off a lot.)}}
 
# obj (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|No dey use Crucifix '''denge''' pose - Pope Francis |(bbc__75176, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|No dey use Crucifix '''denge''' pose - Pope Francis Pope Francis: 'Pray for DR Congo and South Sudan' |(bbc__75177, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* crucifix 0.92 7, ycee 0.90 5, maleek 0.90 6, vert 0.90 5, calcium 0.90 7, cube 0.90 12, rovers 0.90 7, marouane 0.90 5, paltrow 0.90 6
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[[yanga]], [[shakara]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* crucifix 0.92 7, ycee 0.90 5, maleek 0.90 6, vert 0.90 5, calcium 0.90 7, cube 0.90 12, rovers 0.90 7, marouane 0.90 5, paltrow 0.90 6
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: be positively haughty, show off.
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* English: ''show off''

Revision as of 14:21, 26 October 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • dengeh

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • dɛ̀ngɛ̀

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 30341

Verb

Make person dey show off

    • You too dey denge.  — (Egbokhare You show off a lot.)
    • No dey use Crucifix denge pose - Pope Francis  — (bbc__75176, __no translation__)

Synonyms

yanga, shakara

Translations

  • English: show off