Difference between revisions of "dobale"

Latest revision as of 10:42, 5 May 2023

From: Yoruba dobale (prostrate).

Make person lie down greet person wey senior am or wey pass am.
- I go go dobale for am make dem allow me comot. — (I will go to him to prostrate, so that they'll let me go.)
Wetin man dey carry im friends go do when e want marry.
- We go do dobale for im wedding for Lagos. — (We went to perform the traditional wedding rites in Lagos.)

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 * dɔ̀bálɛ̀
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-dobale.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-dobale.m.ogg</sm2>
 ===Verb===
-====Intransitive Verb====
 * Make person lie face down for ground as person dey greet who senior am.
-:*{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)}}
+:*{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Prostrate and greet father.)}}
-:*{{ux|dv|I no fit '''dobale''' for anybody. |(NSC_Tella_2021, I can't prostrate for anyone.)}}
+:*{{ux|dv|I no fit '''dobale''' give anybody. |(I can't prostrate for anyone.)}}
 ===Noun===
-* Make person lie down greet person wey senior am or wey pass am.
+#Make person lie down greet person wey senior am or wey pass am.
-:* {{ux|dv|I go go '''dobale''' for am make dem allow me comot. |(NSC_Tella_2021, I will go to him to prostrate, so that they'll let me go.)}}
+#:* {{ux|dv|I go go '''dobale''' for am make dem allow me comot.|(I will go to him to prostrate, so that they'll let me go.)}}
-* Wetin man dey carry im friends go do when e want marry.
+# Wetin man dey carry im friends go do when e want marry.
-:* {{ux|dv|We go do '''dobale''' for im wedding for Lagos. |(NSC_Tella_2021, We went to perform the traditional wedding rites in Lagos.)}}
+#:* {{ux|dv|We go do '''dobale''' for im wedding for Lagos.|(We went to perform the traditional wedding rites in Lagos.)}}
 ====Translations====
-* English: ''Male prostrating flat while greeting an older person''.
+* English: ''prostrating in respect/obeisance''