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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 ==Naija==
-===Alternative forms===
-*
 ===Etymology===
-etymology:Yoruba
+From: Yoruba ''dobale (prostrate)''.
 ===Pronunciation===
 * dɔ̀bálɛ̀
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-dobale.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-dobale.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-No documented examples in our corpora.
+===Verb===
+* Make person lie face down for ground as person dey greet who senior am.
+:*{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Prostrate and greet father.)}}
+:*{{ux|dv|I no fit '''dobale''' give anybody. |(I can't prostrate for anyone.)}}
 ===Noun===
-dobale: to prostrate while greeting an older person male. -- Definition in Naija?
+#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.|(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.
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
+#:* {{ux|dv|We go do '''dobale''' for im wedding for Lagos.|(We went to perform the traditional wedding rites in Lagos.)}}
-#: {{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Prostrate and greet father.)}}
-====Derived forms====
-====Synonyms====
-*
-====Antonyms====
-*
 ====Translations====
-* English: to prostrate while greeting an older person male.
+* English: ''prostrating in respect/obeisance''