Difference between revisions of "dobale"
(→Naija) |
(→Noun) |
||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | + | :{{ux|dv|Na '''Dobale''' im dey shout. |(He was shouting he should prostrate.)}} | |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''to prostrate while greeting an older person male''. | * English: ''to prostrate while greeting an older person male''. | ||
Revision as of 16:40, 29 January 2021
Naija
Etymology
From Yoruba dobale which means to prostrate.
Pronunciation
- dɔ̀bálɛ̀
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 0
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
Intransitive Verb
- Make person lie face down for ground to greet.
- Dobale for baba. — (Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)
- I no fit Dobale for anybody. — (NSC_Tella_2021, I can't prostrate for anyone.)
Serial Verb
- Di man Dobale dey beg di woman. — (NSC_2021, The man prostrated to beg the woman.)
Noun
- Na Dobale im dey shout. — (He was shouting he should prostrate.)
Translations
- English: to prostrate while greeting an older person male.