Difference between revisions of "dobale"
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* Make person lie face down for ground to greet. | * Make person lie face down for ground to greet. | ||
#{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)}} | #{{ux|dv|'''Dobale''' for baba. |(Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)}} | ||
| − | #{{ux|dv|I no fit ''' | + | #{{ux|dv|I no fit '''dobale''' for anybody. |(NSC_Tella_2021, I can't prostrate for anyone.)}} |
===Serial Verb=== | ===Serial Verb=== | ||
| − | :{{ux|dv|Di man ''' | + | :{{ux|dv|Di man '''dobale''' dey beg di woman. |(NSC_2021, The man prostrated to beg the woman.)}} |
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | :{{ux|dv|Na ''' | + | :{{ux|dv|Na '''dobale''' im dey shout. |(NSC_Tella_2021, He was shouting he should prostrate.)}} |
| + | * Di rite for traditional wedding. | ||
| + | :{{ux|dv|We go do '''dobale''' for im wedding for Lagos. |(NSC_Tella_2021, We went to perform the traditional wedding rite in Lagos.)}} | ||
| + | * Na make person dey do good boy. | ||
| + | :{{ux|dv|I go go do'''dobale''' make dem allow me comot. |(NSC_Tella_2021, 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 17:05, 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. — (NSC_Tella_2021, He was shouting he should prostrate.)
- Di rite for traditional wedding.
- We go do dobale for im wedding for Lagos. — (NSC_Tella_2021, We went to perform the traditional wedding rite in Lagos.)
- Na make person dey do good boy.
- I go go dodobale make dem allow me comot. — (NSC_Tella_2021, He was shouting he should prostrate.)
Translations
- English: to prostrate while greeting an older person male.