dobale
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.