dobale

Naija

Etymology

From Yoruba dobale which means to prostrate.

Pronunciation

• dɔ̀bálɛ̀

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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.

1. Dobale for baba.  — (Egbokhare_2021, Prostrate and greet father.)
2. 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.