Difference between revisions of "dodge"

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===Verb===
 
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====Transitive====
 
#Make person dey avoid someting.
 
#Make person dey avoid someting.
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Any bad plan wey you get for me, I '''dodge''' am. |(Egbokhare_2020, Any evil intent you have for me, I evade it.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Any bad plan wey you get for me, I '''dodge''' am. |(Egbokhare_2020, Any evil intent you have for me, I evade it.)}}
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#Make person dey hide for person or someting.
 
#Make person dey hide for person or someting.
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Osa dey always dey '''dodge''' im papa. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Osa is always hiding from his father.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Osa dey always dey '''dodge''' im papa. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Osa is always hiding from his father.)}}
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====Intransitive====
 
#:* {{ux|dv| As I see [[ekelebe]], na so I quick '''dodge''' for corner. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, As I saw the corps, I quickly hide in a corner.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| As I see [[ekelebe]], na so I quick '''dodge''' for corner. |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, As I saw the corps, I quickly hide in a corner.)}}
  

Revision as of 17:07, 18 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: dodge

Pronunciation

  • dɔ̂dʒ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 59
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2860



Verb

Transitive

  1. Make person dey avoid someting.
    • Any bad plan wey you get for me, I dodge am.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Any evil intent you have for me, I evade it.)
    • E go dey use am dodge im work to help dem and care for dem.  — (jw__30092, He will use it as an excuse to avoid his responsibilities and to care for them.)
  2. Make person dey hide for person or someting.
    • Osa dey always dey dodge im papa.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Osa is always hiding from his father.)

Intransitive

    • As I see ekelebe, na so I quick dodge for corner.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, As I saw the corps, I quickly hide in a corner.)
    • Ten minutes na im e take dodge two o'clock, time don reach make una hear our Pidgin news.  — (deuber__6272, __no translation__)

Translations

  • English: dock, hide, evade, avoid