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Make someting cook well. | Make someting cook well. | ||
:* {{ux|dv| Put small kanwan, cover am make e dey '''done'''. |(KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__74, Put a little potash and cover it so that it will be boiling.)}} | :* {{ux|dv| Put small kanwan, cover am make e dey '''done'''. |(KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__74, Put a little potash and cover it so that it will be boiling.)}} | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 8 March 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: done.
Pronunciation
- dɔ̂n
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 16
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 545
- Frequency in raw corpus: 216
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1245
Auxiliary
- Make someting happen before.
- Nwoye mama done dey cook” — (katakata__1122, Nwoye mother has cooked.)
- Di band done dey scatter the head of the people. — (katakata__94, The band have gotten the people excited.)
- Day done dey dark small small before their match start. — (katakata__93, The day has gotten a bit dark before their match started.)
- Make someting dey ready.
- Our papa dem say na eye dem dey take know say corn done ripe. — (katakata__1004, Our forefathers said that one only knows if a corn is ripe from looking at it.)
Translations
- English: auxiliary verb
Verb
Intransitive
Make someting cook well.
- Put small kanwan, cover am make e dey done. — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__74, Put a little potash and cover it so that it will be boiling.)
- Moh say patapata gbegiri na one hour e dey take done. — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__93, Let's say, highest, gbegiri takes up to an hour to be properly cooked.)
- Di food never done. — (Egbokhare _2020, The food is not yet cooked.)
Translations
- English: to be properly cooked