done

Naija

Etymology

From English: done.

Pronunciation

• dɔ̂n

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 16
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 545
• Frequency in raw corpus: 216
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1245

Auxiliary

1. 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.)

2. 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

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