down

Naija

Alternative forms

• up 0.60 2607, shoulder 0.59 166, back 0.51 3301, wake 0.48 276, calm 0.47 120, shut 0.47 148, bend 0.47 51, fire 0.47 1249, out 0.45 3110

Etymology

Borrowed from English down

Pronunciation

• dáʊ̀n

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 91
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 148
• Frequency in raw corpus: 1837
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 209

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Preposition

1. - (frequency:1775)

   down  — (bbc__102309, __no translation__)

   Calm down!  — (BEN_32_I-Don-Tire-For-All-Dese-Boys_DG__98, Calm down.)

2. cc (frequency:133)

   Men dey cheat up and down.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__35, Men cheat everywhere.)

   E go dey waka up, and down.  — (ONI_15_Gossiping_DG__13, He will be walking up and down.)

3. dep (frequency:11)

   Now na like as e dey for down dem go play am.  — (brila__503, __no translation__)

   Dis na actually good news and we go show why for for down.  — (bbc__41019, __no translation__)

4. advmod:emph (frequency:7)

   Put your head down.  — (JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__186, Put your head down.)

   Ehen not push go down o.  — (IBA_09_Leon-And-Amos_DG__146, Ehen, it is not really pushing down.)

5. advmod (frequency:3)

   Some people go say dis brake, ah dis brake dey too go down.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__135, Some people will say this brake, ah, this brake seems too loose.)

   So only down dat you will apply relaxer so dat all di eh down dat don due, all di place go relax too.  — (NST_cleaned__10754, __no translation__)

6. obl:arg (frequency:2)

   Gold rain down for Russia airport  — (bbc__54384, __no translation__)

   Now e get note wey say down for maintenance.  — (bbc__44107, __no translation__)

7. cc-obl:arg (frequency:2)

   No be until you dey run dey follow girl up, and down for road.  — (NST_cleaned__21609, __no translation__)

   Other prophet like Elijah ‘waka up and down for desert and mountain and cave and different different den for this earth.’ But all of dem fit endure because ‘dem believe sey dem don see wetin dem dey wait for.’​—⁠ Heb.  — (jw__29366, __no translation__)

8. compound:prt (frequency:2)

   One shit dey down down.  — (deuber__5757, __no translation__)

   Go down, down down.But na you talk say dat land no be our own.My son!  — (deuber__5673, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• down part

1. Sick person go well even if e touch only the down part of im cloth.  — (jw__19936, __no translation__)

   When dem touch the down part of Jesus outer garment, all their sickness go just vanish.  — (jw__9280, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• up 0.60 2607, shoulder 0.59 166, back 0.51 3301, wake 0.48 276, calm 0.47 120, shut 0.47 148, bend 0.47 51, fire 0.47 1249, out 0.45 3110

Antonyms

• up 0.60 2607, shoulder 0.59 166, back 0.51 3301, wake 0.48 276, calm 0.47 120, shut 0.47 148, bend 0.47 51, fire 0.47 1249, out 0.45 3110

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

1. Make person chop or drink someting.
2. Make dem kill person.