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===Preposition=== | ===Preposition=== | ||
# Place wey no be up or middle of someting or somewhere. | # Place wey no be up or middle of someting or somewhere. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Na di day wey Oga fall '''down''' for step I know sey na strong man e be because he hold himself, no fall reach ground finish. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Na di day wey Oga fall '''down''' for step I know sey na strong man e be because he hold himself, no fall reach ground finish. |(NSC_2021, The day my boss fell down the staircase was when I knew he was a strong man because he didn't land flat on the floor.)}} |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Men dey cheat up and '''down'''. |(IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__35, Men cheat everywhere.)}} |
| + | # Place wey far from where someting from start. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|I follow di road go '''down''' [[well well]] before I see di junction you talk about. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, I walked really far down the road before I found the junction you talked about.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|I follow di road go '''down''' [[well well]] before I see di junction you talk about. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, I walked really far down the road before I found the junction you talked about.)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Go '''down''', '''down''' '''down'''. But na you talk say dat land no be our own. My son! |(deuber__5673. I thought you said that land down the road is not part of our inheritance?)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Go '''down''', '''down''' '''down'''. But na you talk say dat land no be our own. My son! |(deuber__5673. I thought you said that land down the road is not part of our inheritance?)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|When dem touch the '''down''' part of Jesus outer garment, all deir sickness go just vanish. |(jw__9280, when the sick touched the helm of his garment, they received healing.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|When dem touch the '''down''' part of Jesus outer garment, all deir sickness go just vanish. |(jw__9280, when the sick touched the helm of his garment, they received healing.)}} | ||
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| − | + | * [[ground]] | |
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| − | * | + | * English: ''down'' |
| − | === | + | ===Adverb=== |
| − | * | + | * As person do someting leave am. |
| + | :* {{ux|dv| Who open dis tap '''down'''. |(NSC_2021, Who left this tap open?)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| E no good to open door '''down''' sleep even for afternoon. |(NSC_2021, It is not good to leave the door ajar and fall asleep even in the afternoon.)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| Abeg warm soup '''down''' I don near house. |(NSC_2021, Please warm the soup in anticipation of my arrival, I'm close to the house. | ||
| − | ==== | + | ====Related forms==== |
| − | * | + | * [[down down]] |
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
* English ''down'' | * English ''down'' | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 7 September 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English down
Pronunciation
- dáʊ̀n
Preposition
- Place wey no be up or middle of someting or somewhere.
- Na di day wey Oga fall down for step I know sey na strong man e be because he hold himself, no fall reach ground finish. — (NSC_2021, The day my boss fell down the staircase was when I knew he was a strong man because he didn't land flat on the floor.)
- Men dey cheat up and down. — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__35, Men cheat everywhere.)
- Place wey far from where someting from start.
- I follow di road go down well well before I see di junction you talk about. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, I walked really far down the road before I found the junction you talked about.)
- Go down, down down. But na you talk say dat land no be our own. My son! — (deuber__5673. I thought you said that land down the road is not part of our inheritance?)
- When dem touch the down part of Jesus outer garment, all deir sickness go just vanish. — (jw__9280, when the sick touched the helm of his garment, they received healing.)
Synonym
Translation
- English: down
Adverb
- As person do someting leave am.
- Who open dis tap down. — (NSC_2021, Who left this tap open?)
- E no good to open door down sleep even for afternoon. — (NSC_2021, It is not good to leave the door ajar and fall asleep even in the afternoon.)
- {{ux|dv| Abeg warm soup down I don near house. |(NSC_2021, Please warm the soup in anticipation of my arrival, I'm close to the house.
Related forms
Translation
- English down