draw
Naija
Etymology
From: English draw
Pronunciation
- drɔ̂
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 8
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 856
- Frequency in raw corpus: 557
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 593
Noun
- Wen e be sey nobody win for matter
- Di American fight wit Tyson Fury for Los Angeles early dis month bin end for draw. — (bbc__30717, The American fought with Tyson Fury early this month and it ended in a draw)
- Chelsea win Qarabag while Barcelona draw with Juventus. — (bbc__25192,Chelsea won Qarabag while Barcelona drew with Juventus)
- As e be sey de don gader put many people/someting name make de pick as deir matter go be.
- Manchester United fans heart dey cut sake of Champions League draw — (bbc__99239, Manchester United Fans are afraid because of the Champions League draw )
- Match wey be sey de don gree make dem play
- When FIFA.Com ask Brazil coach say how important dis final draw be for am, and whether any team dey wey im go like avoid, im answer different. — (bbc__99712, When FIFA.Com asked the Brazilian coach how important this final will be for him and if there is any team he'll like to avoid, his answer was different)
- Rabio - wey be giant Pacific octopus - predict Japan win against Colombia and dia draw with Senegal. — (bbc__84499,Rabio, the giant Pacific octopus has predicted a Japan win against Colombia and their draw with Senegal)
Translations
- English: draw
Verb
draw
Transitive
- Sey person dey use line or paint take do picture of someting
- Macron don troway salute give pikin wey draw im photo — (bbc__64579, Macron has commended the child who drew his photo.)
- Sey person/someting carry person/someting near deir body
- If child do anyhow, after you don shout give am, e good make you draw am near you. — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, If the child misbehaves, after you must have scolded him/her, it is good to bring them close to you.)
Intransitive
- Sey someting dey gumgum
- di rice don spoil, e don dey draw — (The rice is getting spoilt, it's becoming sticky )
- Ogbono soup dey draw — (The Ogbono soup is sticky)
Derived forms
- Draw money
- Sey person go collect money wey person dey owe am
- E dey go draw money from people wey dey owe am. — (He/she went to request for the repayment of debts he/she is being owed.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: Draw