Difference between revisions of "dust"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
*Sand sand  
 
*Sand sand  
#: {{ux|dv|Na '''dust''', na im dem form us from. |(NST_cleaned__39721, __no translation__)}}
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#:{{ux|dv|Na '''dust''', na im dem form us from. |(NST_cleaned__39721, It is dust from that we were formed from.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'''Dust''' cover the suit wey dem wear. |(jw__40073, __no translation__)}}
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#:{{ux|dv|'''Dust''' cover the suit wey dem wear. |(jw__40073, Dust covered the suit they wore.)}}
 
 
 
# matter wey de cause trouble
 
# matter wey de cause trouble
#: {{ux|dv|Dis decision don raise plenti '''dust'''. |(bbc__100880, __no translation__)}}
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#:{{ux|dv|Dis decision don raise plenti '''dust'''. |(bbc__100880, This decision has raised a lot of issues.)}}
 
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# to talk yeye word for mouth
 
#: {{ux|dv|Everybody dey say make we boycott BA because one Junior staff yarn '''dust''' wey all of us dey do once in a while. |(bbc__2710, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
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[[yarn dust]]
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
   
 
   
====Antonyms====
 
 
   
 
   
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: dust
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English: dust
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
 
*sey person sabi run fiam pass another person
 
*sey person sabi run fiam pass another person

Revision as of 18:05, 26 October 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • dost

Etymology

From: English dust

Pronunciation

  • dɔ̂st

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 7
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 959
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 47
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3268

Definition

sand sand

Noun

  • Sand sand
  1. Na dust, na im dem form us from.  — (NST_cleaned__39721, It is dust from that we were formed from.)
    Dust cover the suit wey dem wear.  — (jw__40073, Dust covered the suit they wore.)
  2. matter wey de cause trouble
    Dis decision don raise plenti dust.  — (bbc__100880, This decision has raised a lot of issues.)

Related forms

yarn dust

Synonyms

Translations

English: dust

Verb

  • sey person sabi run fiam pass another person
  1. Musa dust am for di race.  — (Egbokhare, Musa won her with a wide margin in the race.)
    Ben Johnson go fit dust Usain Bolt if deir two challenge?  — (NSC__Odirin 2020, Can Ben Johnson run faster than Usain Bolt if both of them are allowed to challenge each other?)

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Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

English: to beat in a competition with a wide margin