Difference between revisions of "fall"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* blow 0.76 324, hot 0.69 346, smell 0.69 97, heavy 0.68 456, shake 0.67 366, wash 0.67 250, rain 0.66 446, scatter 0.66 441, pour 0.64 199
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English fall
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From English: ''fall''
 
 
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* fɔ̂
 
* fɔ̂
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 824
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 824
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 422
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 422
 
The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
  
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
fall: collapse, crash (of plane) -- Definition in Naija?
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#Make someting go down.
 
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#: {{ux|dv|That big house wey dey Ibeju Lekki, '''fall''' yesterday o.|Egbokhare}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E '''fall'''. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__39, He/ she fell.)}}
# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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#Make someting [[drop]] for ground.
#: {{ux|dv|That big house wey dey Ibeju Lekki, '''fall''' yesterday o.|no translation}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Heavy rain come start to '''fall'''. |(jw__17548, Then it started raining heavily.)}}
# - (frequency:41)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Rain want '''fall'''. |(jw__30876, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Rain don begin '''fall'''. |(deuber__6021, __no translation__)}}
 
# mark (frequency:22)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Heavy rain come start to '''fall'''. |(jw__17548, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Watch as di rainmaker voke rain to '''fall''' |(bbc__98128, __no translation__)}}
 
# obl:arg (frequency:22)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Wonder whether rain wan '''fall''' for dry season. |(katakata__388, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|one very high building, '''fall''' for ground, e don die, be dat. |(NST_cleaned__41217, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-nsubj (frequency:15)
 
#: {{ux|dv|People go dey '''fall'''. |(ENU_15_Music_M__42, People will be falling.)}}
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|Rain come dey '''fall'''. |(ABJ_INF_04_First-Time-In-Abuja_M__16, Then, rain started falling.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Rain come dey '''fall'''. |(ABJ_INF_04_First-Time-In-Abuja_M__16, Then, rain started falling.)}}
# nsubj (frequency:14)
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#Make someting disappoint person.
#: {{ux|dv|E '''fall'''. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__39, She fell.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|If I go dat one, di thing go come '''fall''' my hand. |(NST_cleaned__201, If I attend, I will be disappointed.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|'If you '''fall''', na game ova' ' |(bbc__9019, __no translation__)}}
 
# aux-mark (frequency:8)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Di rain wey don '''fall''' don dey pass all di rain wey don '''fall''' before. |(bbc__37704, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I no know sey all dat rain wey dey '''fall''', baba God just dey protect im own pikin. |(ABJ_INF_04_First-Time-In-Abuja_M__48, I didn't know that the rain that was falling... it was God the Father protecting his own child.)}}
 
# aux (frequency:6)
 
#: {{ux|dv|‘E don '''fall'''! |(jw__48967, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Con '''fall''', die guy! |(NST_cleaned__21744, __no translation__)}}
 
# obj (frequency:5)
 
#: {{ux|dv|E fo~, '''fall''' my hand eh, '''fall''' my hand. |(ENU_21_Solomon-And-Kingsman_DG__185, He disappointed... disappointed me... disappointed me.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|If I go dat one, di thing go come '''fall''' my hand. |(NST_cleaned__201, __no translation__)}}
 
# mark-obj (frequency:3)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Naim di cat, as di cat '''fall''' ground, naim e turn to human being. |(ENU_30_Animals-Rights-In-Usa_T__31, Then the cat... as the cat fell on the ground, then it turned to human.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Oga Enang say dis wan no be joking mata as any lawmaker wey '''fall''' short of dis one go just get red card immediately. |(bbc__76604, __no translation__)}}
 
# cc (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Weather sabi change well- well for Norway, di kontri get four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and '''fall'''. |(bbc__98406, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dennis buy rose flower for Lorraine after di attack, and one month later even though di flowers don dry, dem never begin break and '''fall'''. |(bbc__30089, __no translation__)}}
 
# advcl (frequency:2)
 
#: {{ux|dv|Comfort Onyayi Daniel Comfort hair begin '''fall''' after she start chemotherapy. |(bbc__25964, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA say, dem still dey investigate wetin make di door '''fall''' as di plane touch ground but so far dem don fix di door, make sure say everything dey okay and now di plane don return to flying few hours after di door '''fall'''. |(bbc__72997, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
 
 
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* blow 0.76 324, hot 0.69 346, smell 0.69 97, heavy 0.68 456, shake 0.67 366, wash 0.67 250, rain 0.66 446, scatter 0.66 441, pour 0.64 199
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* [[drop]]
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* blow 0.76 324, hot 0.69 346, smell 0.69 97, heavy 0.68 456, shake 0.67 366, wash 0.67 250, rain 0.66 446, scatter 0.66 441, pour 0.64 199
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* [[up]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: collapse, crash (of plane)
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* English: ''collapse,fall''

Revision as of 17:19, 3 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: fall

Pronunciation

  • fɔ̂

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 33
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 326
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 824
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 422


Verb

  1. Make someting go down.
    {{ux|dv|That big house wey dey Ibeju Lekki, fall yesterday o.|Egbokhare}
    E fall.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__39, He/ she fell.)
  2. Make someting drop for ground.
    Heavy rain come start to fall.  — (jw__17548, Then it started raining heavily.)
    Rain come dey fall.  — (ABJ_INF_04_First-Time-In-Abuja_M__16, Then, rain started falling.)
  3. Make someting disappoint person.
    If I go dat one, di thing go come fall my hand.  — (NST_cleaned__201, If I attend, I will be disappointed.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: collapse,fall