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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* pursue 0.41 426, chase 0.40 72, run 0.37 1897, pack 0.36 339, drive 0.35 431, dig 0.33 102, near 0.33 1010, rush 0.32 236, later 0.32 1056
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English from
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from English from
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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===Definition===
 
===Definition===
from: hail -- de dey use am dey show where person village be
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from: source -- spot wey someting start
  
  
===Auxiliary===
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===Verb===
from: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
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from: hail -- de dey use am dey show where person village be
  
  
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===Preposition===
 
===Preposition===
from: no definition -- we use am show a point wey someting originate
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from: starting point -- we use am show a point wey someting originate
  
  

Revision as of 15:45, 8 September 2020

Naija

Etymology

from English from

Pronunciation

  • frɔm

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 252
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 65
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 13276
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 34

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Definition

from: source -- spot wey someting start


Verb

from: hail -- de dey use am dey show where person village be


  1. - (frequency:20)
    Alamy Where e from come?  — (bbc__13659, __no translation__)
    Na United State e from come.  — (jw__32892, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • originate, comot, born


Translations

  • English: hail


Preposition

from: starting point -- we use am show a point wey someting originate


  1. dep (frequency:124)
    E don dey bleed from inside.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__53, He had been bleeding from inside.)
  2. conj-dep (frequency:3)
    From di, from January, from January to, for some...  — (NST_cleaned__37356, __no translation__)
    Many pipo dey waka for many hours to go fetch water from from lakes, streams and rivers.  — (bbc__65555, __no translation__)


Synonyms

  • comot


Translations

  • English: starting point or initial reference of or at