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Etymology

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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__)

Synonyms

• originate, comot, born

Translations

• English: hail

Preposition

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

1. E don dey bleed from inside.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__53, He had been bleeding from inside.)

   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