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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

Definition

Spot wey someting start.

Verb

• De dey use am dey show where person village be.

1. Alamy Where e from come?  — (bbc__13659, __no translation__)
2. Na United State e from come.  — (jw__32892, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• originate, comot, born

Translations

• English: hail

Preposition

We use am show a point wey someting con begin.

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

   Many pipo dey waka for many hours to go fetch water from from lakes, streams and rivers.  — (bbc__65555, Many people trek for many hours to fetch water from the lake.)

Synonyms

• comot

Translations

• English: starting point or initial reference of or at.