Difference between revisions of "gbab"

 
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===Frequency===
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===Verb===
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
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#Sey person take force [[catch]] [[anoder]] person.
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1959
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#:*{{ux|dv|Police don dey try tey-tey to '''gbab''' Melaye but im don escape before dem fit pick am up more than once. |(bbc__82421, The police has been trying to arrest Melaye but he escaped before being re-arrested.)}}
* Frequency in raw corpus: 193
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#Sey person use wayo collect someting for person hand.
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1359
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#:*{{ux|dv|So pikin wey you no train well, na im go '''gbab''' you, come ask for ransom join again. |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__54, A spoilt child will turn around and kidnap the parents in exchange for ransom.)}}
  
===Verb===
 
Sey person take force catch anoder person.
 
:*{{ux|dv|So pikin wey you no train well, na im go '''gbab''' you, come ask for ransom join again. |(WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__54, A spoilt child will turn around and kidnap the parents in exchange for ransom.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|According to Haruna, investigation don start to find out how kidnappers take '''gbab''' and kill am. |(bbc__11430, Haruna said investigations has commenced into the kidnap and killing of the victim.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|According to police, Umar wey dem '''gbab''' on Saturday night confess say im plan na to just go touch woman body for di hostel. |(bbc__12134, The police said Umar whom they arrested admitted that his intention was only to rape a woman in the hostel.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|Police don dey try tey-tey to '''gbab''' Melaye but im don escape before dem fit pick am up more than once. |(bbc__82421, The police has been trying to arrest Melaye but he escaped before being re-arrested.)}}
 
  
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''catch''
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* English: ''catch, trick''

Latest revision as of 21:29, 18 September 2022

Naija

Etymology

From: unknown

Pronunciation

  • gbâb

Play Play

Verb

  1. Sey person take force catch anoder person.
    • Police don dey try tey-tey to gbab Melaye but im don escape before dem fit pick am up more than once.  — (bbc__82421, The police has been trying to arrest Melaye but he escaped before being re-arrested.)
  2. Sey person use wayo collect someting for person hand.
    • So pikin wey you no train well, na im go gbab you, come ask for ransom join again.  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__54, A spoilt child will turn around and kidnap the parents in exchange for ransom.)


Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: catch, trick