Difference between revisions of "give"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Alternative forms===
 
===Alternative forms===
give
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[[giv]]
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English give
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From: English ''give''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* gɪv
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* gɪ̂v
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-give.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-give.f.ogg</sm2>  
<sm2>Pcm-ng-give.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-give.m.ogg</sm2>
 
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 240
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 70
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 8618
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 44
 
 
 
===Definition===
 
 
 
===Usage===
 
 
 
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
# give: Sey person take someting carry am to anoder person/someting
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#Make person take something/person carry am go meet anoder person/someting.
#: {{ux|dv|Na im fit save us and '''give''' us life. |(jw__25690, __He is the one who can save us and give us life__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Na im fit save us and '''give''' us life.|(jw__25690, __He is the one who can save us and give us life.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Lai Mohammed b'cos of some heavy lie wey both of dem lie '''give''' wi public. |(ja102__3933, __Lai Mohammed because of some heave lies that the both of them served the public __)}}.
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#:* {{ux|dv|Di blow wey dem'''give''' you never do you? Dey talk dey go|(The blows you were given were not enough for you? Keep talking.)}}
 
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# Word wey dey show sey e get where wetin person do dey go.
====Derived forms====
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#:* {{ux|dv| Who you dey lie '''give'''? |(NSC_2022,Who are you lying to?)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Nobody really send you o. No dey form '''give''' anybody.|(No one really cares. Don’t pretend to anyone.)}}
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#Make person nack person.
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#:* {{ux|dv| I hear sey dat guy don '''give''' all una babes? |(I hear that that guy has slept with all your girlfriends?)}}
  
  
====Synonyms====
 
* send 0.59 1680, provide 0.51 471, offer 0.51 120
 
  
====Antonyms====
 
keep 0.55 813, get 0.53 21536, receive 0.53 505, accept 0.51 312, cut 0.51 495,
 
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: give
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* English: ''give''

Latest revision as of 16:08, 31 May 2023

Naija

Alternative forms

giv

Etymology

From: English give

Pronunciation

  • gɪ̂v

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Verb

  1. Make person take something/person carry am go meet anoder person/someting.
    • Na im fit save us and give us life.  — (jw__25690, __He is the one who can save us and give us life.)
    • Di blow wey demgive you never do you? Dey talk dey go  — (The blows you were given were not enough for you? Keep talking.)
  2. Word wey dey show sey e get where wetin person do dey go.
    • Who you dey lie give?  — (NSC_2022,Who are you lying to?)
    • Nobody really send you o. No dey form give anybody.  — (No one really cares. Don’t pretend to anyone.)
  3. Make person nack person.
    • I hear sey dat guy don give all una babes?  — (I hear that that guy has slept with all your girlfriends?)



Translations

  • English: give