give

Naija

Alternative forms

giv

Etymology

Borrowed from English give

Pronunciation

• gɪv

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 240
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 70
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8618
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 44

Definition

Sey person take someting carry am to anoder person/someting

=Transitive

1. Sey person take someting carry am to 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__)
   • Lai Mohammed b'cos of some heavy lie wey both of dem lie give wi public.  — (ja102__3933, Lai Mohammed because of some huge lies that the both of them served us, the public.).

Derived forms

giver

Synonyms

• send, provide, offer

Antonyms

keep, get , receive , accept,

Translations

• English: give