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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1599
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 46
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3320
 
  
 
===Transitive Verb===
 
===Transitive Verb===

Revision as of 12:10, 28 May 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English grab.

Pronunciation

  • grâb

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Transitive Verb

  • Make person hold someting.
As dem dey comot, e grab im hand.  — NSC_Tella_2021, As they were leaving, he held her hand.

Intransitive Verb

  • Make person dey understand or follow wetin another person dey yarn.
  1. My broda grab o.  — NSC_Ajede_2020, My brother is sturdy
  2. I dey grab wetin you dey yarn o.  — NSC_Tella_2021, I understand what you are saying.
  • Make person get body or kpons.
Di lady too grab o.  — NSC_Tella_2021, The lady is busty.

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: to be sturdy, understand.