Difference between revisions of "grab"

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====Intransitive Verb====
 
====Intransitive Verb====
*Make person get body or kpons
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*Make person get body.
:*{{ux|dv|My broda '''grab''' o.|NSC_Ajede_2020, My brother is sturdy}}
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:*{{ux|dv|My broda '''grab''' o.|NSC_Ajede_2020, My brother is muscular}}
:*{{ux|dv|Di lady too grab o.|NSC_Tella_2021, The lady is busty.}}
 
  
  
 
=====Translations=====
 
=====Translations=====
* English: ''to be sturdy'', ''voluptuous''
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* English: ''to be sturdy''

Revision as of 17:25, 1 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English grab.

Pronunciation

  • grâb

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Verb

Transitive Verb

  1. Make person hold someting.
    • As de dey comot, e grab im hand.  — NSC_Tella_2021, As they were leaving, he held her hand.
  2. Make person dey understand someting.
    • I dey grab wetin you dey yarn o.  — NSC_Tella_2021, I understand what you are saying.
Translation

English: hold, understand

Intransitive Verb

  • Make person get body.
  • My broda grab o.  — NSC_Ajede_2020, My brother is muscular


Translations
  • English: to be sturdy