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===Transitive Verb=== | ===Transitive Verb=== | ||
* Make person hold someting. | * Make person hold someting. | ||
| − | + | :{{ux|dv|As dem dey comot, e '''grab''' im hand.|NSC_Tella_2021, As they were leaving, he held her hand. }} | |
===Intransitive Verb=== | ===Intransitive Verb=== | ||
Revision as of 15:03, 25 February 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English grab.
Pronunciation
- grâb
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
- 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.
- My broda grab o. — NSC_Ajede_2020, My brother is sturdy
- 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.