grab

Naija

Etymology

From English grab.

Pronunciation

• grâb

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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

• Make person hold someting.

1. 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.

1. Di lady too grab o.  — NSC_Tella_2021, The lady is busty.

Synonyms

• follow, hold

Translations

• English: to be sturdy, understand.