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| | ==Naija== | | ==Naija== |
| − | ===Alternative forms===
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| − | * tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162
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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | Borrowed from English grass
| + | From English ''grass'' |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
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| | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2090 | | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2090 |
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| − | The word is used more in written texts than orally.
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| | + | ===Noun=== |
| | + | * [[igo]] wey guys dey smoke. |
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| − | ===Noun===
| + | :{{ux|dv|Dat guy dey smoke '''grass'''.|Egbokhare_2021, That guy is smoking Indian hemp.}} |
| − | grass: Slang: free of charge, without a cost -- Definition in Naija? | + | |
| | + | * Green plant wey dey grow for di ground. |
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| | + | #{{ux|dv|So, if you try comot the '''grass''', the wheat go follow am. |(jw__35176, So, if you try to remove the grass, the wheat will also follow it.)}} |
| | + | #{{ux|dv|The '''grass''' wey Jesus talk about for this story na one '''grass''' wey dem dey call bearded darnel. |(jw__35173, the grass that Jesus is talking about in this story is one type of grass that they called bearded darnel.)}} |
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| − | # Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
| + | * People wey dey di local setting. |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|Dat guy dey smoke '''grass'''.|no translation}}
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| − | # - (frequency:42)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|di so-called '''grass''' root people |(deuber__5564, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|e dey catch rabbit and '''grass''' cutter for farm. |(deuber__5365, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # det (frequency:21)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|“First comot the '''grass''' . |(jw__49605, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So, if you try comot the '''grass''', the wheat go follow am. |(jw__35176, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # acl:relcl-det (frequency:8)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Dis '''grass''' wey dey grow anyhow, dey worry many fishermen for East Africa. |(bbc__14322, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|The '''grass''' wey Jesus talk about for this story na one '''grass''' wey dem dey call bearded darnel. |(jw__35173, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # case (frequency:7)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Air Peace plane speed pass runway land for '''grass''' |(bbc__13408, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|wetin dem cut still dey for on top of '''grass''' dem no pack am |(deuber__5427, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # cc-det (frequency:4)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Jesus come explain wetin the story of the wheat and the '''grass''' mean: |(jw__49808, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|As the wheat and the '''grass''' dey grow together, their root go tie each other. |(jw__35175, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # amod (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na everyday e dey cut new '''grass''' cover the yam. |(katakata__860, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|The Watchtower talk sey truth be like flower wey plenty '''grass''' cover. |(jw__40035, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # amod-case (frequency:3)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|E try cover the yam with thick '''grass''' but the '''grass''' sef dry before evening reach. |(katakata__859, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Dem go travel for days from North, come go south to look for better '''grass''' for dia animal. |(bbc__41352, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # dep (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''grass''' e dey take-- you go beg dem before dem go cut di '''grass'''. |(deuber__5425, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na '''grass''' we dey chop -Cameroon refugees for Nigeria tell UNHCR UNHCR say make Cameroon allow human rights monitors |(bbc__71187, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # case-dep (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Dem say dem dey suffer, dey sleep on top '''grass''' and our parents dey send us go school, di student tok. |(bbc__1574, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na im mek Jehovah tell Israel people sey: ‘Wetin I talk go dey fall like dew, like when rain dey fall small small on top '''grass'''.’ Mek we come learn some things about dew. |(jw__12825, __no translation__)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms====
| + | :{{ux|dv|di so-called '''grass''' root people |(deuber__5564, the so-called grass root people)}} |
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| | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== |
| − | * tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162 | + | * [[igo]], [[Indian hemp]] |
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| − | ====Antonyms====
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| − | * tree 0.86 221, water 0.80 1456, boat 0.78 280, leaf 0.77 102, sand 0.76 164, garri 0.76 127, fish 0.75 323, cow 0.75 167, fruit 0.74 162
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | * English: Slang: free of charge, without a cost | + | * English: ''Indian hemp'' |