ground
Naija
Etymology
From: English ground
Pronunciation
- grănd
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 45
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 262
- Frequency in raw corpus: 1245
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 299
Noun
- Na part of the world wey dem dey waka ontop.
- {{ux|dv|E come fall for ground. |(jw__5558. It fell on the surface of the earth.)}
- Na ground we dey sleep and when morning reach, the brother and im wife dey prepare better food for us. — (jw__737, __no translation__)
- So the boy just dey ground for there, e no shake. — (The boy laid on the floor without shaking.)}
- Na make person dey available for anyting wey wan happen.
- Na we dey ground. — (LAG_38_Elections_DG__75. We are the people available.)
- Me I don let dem know say I full ground remain. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I have already informed them of my availability. )
- I dey o, I dey full ground. — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__10, I am fine, I am very fine.)
- Na when matter dey wey never get head.
- Na im make trouble full ground. — (jw__25707,That is why issues are on ground.)
Verb
- Na situation wey be say e still dey happen.
- Confusion bin dey ground as to weda pipo die; — (bbc__26119. It was unclear whether there were casualties or not.)
- Soldiers and police dey ground to control di protests — (bbc__90798. The Soldiers and Police are ready to prevent riot from breaking out.)
- Plenti tori dey ground for how di soldier take die. — (bbc__82045. There are different accounts on the death of the soldier. )
- If na for di matter wey dey ground na im you wan put mouth, put mouth. — (WAZK_09_Fuel-Price-Increase_M__84, If it's the matter on ground that you wish to have input, go ahead.)
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Translations
- English: surface of the earth.. matter at hand