Difference between revisions of "kakup"
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* {{ux|dv|Dat babe '''kakup''' for dat party, sotey I no fit look my bae wey sidon for my side.|(NSC_Shulammite 2020, The lady was so well dressed, that I barely looked at my girlfriend who was sited beside me.)}} | * {{ux|dv|Dat babe '''kakup''' for dat party, sotey I no fit look my bae wey sidon for my side.|(NSC_Shulammite 2020, The lady was so well dressed, that I barely looked at my girlfriend who was sited beside me.)}} | ||
*{{ux|dv|Good make man pikin dey '''kakup''' wen he dey comot, cause this life na one o. |(NSC_Shulammite 2020, It is of necessity for a man to dress nicely when going out.)}} | *{{ux|dv|Good make man pikin dey '''kakup''' wen he dey comot, cause this life na one o. |(NSC_Shulammite 2020, It is of necessity for a man to dress nicely when going out.)}} | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 14 December 2020
Naija
Etymology
From: English khaki
Pronunciation
- kákʌp
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 34
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 4043
Verb
Intransitive
Make person dress well.
- Dat babe kakup for dat party, sotey I no fit look my bae wey sidon for my side. — (NSC_Shulammite 2020, The lady was so well dressed, that I barely looked at my girlfriend who was sited beside me.)
- Good make man pikin dey kakup wen he dey comot, cause this life na one o. — (NSC_Shulammite 2020, It is of necessity for a man to dress nicely when going out.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: dress up