Difference between revisions of "kill"

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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 289
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 289
  
===Definition===
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===Verb===
 
* Make person/someting extinguish di life for anoder person/someting.
 
* Make person/someting extinguish di life for anoder person/someting.
 
===Verb===
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|De don '''kill''' di man. |(NSC_Tella_2020, The man has been assassinated.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|De don '''kill''' di man. |(NSC_Tella_2020, The man has been assassinated.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|For Nigeria law, if you '''kill''' person, na so dem go kill you. |(In Nigerian constitution, a person that kills will likewise be killed.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|For Nigeria law, if you '''kill''' person, na so dem go kill you. |(In Nigerian constitution, a person that kills will likewise be killed.)}}
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''to put to death; to extinguish the life of.''
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* English: ''to put to death; to extinguish the life of''.

Revision as of 17:40, 7 September 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English kill

Pronunciation

  • kîl

Play


Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 67
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 192
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1286
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 289

Verb

  • Make person/someting extinguish di life for anoder person/someting.
  1. De don kill di man.  — (NSC_Tella_2020, The man has been assassinated.)
  2. For Nigeria law, if you kill person, na so dem go kill you.  — (In Nigerian constitution, a person that kills will likewise be killed.)


Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: to put to death; to extinguish the life of.