Difference between revisions of "lem"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Fom English: ''lem''
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From: Urhobo ''le emu (eat food)''
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* lém
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* lɛ̂m
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-lem.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-lem.f.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-lem.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
<sm2>Pcm-ng-lem.m.ogg</sm2>  
 
===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3582
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 3
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 14214
 
 
  
  
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===
====Intransitive====
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* Make person put food for mouth [[chop]].
Make person put food for mouth [[chop]].
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:* {{ux|dv|My guy, you go wait o, I wan '''lem'''.|(My buddy, you have to wait for me because I want to eat.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|My guy, you go wait o, I wan '''lem'''.|(Egbokhare_2020, My buddy, you have to wait for me because I want to eat.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| No be you buy di suya, but na you wan '''lem''' pass.|(It wasn't you who bought the suya, but you still want to eat the most.)}}
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[chop]]
 
* [[chop]]

Latest revision as of 15:05, 6 March 2024

Naija

Etymology

From: Urhobo le emu (eat food)

Pronunciation

  • lɛ̂m

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Verb

  • Make person put food for mouth chop.
  • My guy, you go wait o, I wan lem.  — (My buddy, you have to wait for me because I want to eat.)
  • No be you buy di suya, but na you wan lem pass.  — (It wasn't you who bought the suya, but you still want to eat the most.)

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Translations

  • English: to eat