pem

Naija

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • pɛ́m

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 27883

Noun

  • Na make person keep quiet, make e no make any sound or noise at all.
  • If I hear pem, I go woundjure you.  — (Egbokhare_2020. If you dare make a sound, I will wound you.)
  • Any body for dis class wey make pem, go know say I be wicked person.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The person who dare beep in this class will incur my wrath.)
  • Any body for dis class wey make pem, go know say I be wicked person.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The person who dare beep in this class will incur my wrath.)

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  • English: hush