Difference between revisions of "phone"
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Revision as of 18:25, 22 March 2021
Naija
Alternative form
Etymology
From English phone
Pronunciation
- fôn
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
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- Frequency in raw corpus:
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Noun
- Na wetin dem dey use make call.
- Since when she begin use phone na im we no dey hear word. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Ever since she bought a phone, she has become a nuisance.)
- De man dey use him Phone take call im family for obodo oyinbo. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The man uses his phone to call his family abroad.)
- Im lock im phone make im wife for no fit read im message dem — (He locked his phone with password to deny his wife assess to his messages.)
- Na wetin dem dey use send text or mail.
- Dem send am text through Phone. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. They sent him text through his phone.)
- When dem sack am, na Phone dem use take send am message, dem no call am face to face. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. They sent him dismissal text through his phone, not physical.)
Related form
Synonym
Translation
- English: A device used in making calls