put

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English put

Pronunciation

• pʊt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 326
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 57
• Frequency in raw corpus: 4185
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 90

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

put: no definition, put.PST.PTCP -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:257)

   una go put am.  — (deuber__5475, __no translation__)

   slice onions put.  — (NST_cleaned__38056, __no translation__)

2. obl:arg (frequency:238)

   You turn am put inside rubber.  — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__8, You put it into a plastic bowl.)

   Dat one join put for ideal man.  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__174, That one is part of the ideal man.)

3. obj (frequency:112)

   Put am!  — (KAD_10_Egusi-Soup_MG__17, Put it in!)

   Put leg.  — (PRT_10_Market_DG__24, Put your leg.)

4. mark-obj (frequency:45)

   I no suppose to put Igbo.  — (PRT_02_Food-And-Health_MG__38, I'm not supposed to interject in Igbo.)

   you need to put your tyre...  — (NST_cleaned__34726, __no translation__)

5. dep (frequency:38)

   Take your salt put inside.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__90, Put your salt in.)

   Carry your banga put for inside fire.  — (NST_cleaned__35876, __no translation__)

6. dep-obj (frequency:29)

   Put some on...  — (ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__89, I put some on...)

   Put water inside.  — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__72, Put water inside.)

7. aux-obj (frequency:15)

   Con put am.  — (KAD_17_Turkeys_MG__41, Then I fed them.)

   Con put sandsand, con put water.  — (BEN_34_Tale_MG__7, Then he put plenty of sand and water.)

8. nsubj (frequency:8)

   Na dere we gbes put.  — (IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__94, That is our location.)

   E claim say February 6, 2013, dem form am but di date Twitter put na April 2018.  — (bbc__44087, __no translation__)

9. advmod (frequency:8)

   So all dese things put togeda, and when you go enter gallop, pah!  — (LAG_31_Road-Safety_MG__58, So putting all these things together, and when you go into a ditch, pah!)

   Maybe witin one year now, e go con change everytin, put everytin togeda.  — (LAG_09_Country-Wahala_DG__57, Maybe, within one year, he will change everything and put everything together.)

10. cc-obj (frequency:8)

    Gader dose bush quick quick and put fire!  — (deuber__5669, __no translation__)

    When de open am, de go put am for pot, and put am onions.  — (ENU_17_Buying-Grocery_DG__34, When they open it, they'll put it in a pot, and put in onions.)

11. aux (frequency:7)

    Just comot am con put.  — (KAD_01_Students-Life_DG__251, Just remove it then put.)

    Some con make big fire come put.  — (IBA_04_Alaska-Pepe_MG__121, Some lit a big fire and put them in.)

12. conj-obj (frequency:5)

    Put small kanwan, cover am make e dey done.  — (KAD_11_Edikaikong-Gbegiri_M__74, Put a little potash and cover it so that it will be boiling.)

    After you stir, you go con pour water, put your maggi, put your fish, put everything.  — (NST_cleaned__36233, __no translation__)

13. advcl (frequency:4)

    You know sey no be every food wey you just see dey pass, you go just carry put for inside your mouth dey chop.  — (NST_cleaned__36303, __no translation__)

    Place where I grow up, place wey dem born me, na dere I spend all my life put before I come comot base on of marriage.  — (LAG_18_Lagos-Districts_M__47, A place where I grew up, a place where I was born, it was where I spent all my life before I now left because of marriage.)

14. ccomp (frequency:4)

    So di principal at times go carry dem put for di same keke drop dem off.  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__108, So, the principal at times will take her in the same keke and drop them off.)

    When dem produce am, de go come wash am, galvanise am, go put am for stand.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__166, When they produced them, they will wash it and galvanise it, put them in a stand.)

15. obl:mod (frequency:3)

    The World Anti-Doping Agency don tok say dem go shook eye put f ...  — (brila__1688, __no translation__)

    Den by di time you reach dere, each of di faculty, each of di department, you go share dem put like dat.  — (BEN_17_Cctv-Jamb-And-Elections_DG__91, Then by the time you get there, you will post them to each of the faculties and each of the departments.)

16. conj (frequency:2)

    E take the bread and the fish, pray put and give the disciples make dem share am give the people.  — (jw__19663, __no translation__)

    if dem prove am sey any offence wey dey dis Act na becos director, manager, secretary, or any officer of corporate body, gree put or do plan work or na becos dem no do deir work or na person wey dey pose sey e dey work for any of dis people, dat person and di corporate body commit go join does dem go take go court and punishment.  — (hildrights__856, __no translation__)

17. aux-dep (frequency:2)

    wen de press dey put on top of di League ah...  — (NST_cleaned__39891, __no translation__)

    Na for dry season, ant dey gader dem food dey put for inside hole o.  — (deuber__1776, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• be sey put

1. As God wan take do am so, my husband con be like person wey be sey God put my love for im mind.  — (IBA_01_Fola-Lifestory_MG__129, By God's grace, my husband is like if God put his love for me into his mind.)

   If di meat never soft, you put am dat period wey be sey you dey put all your ingredients so dat everyting go boil together.  — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__31, If the meat is not soft yet, you add it when you put all your ingredients so that everything boils together.)

• top sey put

1. FRSC don catch six hundred, and fifty seven people on top sey dem no put speed limiting machine for inside dem vehicle.  — (IBA_34_News-Report-By-Samuel_MG__4, The FRSC has caught six hundred and fifty seven people for failing to install speed limiting devices in their vehicles.)

   Di Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC for Anambra don yarn sey dem don catch like six hundred and fifty seven people wey dey drive car on top sey dem never put di speed limiting device for inside deir car in February.  — (IBA_34_News-Report-By-Samuel_MG__26, The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Anambra has said that they have arrested no fewer than six hundred and fifty seven motorists who have not installed the speed limiting device in their vehicles in February.)

Synonyms

• chook 0.71 704, keep 0.68 813, cut 0.66 495, clean 0.64 607, shook 0.62 80, fold 0.60 27, shine 0.59 408, wash 0.59 250, pour 0.58 199

Antonyms

• chook 0.71 704, keep 0.68 813, cut 0.66 495, clean 0.64 607, shook 0.62 80, fold 0.60 27, shine 0.59 408, wash 0.59 250, pour 0.58 199

Translations

• English: no definition, put.PST.PTCP