put

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Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Definition

  • Sey dem carry something for where e dey, carry am go anoder place.

Verb

  • E be like sey de no go put dis guy for di match o  —  (NSC_Emeka_2020, It looks like they won't put this guy in the match. )

Serial Verb

  • 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.)
  • When Urhobo women dey cook ukodo, de dey sweat put.  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, When Urhobo women cook ukodo, they sweat also.)

Related Forms

put eye, put mouth, put mind, put hand

Synonyms

Antonyms

comot, troway

Translations

  • English: put