put
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English put
Pronunciation
- pʊt
Definition
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
- Sey dem carry something for where e dey, carry carry am go anoder place
- 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.)
- 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,You know that it is not every food you see you'll put in your mouth and eat? )
Derived forms
Synonyms
- chook, shook, pour
Antonyms
comot, troway
Translations
- English: no definition, put