put

Naija

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.)

Synonyms

• chook, shook, pour

Antonyms

comot, troway

Translations

• English: put