Difference between revisions of "raise"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
 
#Make person help person get someting wey e no get
 
#Make person help person get someting wey e no get
#:*{{ux|dv|'''Raise''' small change for make I fit buy small food.|Egbokhare_ }}
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#:*{{ux|dv|'''Raise''' small change for me make I fit buy small food.|(Egbokhare_2021, Find me some money to buy food.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv|Dis move na to helep di kontri '''raise''' more moni. |(bbc__40950, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Dis move na to helep di kontri '''raise''' more moni. |(bbc__40950, The effort is meant to help the country raise revenue.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Apart from dis, Nigeria wan '''raise''' another N60 billion from taxes on top cigarettes and alcohol. |(bbc__16038, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#Make person use hand take carry someting go up
 
#Make person use hand take carry someting go up
 
#:*{{ux|dv|Moses use im two hand '''raise''' the rod wey e hold go up. |(jw__26548, Moses used both hands to lift the rod.)}}
 
#:*{{ux|dv|Moses use im two hand '''raise''' the rod wey e hold go up. |(jw__26548, Moses used both hands to lift the rod.)}}
#: {{ux|dv|Na that time I take '''raise''' my white handkerchief as I don first talk. |(jw__2748, __no translation__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|As the man wey bin clear im throat waka go front and '''raise''' im cutlass, Okonkwo carry eye comot. |(katakata__56, When the man who cleared his throat and moved forward raising his cutlass, Okonwo ignored.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv|As the man wey bin clear im throat waka go front and '''raise''' im cutlass, Okonkwo carry eye comot. |(katakata__56, .)}}
 
  
 
====Derived forms====
 
====Derived forms====

Revision as of 17:18, 22 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English raise

Pronunciation

  • rêz

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1731
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 337
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 902

Noun

Na sey person dey take leg press wetin de make motor engine dey sound well

  • Raise di motor make we see di sound.  — (Egbokhare_2021, Rev the engine of the car so we can be sure how good the engine is.)

Related forms

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: rev up an engine

Verb

  1. Make person help person get someting wey e no get
    • Raise small change for me make I fit buy small food.  — (Egbokhare_2021, Find me some money to buy food.)
    • Dis move na to helep di kontri raise more moni.  — (bbc__40950, The effort is meant to help the country raise revenue.)
  2. Make person use hand take carry someting go up
    • Moses use im two hand raise the rod wey e hold go up.  — (jw__26548, Moses used both hands to lift the rod.)
    • As the man wey bin clear im throat waka go front and raise im cutlass, Okonkwo carry eye comot.  — (katakata__56, When the man who cleared his throat and moved forward raising his cutlass, Okonwo ignored.)

Derived forms

  1. Zahra Buhari/facebook Di Presidency for Nigeria don raise alarm of one fake Facebook account of President Muhammadu Buhari pikin Zahra.  — (bbc__102024, __no translation__)
    • Bonakanda station manager, Ndoumbe Evambe Amos, tori BBC News Pidgin say na Namondo e mami raise alarm wen e call afta e hear shooting around de area.  — (bbc__20423, __no translation__)
    Dis decision don raise plenti dust.  — (bbc__100880, __no translation__)

Translations

  • English: to support someone, raise