Difference between revisions of "raise"

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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, When the man who cleared his throat and moved forward raising his cutlass, Okonwo ignored.)}}
  
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* [[raise shoulder]]
 
* [[raise shoulder]]
#: {{ux|dv|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__)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|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__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Dis decision don '''raise''' plenti dust. |(bbc__100880, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''to support someone'', ''raise''
 
* English: ''to support someone'', ''raise''

Revision as of 17:21, 22 March 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English raise

Pronunciation

  • rêz

Play Play

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.)

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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.)

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Translations

  • English: to support someone, raise