Difference between revisions of "raise"

 
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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===
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===Verb===
Na sey person dey take leg press wetin de make motor engine dey sound well  
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#Make person help person get someting wey e no get.
:*{{ux|dv|'''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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#:*{{ux|dv|'''Raise''' small change for me make I fit buy small food.|(Find me some money to buy food.)}}
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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.)}}
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#Make person use someting take carry someting go up.
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#:*{{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.)}}
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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.)}}
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# Make person dey take leg press wetin de make motor engine dey sound well.
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#:*{{ux|dv|'''Raise''' di motor make we see di sound.|( Rev the engine of the car so we can ascertain how good the engine is.)}}
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====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
* [[raisehand]], [[raisehead]]
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[[raise shoulder]], [[raise hand]]
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
* [[fire]]
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[[fire]]
====Translations====
 
* English: ''rev up an engine''
 
 
 
===Verb===
 
#Make person help person get someting wey e no get
 
#:*{{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, The effort is meant to help the country raise revenue.)}}
 
#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|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====
 
* [[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__)}}
 
#:*{{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''

Latest revision as of 10:55, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English raise

Pronunciation

  • rêz

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Verb

  1. Make person help person get someting wey e no get.
    • Raise small change for me make I fit buy small food.  — (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 someting 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.)
  3. Make person dey take leg press wetin de make motor engine dey sound well.
    • Raise di motor make we see di sound.  — ( Rev the engine of the car so we can ascertain how good the engine is.)


Related forms

raise shoulder, raise hand

Synonyms

fire

Translations

  • English: to support someone, raise