settle

Naija

Etymology

From: English settle.

Pronunciation

• sɛ́tù

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 9
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 761
• Frequency in raw corpus: 408
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 764

Verb

Intransitive

Die matter

1. Make dem resolve matter.

   • Dem don settle am sey na im win number one for di run wey dem run.  —  Egbokhare_2020, They resolved the matter and it was agreed that he won the race.)
   • Court say make di two side go settle dia wahala.  — (bbc__63250, The court resolution was for both parties to resolve their problem.)

2. Make someting calm down.

   • Dey use am dey make people mind settle.  — (jw__7020, It is used in calming the mind.)
   • Dem say make I just stay for house until when di thing don settle  — (deuber__2186, I was asked to stay at home pending when everything calms down.)

Transitive

1. Make person give money.

   • Im go settle Friday.  — (NST_cleaned__3183, He will pay Friday.)
   • MTN still tok say dem settle $700 million of tax moni wey dem believe dem owe.  — (bbc__64524, MTN insisted on paying $700 million for the tax they were allegedly owing.)

Antoyms

• quanta

Translations

• English: resolve