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

Definition

Die matter.

Verb

1. Make dem reolve matter.

   Dem don settle am sey na im win number one for di run wey dem run.  —  Egbokhareno translation

   Court say make di two side go settle dia wahala.  — (bbc__63250, __no translation__)

2. Make someting calm down.

   Dey use am dey make people mind settle.  — (jw__7020, __no translation__)

   Dem say make I just stay for house until when di thing don settle  — (deuber__2186, __no translation__)

   You fit don see children like that and this one fit make your mind no settle.  — (jw__32513, __no translation__)

3. Make person give money.

   Im go settle Friday.  — (NST_cleaned__3183, __no translation__)

   MTN still tok say dem settle $700 million of tax moni wey dem believe dem owe.  — (bbc__64524, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: resolve