Difference between revisions of "starch"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
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Powder wey soft, white and no get taste wey dey fit turn to swallow, when dey cook am for fire.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|I dey eat '''starch''' and banga soup.|Egbokhare no translation}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|I dey eat '''starch''' and banga soup.|Egbokhare no translation}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Banga soup, and '''starch''' na our correct food. |(PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__2, Banga sauce and starch are our best foods.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Banga soup, and '''starch''' na our correct food. |(PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__2, Banga sauce and starch are our best foods.)}}
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: amylum- a polymeric carbohydrate made from cassava.
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* English: ''amylum- a polymeric carbohydrate made from cassava.''
  
 
===Verb===
 
===Verb===

Revision as of 13:45, 24 November 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English starch

Pronunciation

  • stâtʃ

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 31
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 339
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 38
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3730

Noun

Powder wey soft, white and no get taste wey dey fit turn to swallow, when dey cook am for fire.

    • I dey eat starch and banga soup.  — Egbokhare no translation
    • Banga soup, and starch na our correct food.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__2, Banga sauce and starch are our best foods.)
    • base on di strong Warri girl wen a be staunch Warri babe wen a be, we dey like banga soup, and starch.  — (NST_cleaned__35819, __no translation__)
    • And dat starch, e dey get am from inside cassava, cassava wey de take dey do gari.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__120, And that starch, it's made from cassava; the cassava that garri is made with.)

Translations

  • English: amylum- a polymeric carbohydrate made from cassava.

Verb

starch: to apply starch to a shirt or clothes. -- Definition in Naija?


  1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
    I want make you starch di shirt make e for make sense.  — no translation

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Antonyms

  • bitterleaf 0.81 18, crayfish 0.80 25, fruits 0.80 34, onions 0.80 21, honey 0.78 28, scent 0.78 13, maggi 0.78 23, bowl 0.77 22, perfume 0.77 18

Translations

  • English: to apply starch to a shirt or clothes.