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===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
Borrowed from English ''start''.
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From: English ''start''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
* stârt
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* stât
 
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===Frequency===
 
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 113
 
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 127
 
* Frequency in raw corpus: 4044
 
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 94
 
 
 
 
 
===Noun===
 
* Na di beginning of someting.
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|AFP Dis na di '''start''' of new democracy for we country. |(bbc__9896, __no translation__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|God no get '''start''' and e no go get end. |(jw__25080, __no translation__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Di Black Stars boss give Emmanuel Boateng im first '''start''' for di national team. |(bbc__30863, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
 
 
* [[World Cup start|World Cup start]]
 
#{{ux|dv|Brazil neva lose any match since dis World Cup start. |(bbc__20576, __no translation__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|But e go join de team for camp for September for Turkey, before di World Cup start for October. |(bbc__22576, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[begin]]
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
* [[finish]], [[stop]], [[end]]
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''beginning''
 
 
 
 
 
===Intransitive Verb===
 
* Make person begin someting.
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|As I small reach, na so I '''start''' to dey sing. |(ENU_15_Music_M__8, As small as I was, that was to sing.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Na so, I '''start'''. |(WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I started.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Ah I no con know where to '''start'''! |(ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__24, Ah, I didn't even know where to start!)}}
 
 
 
===Transitive Verb===
 
#{{ux|dv|No be dem dey '''start''' dose tings, |(JOS_30_Northern-Skirmishes_DG__264, Isn't them that starts all those things ?)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Wetin dey '''start''' dis xenophobia attacks? |(bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)}}
 
 
 
===Serial Verb===
 
#{{ux|dv|'''Start''' dey use my leg dey crawl dey come. |(ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__132, And I started crawling towards him.)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|Just carry dem, mix cement, carry gravel, just '''start''' dey build o, |(ABJ_INF_11_Land_M__11, He just brought them here, they mixed cement, added gravel, and they just started building.)}}
 
 
 
  
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===Verb===
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# Make someting begin.
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#:* {{ux|dv|Brazil neva lose any match since dis World Cup '''start'''.|(bbc__20576, Brazil has not lost a match since the World Cup began.)}}
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# Make someting begin for person or somewhere.
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#:* {{ux|dv|As I small [[reach]], na so I '''start''' to dey sing. |(ENU_15_Music_M__8, I started singing even as a young person.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Ah I no con know where to '''start'''! |(ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__24, I was at a loss for where to begin!)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Wetin dey '''start''' dis xenophobia attacks?|(bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)}}
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[begin]], [[resume]]
 
* [[begin]], [[resume]]
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
 
* [[finish]], [[end]]  
 
* [[finish]], [[end]]  
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''to begin''.
 
* English: ''to begin''.

Latest revision as of 21:47, 21 December 2022

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English start

Pronunciation

  • stât

Play Play

Verb

  1. Make someting begin.
    • Brazil neva lose any match since dis World Cup start.  — (bbc__20576, Brazil has not lost a match since the World Cup began.)
  2. Make someting begin for person or somewhere.
    • As I small reach, na so I start to dey sing.  — (ENU_15_Music_M__8, I started singing even as a young person.)
    • Ah I no con know where to start!  — (ENU_09_Angry-Neighbours_MG__24, I was at a loss for where to begin!)
    • Wetin dey start dis xenophobia attacks?  — (bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: to begin.