Difference between revisions of "start"

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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
*Make person begin someting.
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*Make someting begin for person or somewhere.
 
:*{{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.)}}
 
:*{{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.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|Na so, I '''start'''. |(WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I began.)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|Na so, I '''start'''. |(WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I began.)}}
 
:*{{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!)}}
 
:*{{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!)}}
:*{{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?)}}
 
:*{{ux|dv|Wetin dey '''start''' dis xenophobia attacks?|(bbc__99334, What was the cause of the xenophobia attacks?)}}
  

Revision as of 12:44, 29 March 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

From: English start

Pronunciation

  • 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

Di time wey 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.)
  • Di Black Stars boss give Emmanuel Boateng im first start for di national team.  — (bbc__30863, The coach of the Black Stars gave Emmanuel Boateng his first appearance for the national team.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: start, beginning

Verb

  • 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.)
  • Na so, I start.  — (WAZL_08_Edewor-Lifestory_MG__25, That’s how I began.)
  • 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?)

Serial Verb

  1. Start dey use my leg dey crawl dey come.  — (ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__132, And I started crawling towards him.)
  2. 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.)


Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: to begin.