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| | ==Naija== | | ==Naija== |
| − | ===Alternative forms===
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| − | * warn 0.71 447, advise 0.69 398, remind 0.67 107, ask 0.65 2236, yarn 0.61 330, beg 0.61 753, remember 0.61 893, talk 0.61 13696, surprise 0.60 436
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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | Borrowed from English tell
| + | From English: ''tell'' |
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| | ===Pronunciation=== | | ===Pronunciation=== |
| − | * tɛl | + | * tɛ̂l |
| | <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.f.ogg</sm2> | | <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.f.ogg</sm2> |
| − | <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.m.ogg</sm2> | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-tell.m.ogg</sm2> |
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| − | ===Frequency===
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| − | * Frequency in NSC treebank: 405
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| − | * Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 47
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| − | * Frequency in raw corpus: 8538
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| − | * Frequency rank in raw corpus: 45
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| − | The word is used more in written texts than orally.
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| | ===Verb=== | | ===Verb=== |
| − | tell: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
| + | * Make person [[yarn]] give somebody. |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv| E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}} |
| − | | + | :* {{ux|dv| '''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that there's a leakage.)}} |
| − | # nsubj-obj (frequency:493)
| + | :* {{ux|dv| My [[pile]] con call '''tell''' dem sey I no dey . |(My father then called and told them that I was not around.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|E '''tell''' am… |(JOS_18_Xtian-Preach_M__51, He told it...)}}
| + | ====Synonyms==== |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|E '''tell''' am. |(IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__61, He told him.)}}
| + | * [[yarn]], [[say]], [[talk]] |
| − | # obj (frequency:413)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' us. |(jw__42306, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' you. |(JOS_03_Red-Hair-Facebook_DG__118, I tell you.)}}
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| − | # ccomp-obj (frequency:166)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' me sey meh... |(ABJ_GWA_12_Accident_MG__139, He said I should...)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' am sey e dey leak. |(BEN_36_Clever-Girl_MG__71, Tell him that it's leaking.)}}
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| − | # mark-obj (frequency:161)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|To '''tell''' people |(jw__37821, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|We no go stop to '''tell''' people |(jw__40194, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # - (frequency:82)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I no wan '''tell'''. |(KAD_24_Biography_M__134, I dont want to tell...)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Why I no go go '''tell'''? |(KAD_17_Turkeys_MG__106, Why won't I report it?)}}
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| − | # aux-obj (frequency:73)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Who go '''tell''' am? |(deuber__6708, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na who go '''tell''' am? |(deuber__6706, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # cc-obj (frequency:42)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|or '''tell''' di woman. |(deuber__1433, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Den Comfort now so fun mi, and '''tell''' me. |(NST_cleaned__20230, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # dep-obj (frequency:33)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|No, no '''tell''' me sorry. |(IBA_22_School-Children_DG__118, Don't tell me sorry.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|We want go '''tell''' dem sey |(jw__40393, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # nsubj (frequency:16)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Im '''tell'''... |(NST_cleaned__35449, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Who she '''tell''', |(LAG_30_Rambling-Conversation_DG__94, Who did she tell ?)}}
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| − | # advcl-obj (frequency:14)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|So dat time I no w~, I no sabi '''tell''' di Pidgin as e be. |(NST_cleaned__14915, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' us so that we go fit answer the people wey send us come. |(jw__6697, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # ccomp (frequency:12)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Me dey call you, you '''tell''' me sey you come meet me for… |(ENU_35_To-Become-A-Man_M__47, I was calling you, you were telling me that you will come and meet me in ...)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Say no, you, let me '''tell''' you, dat penalty does not worth it. |(IBA_35_Christopher-And-David_DG__40, He said no ! You, let me tell you that penalty, was not worth it.)}}
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| − | # aux-nsubj (frequency:12)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|I don '''tell''', |(IBA_07_Na-Love_DG__71, I've told...)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na im I dey '''tell'''… , |(ENU_31_Imo-State-Politics_DG__162, That's what I am telling...)}}
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| − | # conj-obj (frequency:9)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' your neighbor wetin happen, and '''tell''' am sey you go pay. |(jw__34269, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|'''Tell''' your papa wetin happen but sey na another person fault. |(jw__34270, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # mark (frequency:4)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|You wey you get friend dere, de dey, im suppose to dey '''tell''' you, you go dey '''tell''' me now. |(JOS_29_He-Loves-French_DG__224, You that have a friend there, they are... he is supposed to tell you, you will be telling me now.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|For example, wetin we go do if the person wey we dey work for '''tell''' us mek we work pass the time wey we suppose close, sotey we come dey miss meeting? |(jw__45020, __no translation__)}}
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| − | # obl:arg (frequency:4)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|If you high me, ehen I go know wetin I go '''tell''' you about di girl. |(ONI_14_Girlfriends_DG__97, If you got me drunk, ehen, I will know what I will tell you about the girl.)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Im don bring book w~, make e dey lecture us, e don '''tell''' us, e don dey '''tell''' us about snake bite, |(IBA_11_Student-Wahala_DG__16, He has brought a book, he was ready to lecture us. He has told us, he has been telling us about snake bite.)}}
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| − | # aux (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|But one thing wey carry dem dere, na only God go '''tell'''. |(NST_cleaned__21164, __no translation__)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Na im make us dey '''tell''', make us dey '''tell''' young girl sey make de zip up. |(BEN_07_Child-Spacing_DG__45, That is what make us tell, make us tell young girls that they should zip up.)}}
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| − | # dep (frequency:2)
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|Can God '''tell''', '''tell''' some...? |(ENU_34_Malaysia-Guy_MG__68, Can God tell some...?)}}
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| − | #: {{ux|dv|She go greet me well, '''tell''' me sey… |(KAD_24_Biography_M__151, She will greet me well tell that me that...)}}
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| − | ====Derived forms==== | |
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| − | ====Synonymes====
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| − | * warn 0.71 447, advise 0.69 398, remind 0.67 107, ask 0.65 2236, yarn 0.61 330, beg 0.61 753, remember 0.61 893, talk 0.61 13696, surprise 0.60 436 | |
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| − | ====Antonymes====
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| − | * warn 0.71 447, advise 0.69 398, remind 0.67 107, ask 0.65 2236, yarn 0.61 330, beg 0.61 753, remember 0.61 893, talk 0.61 13696, surprise 0.60 436
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| | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
| − | * English: no definition | + | * English: ''to talk'' |