Difference between revisions of "touch"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
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===Alternative forms===
 
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* wash 0.71 250, tie 0.67 181, pain 0.66 627, cut 0.65 495, pour 0.64 199, rub 0.64 66, cover 0.63 434, sweet 0.62 881, confuse 0.61 100
 
  
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
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Borrowed from English touch
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From English: ''touch''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
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* tɔ́tʃ
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* tɔ̂tʃ
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-touch.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>pcm-ng-touch.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-touch.m.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>pcm-ng-touch.m.ogg</sm2>
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===Frequency===
 
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* Frequency in NSC treebank: 16
 
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* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 541
 
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* Frequency in raw corpus: 445
 
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* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 715
 
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The word is used more orally than in written texts.
 
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
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touch: (of wires) to spark, SI (of thinking) unconventional -- Definition in Naija?
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# Make person carry im hand go meet someting.
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#:* {{ux|dv| No '''touch''' your radio o. |(WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__33, Don't touch your radio.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| If you  '''touch''' stove wey dey hot wit your hand, e go burn you o! |(If you touch a hot stove, you will burn your hand.)}}
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# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
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# Make person body meet wit anoder person own.
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#: {{ux|dv|Di wire dey '''touch'''. Im head dey '''touch'''.|no translation}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|Husband and wife fit '''touch''' demsef anyhow, e no wrong. |(A couples are free to engage in all kinds of romance.)}}
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# obj (frequency:46)
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#* {{ux|dv| Some women ehen, once dem husband  '''touch''' dem like dis, na belle straight.|(Some women are very fertile, once they make love with their husbands, they get pregnant.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Instead, e talk wetin '''touch''' dem. |(jw__39956, __no translation__)}}
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# Make person try beat or try start fight with anoder person.
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#: {{ux|dv|This one go help us '''touch''' their heart, |(jw__37097, __no translation__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|No '''touch''' dat pikin if not you go see my red eye! |(Don't think of beating that child or you will have me to contend with.)}}
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# mark-obj (frequency:18)
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Touch''' me, and you go know! |(IBA_41_Christ-Passion-Finale_MG__45, Touch me, and you will know!)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|''no '''touch''' our peace, ''say no to violence'.' |(bbc__97092, __no translation__)}}
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#Make someting enter person mind make di person heart soft. / Make person feel for person.
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#: {{ux|dv|You go need to find di right word to '''touch''' people. |(NST_cleaned__20585, __no translation__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Di beggar talk wetin '''touch''' me. |(The beggar's tale broke my heart.)}}
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# nsubj-obj (frequency:15)
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#:* {{ux|dv|This one go help us '''touch''' their heart. |(jw__37097, This one will help us melt their hearts.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Jesus '''touch''' am, come talk sey: ‘I want! |(jw__38201, __no translation__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|So as to avoid tori wey dey '''touch'''. |(bbc__9317, So as to avoid disruption.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|This miracle '''touch''' many people wey see am. |(jw__28505, __no translation__)}}
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# Make person [[craze]].
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# - (frequency:13)
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#:* {{ux|dv| Dat guy brain don dey '''touch'''. |(That guy has become insane.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|I no see di girl, I no '''touch'''… , |(ENU_32_Football-And-Money_DG__136, I did not see the girl. I didn't touch...)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| No go smoke wetin go make your brain '''touch'''. |(Do not smoke substances that will make you lose your sanity.)}}
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#: {{ux|dv|Ba so-so stories dat '''touch''' dey enter. |(bbc__3354, __no translation__)}}
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====Related forms====
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# aux-obj (frequency:10)
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*[[touch touch]]
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#: {{ux|dv|Many of us don see how Bible take dey '''touch''' people wey we dey preach to. |(jw__23676, __no translation__)}}
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====Synonyms====
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#: {{ux|dv|E waka go Jesus back for where many people dey, come '''touch''' the down part of Jesus cloth. |(jw__28426, __no translation__)}}
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* [[jam]]
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# advmod-obj (frequency:9)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|No '''touch''' that pikin! |(jw__2357, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|No '''touch''' your radio o. |(WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__33, Don't touch your radio.)}}
 
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# aux-mark (frequency:4)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|So as to avoid tori wey dey '''touch'''. |(bbc__9317, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|To dey do am every three-three month no too much, especially if you get very fine phone wey people just like to dey '''touch'''. |(bbc__80573, __no translation__)}}
 
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# cc-obj (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|At first, Firdausi dey very shock to reach out and '''touch''' her broda. |(bbc__17712, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|E waka near the dead body, and '''touch''' wetin dem take carry the young man. |(jw__20514, __no translation__)}}
 
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# advcl-obj (frequency:3)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Don'T let di relaxer '''touch''' di tips o so dat di hair will not break. |(IBA_19_Beauty-Salon_M__53, Don't let the relaxer touch the tips, so dat the hair will not break.)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|This promise suppose '''touch''' our mind because we still get hope to enter God rest. |(jw__37247, __no translation__)}}
 
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# dep-obj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Dana later bring out statement wey blame passengers say na dem go tamper with di emergency door for di plane but Mr Sanwo talk say non of di passengers '''touch''' di door |(bbc__26829, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Di Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority dey put eye well-well now for di airline and di Accident Investigation Bureau don begin '''touch''' light di mata, according to rules of International Civil Aviation Organisation. |(bbc__32031, __no translation__)}}
 
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# conj-obj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|'''Touch''' me, and you go know! |(IBA_41_Christ-Passion-Finale_MG__45, Touch me, and you will know!)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Adenle na Nigerian wey dey live for Lagos, e say im go still set more world records if e see di thing wey im go take use am '''touch''' people life dem and do better thing for im country. |(bbc__12495, __no translation__)}}
 
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# aux-nsubj (frequency:2)
 
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#: {{ux|dv|Natural hair wey relaxer or any chemical don '''touch'''. |(bbc__72513, __no translation__)}}
 
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#: {{ux|dv|According to Apostle Nana Yaw Kumi, you go see say where dem dey '''touch''', plus di things dem dey do nu, e be married couples wey for fit do that. |(bbc__11319, __no translation__)}}
 
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====Derived forms====
 
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====Synonymes====
 
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* wash 0.71 250, tie 0.67 181, pain 0.66 627, cut 0.65 495, pour 0.64 199, rub 0.64 66, cover 0.63 434, sweet 0.62 881, confuse 0.61 100
 
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====Antonymes====
 
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* wash 0.71 250, tie 0.67 181, pain 0.66 627, cut 0.65 495, pour 0.64 199, rub 0.64 66, cover 0.63 434, sweet 0.62 881, confuse 0.61 100
 
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====Translations====
 
====Translations====
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* English: (of wires) to spark, SI (of thinking) unconventional
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* English: ''touch,disrupt, crazy''

Latest revision as of 18:40, 9 March 2024

Naija

Etymology

From English: touch

Pronunciation

  • tɔ̂tʃ


Verb

  1. Make person carry im hand go meet someting.
    • No touch your radio o.  — (WAZA_12_Lady-G_M__33, Don't touch your radio.)
    • If you touch stove wey dey hot wit your hand, e go burn you o!  — (If you touch a hot stove, you will burn your hand.)
  2. Make person body meet wit anoder person own.
    • Husband and wife fit touch demsef anyhow, e no wrong.  — (A couples are free to engage in all kinds of romance.)
    • Some women ehen, once dem husband touch dem like dis, na belle straight.  — (Some women are very fertile, once they make love with their husbands, they get pregnant.)
  3. Make person try beat or try start fight with anoder person.
    • No touch dat pikin if not you go see my red eye!  — (Don't think of beating that child or you will have me to contend with.)
    • Touch me, and you go know!  — (IBA_41_Christ-Passion-Finale_MG__45, Touch me, and you will know!)
  4. Make someting enter person mind make di person heart soft. / Make person feel for person.
    • Di beggar talk wetin touch me.  — (The beggar's tale broke my heart.)
    • This one go help us touch their heart.  — (jw__37097, This one will help us melt their hearts.)
    • So as to avoid tori wey dey touch.  — (bbc__9317, So as to avoid disruption.)
  5. Make person craze.
    • Dat guy brain don dey touch.  — (That guy has become insane.)
    • No go smoke wetin go make your brain touch.  — (Do not smoke substances that will make you lose your sanity.)

Related forms

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: touch,disrupt, crazy
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