Difference between revisions of "wash eye"

Revision as of 16:12, 15 February 2021

From: English wash and eyes

As di town be now, one gats wash eyes o. — (Egbokhare_2020. One needs spiritual powers against the dangers all around.)
De girl grandmother na heavy witch wey wash eyes well. — (Egbokhare_2020. The girl's grandmum is into witchcraft with serious spiritual powers.)

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 ===Alternative forms===
 *
 ===Etymology===
-Borrowed from English wash eyes
+From: English ''wash'' and ''eyes''
 ===Pronunciation===
-* wɔ̂ʃáì
+* wɔ̂ʃáìs
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-wash eyes.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-wash eyes.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-No documented examples in our corpora.
 ===Verb phrase===
-wash eyes: to fortify oneself with charms in order to be able to see spirits. -- Definition in Naija?
+* Na to use charm to spiritually see tings wey dey happen.
+:* {{ux|dv|As di town be now, one gats '''wash eyes''' o.|(Egbokhare_2020. One needs spiritual powers against the dangers all around.)}}
+:* {{ux|dv|De girl grandmother na heavy witch wey '''wash eyes'''  well.|(Egbokhare_2020. The girl's grandmum is into witchcraft with serious spiritual powers.)}}
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
-#: {{ux|dv|As di town be now, one gats '''wash eyes''' o.|no translation}}
-====Derived forms====
-====Synonyms====
-*
-====Antonyms====
-*
 ====Translations====
-* English: to fortify oneself with charms in order to be able to see spirits.
+* English: ''to fortify  with charms and see spiritual tings''.