Difference between revisions of "water"
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#Sey that thing wey  
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#That thing wey dem dey use wash, drink or mix sometin
 
#:* {{ux|dv|We dey suffer for '''water'''. |(IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|We dey suffer for '''water'''. |(IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|No '''water''', no light. |(NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|No '''water''', no light. |(NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E just be like ororo, and '''water''', oil, and '''water'''. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__101, It is just like oil and water, oil and water.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E just be like ororo, and '''water''', oil, and '''water'''. |(IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__101, It is just like oil and water, oil and water.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|When e come out from the '''water''', |(jw__44604, __no translation__)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|No, we no dey drink Sapele '''water''' for here. |(LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|AFP Di plane fly very low to di '''water''' |(bbc__9877, __no translation__)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|No we no dey drink Sapele '''water''' for here. |(LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)}}
 
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#:* {{ux|dv|'''Water''' for sea de go up and down, e no de quiet. |(jw__9399, __no translation__)}}
 
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Ajegunle na one of di big slums for Lagos - di two of dem get plenty things in common like poverty and bad '''water'''. |(bbc__13503, Ajegunle is one of the big slums in lagos. The two them have poverty and bad '''water''' in common)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Ajegunle na one of di big slums for Lagos - di two of dem get plenty things in common like poverty and bad '''water'''. |(bbc__13503, Ajegunle is one of the big slums in lagos. The two them have poverty and bad '''water''' in common)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv|For some village na dis kain stream dem dey drink from Nigeria suppose chook eye for water mata like national priority |(bbc__52364, __no translation__)}}
 
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* [[holy water]] [[river water]],[[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water].
 
  
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====Synonyms====
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[[ogogoro]],
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* [[holy water]], [[river water]],[[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water]].
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English:'' water'''
 
* English:'' water'''

Revision as of 16:57, 14 October 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English water

Pronunciation

  • wɔ́tèr

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 83
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 166
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1264
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 295

Noun

  1. That thing wey dem dey use wash, drink or mix sometin
    • We dey suffer for water.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)
    • No water, no light.  — (NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)
    • E just be like ororo, and water, oil, and water.  — (IBA_13_Road-Safety_M__101, It is just like oil and water, oil and water.)
    • No, we no dey drink Sapele water for here.  — (LAG_26_Selling-Drinks_DG__114, No o ! We don't drink local gin here.)
    • Ajegunle na one of di big slums for Lagos - di two of dem get plenty things in common like poverty and bad water.  — (bbc__13503, Ajegunle is one of the big slums in lagos. The two them have poverty and bad water in common)

Synonyms

ogogoro,

Translations

  • English: water'

Verb

  1. Make person wet wetin dry
    • 'water' the ground before you begin to sweep.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, Wet the ground before sweeping.)
    • They water, .  — (NST_cleaned__7783, There is no water and light.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: water'
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