Difference between revisions of "water"

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:*{{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.)}}
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:*{{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.)}}
 
 
:*{{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.)}}
 
:*{{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.)}}
:*{{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 of them have poverty and bad '''water''' in common)}}
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====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
[[holy water]], [[river water]],[[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water]].
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[[holy water]], [[river water]],[[ drinking water]], [[pure water]], [[eba water]], [[Sapele water]].
  
 
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Revision as of 13:53, 18 October 2020

Naija

Etymology

From: English water

Pronunciation

  • wɔ́tà

Play Play

Frequency

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


Definition

  1. That thing wey dem dey use wash, drink or mix someting

Noun

  • We dey suffer for water.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, The lack of water is a problem for us.)
  • 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.)


Related forms

holy water, river water,drinking water, pure water, eba water, Sapele water.

Translations

  • English: water

Verb

Make wet wetin dry
    • water the ground before you begin to sweep.  — (IBA_20_Bose-Alade_MG__59, Wet the ground before sweeping.)
    • Dey water first, before dem fit clear di ground to fit plant.  — (NSC_ Agnes_2020. They water before clearing and planting.)

Antonyms

dry

Translations

  • English: water