bọdi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bodi"

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English body.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̀.dí/

Noun

bọdí (English-based orthography body)

  1. body
    • (Can we date this quote?), Roy Okonkwo, “Mátiu Chapta 10”, in Naijíriá Píjin‎[1], Mék Una Fiá Gọd. Mék Una Nọ́ Fiá Pípul:
      28. Mék una nọ́ fiá pípul wé fít kíl pẹ́sin bọdí bọt dẹm nọ́ fít kíl im sol.
      28. Do not be afraid of those who kill a person's body but cannot kill their soul.

Derived terms

  • haú bọdí (“how are you?”)
  • ẹ́vríbọ́di (“everybody”)
  • nóbọ́di (“nobody”)
  • sọ́mbọ́di (“somebody”)
  • éníbọ́di (“anybody”)

Pronoun

bọdí (English-based orthography body)

  1. (reflexive pronoun, invariable) self
    • 1996, Nicholas G. Faraclas, “1.6.1.1 - Invariable reflexive pronominal”, in Bernard Comrie, editor, Nigerian Pidgin (Descriptive Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 99–102:
      A ko̱m si bò̱di for glas.[…]
      Dì man po̱ wò̱ta fò̱r bò̱di.[…]
      A si dì man we̱ re̱d bò̱di.
      I saw myself in the mirror.[…]
      The man poured water on himself.[…]
      I saw the man who reddened himself (with chalk).

Derived terms

  • awá bọdí (“ourselves”)
  • dẹm bọdí (“themselves”)
  • im bọdí (“himself/herself/itself”)
  • má bọdí (“myself”)
  • una bọdí (“yourselves”)
  • yọ bọdí (“yourself”)

References

  • Nicholas G. Faraclas (1996) Bernard Comrie, editor, Nigerian Pidgin (Descriptive Grammars), London and New York: Routledge, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology 1

bọ (“insert”) +‎ ìdí (“buttocks”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bɔ̀.dí/

Verb

bọ̀dí

  1. to insert some type of medication (often an IM) into the anus, buttocks
Alternative forms
  • bọ̀'dí
Derived terms
  • fibọ̀dí
  • fàbọ̀dí
  • kìbọ̀dí
  • làbọ̀dí
  • tìbọ̀dí
  • ìbọ̀dí (“applying of medication into the anus”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English body.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /bɔ́.dì/

Noun

bọ́dì

  1. (rare outside of compounds or fixed expressions) body
    Synonym: ara
Derived terms
  • gbé bọ́dì
  • oríkanbọ́dì

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) “bọ̀dí, bọ́dì”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[2], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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