bọdi

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?”)

Related terms

• ẹ́vríbọ́di (“everybody”)
• nóbọ́di (“nobody”)
• sọ́mbọ́di (“somebody”)
• éníbọ́di (“anybody”)

 

Pronoun

bọdí (English-based orthography body)

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