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aseepin

English translation: Sleeping

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English term or phrase:aseepin
Selected answer:Sleeping
Entered by: Hakki Ucar

07:47 Apr 29, 2019
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2019-05-02 11:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: aseepin
aseepin OR a-seepin
Example:
I was a-seepin, Daddy.

Well, baby can be a-seepin in the car.

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I just want to confirm aseepin means the moment just before going to sleep ?
I could not find the word any dictionary ??
Hakki Ucar
Türkiye
Local time: 02:52
Sleeping
Explanation:
Baby talk for asleep/sleeping.
Selected response from:

Mark Robertson
Local time: 00:52
Grading comment
thx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9Sleeping
Mark Robertson


  

Answers


23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Sleeping


Explanation:
Baby talk for asleep/sleeping.

Mark Robertson
Local time: 00:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Letizia
3 mins
agree  Barbara Carrara
4 mins
agree  Mark Nathan
35 mins
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
56 mins
agree  B D Finch: Yes. Not in any dictionary because it's not a proper word.
1 hr
agree  Arabic & More
1 hr
agree  Tony M
4 hrs
agree  JaneTranslates
7 hrs
agree  JohnMcDove
8 hrs
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