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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
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E. |
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e |
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E simply means it's |
e be as e get |
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Nigerian Pidgin English term often interchangeable with 'e get as e be'; term used to describe special or unusual circumstances; term accompanied by the use of 'jare' in many instances {e.g. The 1996 Atlanta olympic football where game be as e get jare! That Kanu Nwankwo goal get as a be jare!} |
e be like say |
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it seems that |
e dey for the table |
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it's on the table |
e dey hard |
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it is rare or difficult |
e don be |
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the worst has happened or a situation in which you are in the worst case scenaio |
e don do |
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it is enough |
e don khaput |
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he has die |
e don red |
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means its getting serious or real.. used mostly when in reference to a fight... {e.g. o boy! Mayweather Pacquiao fight... e don red for Pacquiao today} |
e don tey |
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long time; it's been a while |
e get as e be |
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suspicious or hard to believe |
e get as e bi |
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strange; there's something odd about it. |
e go tay |
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synonymous to 'challenging or difficult situation' |
e good for you |
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it's good for you |
e no dey |
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it is not |
e no easy |
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it is not easy |
e no go beta for you |
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it shall not be well with you |
e remain small |
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nearly; almost. |
e. |
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he; she |
early momo |
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very early in the morning |
earnestly |
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honestly |
ease oneself |
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to urinate or defecate. Presumably a polite form from the colonial or missionary era |
eba |
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a solid Nigerian meal made from Garri and hot water, consumed along with a soup |
eba |
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staple food made from boiled cassava {In Yoruba alnf}. Originally low status compared with yams and standing for cheap food, but nowadays many people's preferred food |
eboi |
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a wayward child |
ebony |
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timber from Diospyros spp. |
effizzie |
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style |
efiko |
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a genius; a Brilliant person; someone who studies a lot. |
efizy |
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Showing off; having a lot of style |
efrebo |
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a guy who engages in dangerous play or assignment who is at risk getting wounded |
ego beta |
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it will be well |
egunje |
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bribe |
egunje |
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bribe |
egusi |
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melon, or its dried and crushed seeds, used to make a popular sauce. Citrullus lanatus but more commonly Cucumeropsis mannii. |
eh eh |
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no; not at all |
eh yah |
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sorry; what a pity; how touching |
eheh |
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is that so; is that it |
ehn |
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what? sometimes used as an exclamation |
eke |
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Police |
ekelebe |
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the police; a police man. |
eko |
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boiled food made from cassava {Yoruba} |
eko |
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Lagos |
ekonomik |
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to minimize or to use wisely |
ekuleku |
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big bossom |
elders |
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senior people in a community, usually with connotation of authority WAE |
eleniyan |
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boss of all Bosses. |
elephant grass |
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tall grass. Sorghum arundinaceum. |
elsir |
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excuse me sir |
emaciate |
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become emaciated No matter how much an elephant has emaciated, its thigh is still bigger than a hare {Tarok proverb 365} |
enable |
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to enable to; I humbly wish to apply for a loan to enable me buy a motor-cycle. |
enamel |
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a bucket; made from enamels. |
ending |
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month-ending |
ends |
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house |
engage |
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to become engaged to; That boy has engaged Rose |
enjoy |
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to be having a good time; He is enjoying he is having a good time. The West African usage seems to have preceded the Californian imperative Enjoy! |
enlight |
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to enlighten; I enlighted him N.B. this has no religious connotation in Nigeria and is usually a way of saying 'I told him'. |
enlightenment |
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knowledgeable, urban, civilised They have not yet had enlightenment |
enta |
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Enter |
enta voicemail |
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stolen; cant be found |
enter |
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to have sex with a female; to beat the hell out of a person {e.g. when I called you you don't pick, it enter voice mail... Abi?} |
entire |
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qualifies plural nouns the entire members all the members |
envelope |
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to put in an envelope; Please envelope this letter for me. |
equally |
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also |
equipments |
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equipment Advert; Dealer on electrical equipments. |
erema |
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a very pretty lady. |
ESCORT |
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the number plate given to cars that drive beside or behind a big man {PILOT} |
estacode |
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allowance for civil servants when travelling overseas on official business |
estacode |
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daily overseas travel allowance for politicians, athletes, etc... {equivalent to per diem allowance} |
ever |
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never; I ever went there; I never went there |
ewu |
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goat |
Ewuo oooo! |
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Expression of surprise or sympathy in Igbo |
excess |
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enough |
excesses |
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stupidity; wrongs |
experiment |
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experiment with; He was trying to experiment a new credit scheme |
expo |
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illegal access to a test or exam |
extra |
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extra {but precedes qualified term}; extra twenty twenty extra. |
eye glass |
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spectacles |
eye go come down |
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will come back to reality |
Eziokwu! |
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really! {even though the literal translation is true talk} |
three letter words with q
three letter words with z
three letter words with v
three letter words beginning with e
three letter words ending in i
three letter words with u
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