E Letter Words for Nigerian English
to Nigerian Translation

Nigerian

Word

Continuous Meaning

ENGLISH

NIGERIAN

 E.

 e

  E simply means it's

 e be as e get

  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

  it seems that

 e dey for the table

  it's on the table

 e dey hard

  it is rare or difficult

 e don be

  the worst has happened or a situation in which you are in the worst case scenaio

 e don do

  it is enough

 e don khaput

  he has die

 e don red

  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

  long time; it's been a while

 e get as e be

  suspicious or hard to believe

 e get as e bi

  strange; there's something odd about it.

 e go tay

  synonymous to 'challenging or difficult situation'

 e good for you

  it's good for you

 e no dey

  it is not

 e no easy

  it is not easy

 e no go beta for you

  it shall not be well with you

 e remain small

  nearly; almost.

 e.

  he; she

 early momo

  very early in the morning

 earnestly

  honestly

 ease oneself

  to urinate or defecate. Presumably a polite form from the colonial or missionary era

 eba

  a solid Nigerian meal made from Garri and hot water, consumed along with a soup

 eba

  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

  a wayward child

 ebony

  timber from Diospyros spp.

 effizzie

  style

 efiko

  a genius; a Brilliant person; someone who studies a lot.

 efizy

  Showing off; having a lot of style

 efrebo

  a guy who engages in dangerous play or assignment who is at risk getting wounded

 ego beta

  it will be well

 egunje

  bribe

 egunje

  bribe

 egusi

  melon, or its dried and crushed seeds, used to make a popular sauce. Citrullus lanatus but more commonly Cucumeropsis mannii.

 eh eh

  no; not at all

 eh yah

  sorry; what a pity; how touching

 eheh

  is that so; is that it

 ehn

  what? sometimes used as an exclamation

 eke

  Police

 ekelebe

  the police; a police man.

 eko

  boiled food made from cassava {Yoruba}

 eko

  Lagos

 ekonomik

  to minimize or to use wisely

 ekuleku

  big bossom

 elders

  senior people in a community, usually with connotation of authority WAE

 eleniyan

  boss of all Bosses.

 elephant grass

  tall grass. Sorghum arundinaceum.

 elsir

  excuse me sir

 emaciate

  become emaciated No matter how much an elephant has emaciated, its thigh is still bigger than a hare {Tarok proverb 365}

 enable

  to enable to; I humbly wish to apply for a loan to enable me buy a motor-cycle.

 enamel

  a bucket; made from enamels.

 ending

  month-ending

 ends

  house

 engage

  to become engaged to; That boy has engaged Rose

 enjoy

  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

  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

  knowledgeable, urban, civilised They have not yet had enlightenment

 enta

  Enter

 enta voicemail

  stolen; cant be found

 enter

  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

  qualifies plural nouns the entire members all the members

 envelope

  to put in an envelope; Please envelope this letter for me.

 equally

  also

 equipments

  equipment Advert; Dealer on electrical equipments.

 erema

  a very pretty lady.

 ESCORT

  the number plate given to cars that drive beside or behind a big man {PILOT}

 estacode

  allowance for civil servants when travelling overseas on official business

 estacode

  daily overseas travel allowance for politicians, athletes, etc... {equivalent to per diem allowance}

 ever

  never; I ever went there; I never went there

 ewu

  goat

 Ewuo oooo!

  Expression of surprise or sympathy in Igbo

 excess

  enough

 excesses

  stupidity; wrongs

 experiment

  experiment with; He was trying to experiment a new credit scheme

 expo

  illegal access to a test or exam

 extra

  extra {but precedes qualified term}; extra twenty twenty extra.

 eye glass

  spectacles

 eye go come down

  will come back to reality

 Eziokwu!

  really! {even though the literal translation is true talk}