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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
ENGLISH NIGERIAN |
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U. |
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u dey craz |
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are u crazy |
u dey worry ooo |
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you are becoming a nuisances |
u go get fault |
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you will sustain injury |
U.I |
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University of Ibadan; First University in Nigeria |
ugh |
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ugly |
una |
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you people |
una |
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you guys |
under g runs |
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something secretive |
under repair |
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being repaired; My moto is under repair |
under-say |
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because, {for the reason that} |
uniben |
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University of Benin |
uniform |
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same material worn by members of a group; It is common for members of the same family, church group etc. to have a dress made up from identical cloth; used or ceremonial purposes |
unilag |
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University of Lagos |
uniport |
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University of port-harcourt |
unless |
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used in response to a question, meaning roughly 'No, only x' Do you get oranges? Unless mango. |
unto the matter |
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Straight to business/cut to the chase |
up nepa |
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light is restored |
up nepa |
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an expression used to praise Nepa when power is restored. See Nepa |
up stair |
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one story building |
up to |
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capable of doing; he is up to he can do it |
up-and-down |
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woman's dress where the blouse and wrapper are made from the same material |
upliftment |
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uplifting; This will contribute to the enlistment of the population; Often refers to more concrete items than in Standard English, for example, a new pump as opposed to moral improvement. |
upon all {that} |
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despite that Upon all that, he still goes there |
upon say |
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added to the fact that |
upstair |
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storey building |
upstairs |
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building with a second floor |
up-wine |
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wine tapped from a standing oil palm |
up-yam |
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aerial yam; Dioscorea bulbifera |
use |
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in use to, implying to do; regularly he use to come here he comes here regularly. Marks habitual, extended to present from Standard English used to |
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