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#:* {{ux|dv|Anyhow e be, '''man''' must live.|(Egbokhare_2020, No matter the circumstance, man must survive.}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Anyhow e be, '''man''' must live.|(Egbokhare_2020, No matter the circumstance, man must survive.}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Me, and di '''man''' dey work. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__112, The man and I were working.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Me, and di '''man''' dey work. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__112, The man and I were working.)}} | ||
| − | # Person wey dey someting as e suppose be. | + | # Person wey dey do someting as e suppose be. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Dat car wey dey dere, you sey na you park am? Na '''man''' you be.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Dat car wey dey dere, you sey na you park am? Na '''man''' you be.|(That car there, you own it? You are a real guy.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| No dey do [[smesme]], show dem sey na '''man''' you be. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| No dey do [[smesme]], show dem sey na '''man''' you be. |(Don't be weak! Show them that you are a real man.)}} |
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[[jew man]], [[man to man]], [[man know man]] | [[jew man]], [[man to man]], [[man know man]] | ||
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
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* English: ''man'', ''human'' | * English: ''man'', ''human'' | ||
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| − | * When two people | + | * '''man to man''' |
| − | :* {{ux|dv|Come make we settle dis matter '''man to man''' because me I no get time to dey dey talk [[praprapra]] | + | :* When two people dey drag matter, con use fight settle di matter face to face. |
| + | :** {{ux|dv|Come make we settle dis matter '''man to man''' because me I no get time to dey dey talk [[praprapra]].|(Let's meet physically to settle the issue on ground because, I do not have the patience of exchanging words with you.)}} | ||
Latest revision as of 18:47, 3 June 2023
Naija
Etymology
From English: man
Pronunciation
- mân
Noun
- person.
- I be man like you. — (jw__43777, I am a man just like you.)
- Na man to man now. — (NST_cleaned__9554, It's person to person now.)
- Weda na big man or small man, di deadly chemical wey dey come from di smoke and pipo dey inhale am na major cause of death. — (bbc__98418, Whether it's a rich person or a poor person, the smoke people inhale is the major cause of death.)
- Boy pikin wey don grow reach to take care of imsef.
- Anyhow e be, man must live. — (Egbokhare_2020, No matter the circumstance, man must survive.
- Me, and di man dey work. — (ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__112, The man and I were working.)
- Person wey dey do someting as e suppose be.
- Dat car wey dey dere, you sey na you park am? Na man you be. — (That car there, you own it? You are a real guy.)
- No dey do smesme, show dem sey na man you be. — (Don't be weak! Show them that you are a real man.)
Related forms
jew man, man to man, man know man
Antonyms
Translations
- English: man, human
Idioms
- man to man
- When two people dey drag matter, con use fight settle di matter face to face.
- Come make we settle dis matter man to man because me I no get time to dey dey talk praprapra. — (Let's meet physically to settle the issue on ground because, I do not have the patience of exchanging words with you.)
- When two people dey drag matter, con use fight settle di matter face to face.