Difference between revisions of "sharp"
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===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
# Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am. | # Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Tope na '''sharp''' guy. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Tope na '''sharp''' guy. |(Tope knows his way around things.)}} |
#:* {{ux|dv| Everybody tink sey de be '''sharp''' guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street. |(NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Everybody tink sey de be '''sharp''' guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street. |(NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)}} | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Pikin wey '''sharp''' like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. |(bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Pikin wey '''sharp''' like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. |(bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)}} | ||
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# Wetin fit cut someting. | # Wetin fit cut someting. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)}} | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| No be size of cutlass matter, di [[koko]] be sey e '''sharp''' abi e no '''sharp'''? |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| No be size of cutlass matter, di [[koko]] be sey e '''sharp''' abi e no '''sharp'''? |(It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')}} |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
*[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]], | *[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]], | ||
Latest revision as of 17:52, 5 June 2023
Naija
Etymology
From: English sharp
Pronunciation
- ʃâp
Adjective
- Make person get sense to sabi do tings make e favour am.
- Tope na sharp guy. — (Tope knows his way around things.)
- Everybody tink sey de be sharp guy until de meet person wey go show dem sey street dey pass street. — (NSC_2021, Everybody thinks they are wise till they meet a person that shows them otherwise.)
- Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. — (bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)
- And so as a sharp bae, make I sharpaly carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot. — (NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)
- Wetin fit cut someting.
- Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey sharp, and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. — (bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)
- No be size of cutlass matter, di koko be sey e sharp abi e no sharp? — (It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: smart, sharp
Verb
- Make person make someting make e fit cut or chook someting well well.
- Go sharp knife for junction. — (NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)
- De say na iron wey im sharp na im e use take chook am. — (NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a piece of metal sharpened.)
Translation
- English: sharpen