teartear

Naija

Etymology

• From: English tear

Pronunciation

• tɪȃtɪȃ

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Verb

• Make person or someting don tear or sey e get hole for body.

• Dat pikin don teartear my certificate wey I put on top table.  — (NSC_2021, That child has torn my certificate to pieces that I kept on the table.)
• Di cloth don teartear finish.  — (NSC_2021, The cloth is torn.)

Antonym

• repair

Translation

• English: torn

Adjective

• Sey someting don get hole inside sotay di ting no good again.

• No wear teartear cloth follow me o.  — ( NSC_2021, Do not wear a shabby dress with the intention of accompanying me.)
• Na so so teartear paper full di bag.  — (NSC_2021, The bag is full of moth-eaten papers.)

Antonym

• repair

Translation

• English: shabby, tattered, moth-eaten