enter eye

Naija

Etymology

From: English enter and eye

Pronunciation

• ɛ́ntá áì

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Verb phrase

• Make e dey do person like sey make e get something wey pass im power or wey no be im own.

• Dat ice cream wey dat pikin dey lick dey enter eye.  — ( NSC-2021, I desire to have a taste of that little boys ice cream.)
• No dey allow anoder man wife dey enter eye o! If you no want wahala.  — (NSC_2021, Do not covet another man’s wife if you do not want problems.)

Related forms

• eye, enter

Translation

English: covet, to desire