shayo

Naija

Etymology

From: English shack

Pronunciation

• ʃàjó

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 6
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 10353

Definition

• Drink wey dey catch person.

Noun

1. Oga buy shayo for us.  — Egbokhare_2020, Our master bought drinks for us. )

   Di shayo high am.  — NSC_Ajede_2020,The drink got him intoxicated. )

Synonyms

• shayo, high

Translations

• English: alcoholic drinks

Verb

Sey make person high.

• E don shayo.  — NSC_Ajede_2020,He is intoxicated. )
• Dem dey use igbo dey shayo.  — NSC_Ajede_2020, They smoke marijuana in order to get intoxicated.)

Synonyms

• shack, high

Translations

• English: to smoke, to drink