case

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Naija

Etymology

From: English case

Pronunciation

  • kês

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Noun

  1. Matter wey person carry go court.
    • Di chief get case for court tomorrow.  — (Egbokhare_2020, The Chief has a lawsuit in the court tomorrow.)
    • Im get one case before wey be sey im go tief en phone.  — (IBA_28_Moshood-And-Hassan_DG__41, He had an issue in court which was because he stole a phone.)
  2. Someting wey happen.
    • Di plan na to ensure sey any case of Ebola dem suspect, dem go sharperly hand ova to health officials for airport.  — (bbc__98222, The plan is to ensure that any suspected case of Ebola will be immediately handed over to health officials at the airport.)
    • Na 'natural' case.  — (bbc__69614, That's a natural occurrence.)

Derived forms

incase, incase of incasity


Synonyms

Translations

  • English: case, lawsuit, issue