Difference between revisions of "action"

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Sey person dey [[nack]]
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:*{{ux|dv|Because if you dey say '''action''', maybe na '''action''' for di oda room o. |(NST_cleaned__19463, Perhaps, your saying ''action'', could be misinterpreted to mean go and have sex in the bedroom.)}}
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* [[nack]], [[palash]]
  
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* English: ''to have sex''
  
 
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Revision as of 04:25, 28 February 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English action

Pronunciation

  • áʃɔ́n

Play Play

Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 2
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1928
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 429
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 734


Noun

  1. Na di doings or ginger wey person get.
    • See as small pikin slap you. You no get action at all o.  — Egbokhare_2021, A much younger person slapped you and you could not even react. You must be lily-livered!
    • Moh we know di action.  — (ABJ_INF_03_Nigerian-Men-Dey-Try_DG__3, Let us know the steps.)
    • Di action of di Police no show odas good image of our kontri.  — (bbc__1366, The police man's action is disgraceful.)
    • Madam Chukwura wey follow act for short feem wey Yemi Alade dey inside, say action wey she see from di musician surprise her.  — (bbc__64664, Madam Chukwura, who co-starred with Yemi Alade, said was surprised by the action of the musician.)
  2. Na make person dey nack
    • Them talk say ogoro good for men wey wan get action wey dey play with them wife then.  — (katakata__449, It is believed that taking local gin can enhance sexual performance of husbands.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: action

Verbs

Sey person dey nack

  • Because if you dey say action, maybe na action for di oda room o.  — (NST_cleaned__19463, Perhaps, your saying action, could be misinterpreted to mean go and have sex in the bedroom.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: to have sex

Adjective

  • Some Liam Neeson action film  — (bbc__90902, __no translation__)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: a violent act, intercourse