Difference between revisions of "alarm"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
# Sey hunger dey catch person.
 
# Sey hunger dey catch person.
#:* {{ux|dv| Omo, '''Alarm''' dey town. |(NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, Brother, people are hungry all around.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| Omo, '''Alarm''' dey town. |(NSC_2021, Brother, people are hungry all around.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Dis '''alarm''' no blow reach your side? |(NSC_2021, Aren't you also experiencing hard times?)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Dis '''alarm''' no blow reach your side? |(NSC_2021, Aren't you also experiencing hard times?)}}
 
# Di time wey person set make someting remind am sey di time don reach.
 
# Di time wey person set make someting remind am sey di time don reach.

Revision as of 17:59, 17 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English alarm

Pronunciation

  • àlâm

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Noun

  1. Sey hunger dey catch person.
    • Omo, Alarm dey town.  — (NSC_2021, Brother, people are hungry all around.)
    • Dis alarm no blow reach your side?  — (NSC_2021, Aren't you also experiencing hard times?)
  2. Di time wey person set make someting remind am sey di time don reach.
    • Set di alarm to di time you wan your pikin to wake up, come put am ontop table wey far small from where im dey sleep.  — (bbc__88055, Set the alarm and place it at some distance away from the child.)
    • NASA bin get only 65 minutes of beta weather to take launch, but by di time wey dem check di alarm finish, di time don pass.  — (bbc__69351, NASA missed the alarm set to signal the best timing and weather to launch to space.)
  3. Sey somting warn person sey kasala dey.
    • Dis happun afta dem fail to fly am on Saturday wen one last-minute alarm make di agency to miss dia 65-minute weather window.  — (bbc__40704, It happened after they aborted the flight on Saturday because of a last-minute warning that made them miss out on the 65-minute grace period.)
    • Oga Gambo explain say wen police bin get di alarm of di kidnap, dem bin pursue dem reach kwosanda junction come exchange fire with dem.  — (bbc__76635, Mr Gambo said that when the police got the warning they initially chased them to Kwosanda junction and exchanged fire.)

Related forms

alarm blow

Translations

  • English: alarm, warning