Difference between revisions of "baf"

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====Intransitive====
 
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:* {{ux|dv|I wan '''baf''' for house. |(Egbokhare, 2020. I want to have my bath at home.)}}
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# Make person wash im body
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#:* {{ux|dv|I wan '''baf''' for house. |(Egbokhare, 2020. I want to have my bath at home.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|To '''baf''' dey hungry me. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. I want to have my bath.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv|To '''baf''' dey hungry me. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. I want to have my bath.)}}
*Na jazz wey person do to fit get power.
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#Na jazz wey person do to fit get power.
:* {{ux|dv|De politician don '''baf''' na im make am get heart. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. The politician has gone to fortify himself.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Di politician don '''baf''', naim make am get mind. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, The politician has gone to fortify himself, that's why he is bold.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Dat boy wey toast Amaka don '''baf'''?. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. That youngman wooing Amaka, is he capable? .)}}
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# Make person don hold im side well well.
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:* {{ux|dv|Dat boy wey toast Amaka don '''baf'''?. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, That youngman wooing Amaka, is he capable? .)}}
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====Derived forms====
 
====Derived forms====
 
* [[bafup]], [[bafbaf]]
 
* [[bafup]], [[bafbaf]]

Revision as of 23:06, 18 July 2021

Naija

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From English: bathe

Pronunciation

  • bâf


Noun

  • Plastic basin wey dem dey take baf new born baby.
  • Abeg give me di baf for outside, I wan baf my baby.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Please, give me the plastic basin outside, I need to bathe my baby.)
  • Na my mama sell dat pink baby baf wey you break so give Mrs Dada when she get belle dat year.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. My mother sold that pink coloured baby bath you broke to Mrs Dada when she was pregnant.)

Translations

  • English: a bath tub or plastic basin made for bathing new babies.

Verb

  • make person wash im body

transitive

  • Abeg I wan baf my dog jare.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Please, I want to give my dog a bathe.)
  • I wan go baff inside de new swimming pool for Ayinla hotel.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I want to go and have my bath inside the new swimming pool at Ayinla hotel.)

Intransitive

  1. Make person wash im body
    • I wan baf for house.  — (Egbokhare, 2020. I want to have my bath at home.)
  • To baf dey hungry me.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I want to have my bath.)
  1. Na jazz wey person do to fit get power.
  • Di politician don baf, naim make am get mind.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, The politician has gone to fortify himself, that's why he is bold.)
  1. Make person don hold im side well well.
  • Dat boy wey toast Amaka don baf?.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, That youngman wooing Amaka, is he capable? .)

Derived forms

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: to bathe