Difference between revisions of "baff"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
* Plastic basin wey dem dey take baf new born baby.
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* Plastic basin wey dem dey take [[baff]] new born baby.
:* {{ux|dv|Abeg give me di '''baff''' for outside, I wan baf my baby. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Please, give me the plastic basin outside, I need to bathe my baby.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Abeg give me di '''baff''' for outside, I wan baf my baby. |(NSC_Legbeti_2021, Please, give me the plastic basin outside, I need to bathe my baby.)}}
:* {{ux|dv|Na my mama sell dat pink baby '''baff''' 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.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv|Na my mama sell dat pink baby '''baff''' 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====
 
====Translations====
* English: ''a bath tub or plastic basin made for bathing new babies''.
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* English: ''a plastic basin''
  
 
====Verb====
 
====Verb====
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# Make person don hold im side well well.
 
# Make person don hold im side well well.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Dat boy wey toast Amaka don '''baff'''? |(NSC_2021 That young man wooing Amaka, is he capable?)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Dat boy wey toast Amaka don '''baff'''? |(NSC_2021 That young man wooing Amaka, is he capable?)}}
 
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====Related forms====
====Derived forms====
 
 
* [[baff up]]
 
* [[baff up]]
 
====Synonyms====
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''to bathe''
 
* English: ''to bathe''

Revision as of 16:02, 24 March 2022

Naija

Alternative form

baf

Etymology

From English: bath

Pronunciation

  • bâf

Play Play

Noun

  • Plastic basin wey dem dey take baff new born baby.
  • Abeg give me di baff 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 baff 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 plastic basin

Verb

  1. Make dem use water and soap wash someting.
    • Her own na to wake up, baff dey go school  — (NST_cleaned__21573, Hers is to wake up, bathe and go to school.)
    • Na fuel water we dey use cook and baff.  — (bbc__9136, We use water contaminated by petroleum for cooking and bathing.)
    • Abeg I wan baff my dog jare.  — (NSC_2021, Please, I want to give my dog a bathe.)
    • To baff dey hungry me.  — (NSC_2021, I want to have my bath.)
  2. Make person do jazz make e for get power to dey do tings or make di jazz dey protect am from different different tings.
    • Di politician don baff, na im make am get mind.  — (NSC_2021, The politician has gone to fortify himself, that's why he is bold.)
  3. Make person don hold im side well well.
    • Dat boy wey toast Amaka don baff?  — (NSC_2021 That young man wooing Amaka, is he capable?)

Related forms

Translations

  • English: to bathe