Difference between revisions of "bearbear"

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===Noun===
 
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bearbear:   
 
bearbear:   
# small or long hair wey fit grow for man face after e don leave small pikin
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# Small or long hair wey fit grow for man face after e don leave small pikin.
 
#: {{ux|dv|I dey keep my '''bearbear''' make I for look like Soyinka. |(I am training my beard so that it will look like Wole Soyinka's beard.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|I dey keep my '''bearbear''' make I for look like Soyinka. |(I am training my beard so that it will look like Wole Soyinka's beard.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Because you get small '''bearbear''' na im make body dey catch you. |(You are being impetuous because you have grown a goatee.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|Because you get small '''bearbear''' na im make body dey catch you. |(You are being impetuous because you have grown a goatee.)}}
# De dey use am dey talk put sey pikin don be man
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# De dey use am dey talk put sey pikin don be man.
 
#: {{ux|dv|Your '''bearbear''' dey worry you. |(You are carried away by your manly appearance.)}}  
 
#: {{ux|dv|Your '''bearbear''' dey worry you. |(You are carried away by your manly appearance.)}}  
  

Revision as of 15:39, 29 September 2020

Naija

Alternative forms

  • biebie, biabia, beard beard

Etymology

from English : beard

Pronunciation

  • bjɛ̆bjɛ̆

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Noun

bearbear:

  1. Small or long hair wey fit grow for man face after e don leave small pikin.
    I dey keep my bearbear make I for look like Soyinka.  — (I am training my beard so that it will look like Wole Soyinka's beard.)
    Because you get small bearbear na im make body dey catch you.  — (You are being impetuous because you have grown a goatee.)
  2. De dey use am dey talk put sey pikin don be man.
    Your bearbear dey worry you.  — (You are carried away by your manly appearance.)

Related

goatee , gorimakpa

Translations

  • English: beards