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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | From | + | * {{ux|dv| Na [[laughtalk]] from di Better life for Village people wey dem do when Babangida dey rule, and na dat time dey bring di new fifty naira note comot. | (From an ironic reference to the Better life for Rural Women in the Babangida regime which preceded the Central Bank's release of the new 50 naira note at a time of austerity in Nigeria.)}} |
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===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | * | + | * bɛ̀tá laɪ̂f |
<sm2>Pcm-ng-beta life.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-beta life.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
<sm2>Pcm-ng-beta life.m.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-beta life.m.ogg</sm2> | ||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | + | * Fifty naira note for Nigeria. | |
| − | :*{{ux|dv|Make una [[help]] me tell dis mumu man make e pay me my '''beta life'' before I disgrace am for inside dis molue. |(NSC_2021, | + | :*{{ux|dv|Make una [[help]] me tell dis mumu man make e pay me my '''beta life''' before I disgrace am for inside dis molue. |(NSC_2021, Please assist me to appeal to this foolish man to pay his fare of fifty naira so that I will not embarrass him in this single-deck transit bus.)}} |
| − | *{{ux|dv|Everytin don [[dear]] for Naija sotay na common biscuit na '''beta life''. |(NSC_2021, | + | :*{{ux|dv|Everytin don [[dear]] for Naija sotay na common biscuit na '''beta life'''. |(NSC_2021, Things have become so expensive in Nigeria that even biscuits now sell for fifty naira.)}} |
===Related forms=== | ===Related forms=== | ||
| + | *[[betterbody]] | ||
| + | ====Antonym==== | ||
| + | * [[hundi]], [[hundred card]] | ||
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====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
| + | * English: ''fifty naira note'' | ||
Latest revision as of 14:52, 27 February 2024
Naija
Alternative Form
Etymology
- Na laughtalk from di Better life for Village people wey dem do when Babangida dey rule, and na dat time dey bring di new fifty naira note comot. — (From an ironic reference to the Better life for Rural Women in the Babangida regime which preceded the Central Bank's release of the new 50 naira note at a time of austerity in Nigeria.)
Pronunciation
- bɛ̀tá laɪ̂f
Noun
- Fifty naira note for Nigeria.
- Make una help me tell dis mumu man make e pay me my beta life before I disgrace am for inside dis molue. — (NSC_2021, Please assist me to appeal to this foolish man to pay his fare of fifty naira so that I will not embarrass him in this single-deck transit bus.)
- Everytin don dear for Naija sotay na common biscuit na beta life. — (NSC_2021, Things have become so expensive in Nigeria that even biscuits now sell for fifty naira.)
Related forms
Antonym
Translation
- English: fifty naira note