black

Naija

Etymology

From English: black

Pronunciation

  • blâk

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Adjective

  1. Di color of someting wey dark.
    • For Ghana red and black na traditional colours for mourning.  — (bbc__9949, Red and black is the traditional colour for mourning in Ghana.)
  2. Di color of di skin of person wey dark.
    • You see sey I black so so wine colour dey fit, e dey fit black people.  — (LAG_01_Hairdressing_M__15, You see I am dark in complexion, so wine colour looks good... it looks good on people with dark complexion.)
    • As I enter Cameroon, na only black, black I dey see o.  — (NST_cleaned__20244, As I got to Cameroon, I saw only black people.)
    • E fit happen to anybodi, whether dem black or white or dem dey for Africa, Asia or Europe.  — (bbc__44474, It can happen to anybody, whether you are black or white; from Asia or Europe.)

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  • English: black