bottle

Naija

Alternative Form

botu

Etymology

From: English bottle

Pronunciation

• bɔ́tù

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Noun

1. Container wey get small neck wey de fit put water water someting or anyting wey pass di small mouth.

   • Di water wey dey bottle na stream water wey we boil.  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, The water in the bottle is water from the stream that was has been been steamed.)
   • Clay pot water dey cold, but for here de dey like to put water for bottle come keep am for inside fridge.  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, The clay pot can keep the water at room temperature, but people in this place prefer to refrigerate water in a bottle.)

2. Container wey drink dey inside.

   • If you take pass one bottle, you know where you go land yoursef.  — (D_IBA_39_Easter-Preparations, If you take more than one bottle of beer, you will be in real trouble.)
   • You just dey make mouth, how many bottle fear let you finish?  — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2021, You are just boasting, how many bottles of beer can you dare consume?)

Antonym

• can

Verb

• Make person buy drink.

Our guy don become responsible man as leave im guys go marry. We go bottle am when jam am again for any beer parlour as e don become man.  — (NSC_2021, Our friend is no longer a bachelorette; we shall make him binge drink to mark the exit from bachelorhood.)

Related forms

bottles

Translation

English: binge drinking