bow

Naija

Etymology

From English: bow

Pronunciation 1

• bôw

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Noun

• Weapon wey de dey take shoot arrow.

• E also sabi the tree wey good pass to make bow.  — (katakata__268, He knows the right tree suitable for making a bow.)
• Wan shoot di ting bow, and arrow, di ting no go enter.  — (NST_cleaned__37745, Shoot it a bow and arrow, but it isn't passing through.)

Related form

• bow leg

Translations

• English: bow

Pronunciation 2

• baʊ̂

Verb

• Make dem respect person.

• If you see as di man take rotate di motor, you go bow.  — (If you see the way the man swerved the car, you will respect his driving skills.)

• Make person shock.

• When you see di babe, you go bow.  — (When you see the girl, you will be awe stricken.)

• Make person dey bend like sey e dey greet.

• We dey bow to different people.  — (IBA_31_Lens-Sermon_MG__87, We bow to different people.)
• Better dey if you fit just bow.  — (NST_cleaned__39656, )

• Make dey worship person or someting.

• We dey bow to people wey dey lie to us, we dey bow to traditionalists, we dey bow to different people, all, because we want money.  — (NST_cleaned__39661, We respect those who lie to us, we worship traditionalists, bow to different people, all because we want money.)
• This one come make dem bow down for Jesus.  — (jw__29933, This was the reason why they bow down in worship to Jesus.}

Synonyms

• bend

Antonyms

• up

Translations

• English: to respect, be overwhelmed,amazed, bow, worship