cane

Naija

Alternative Form

• kane

Etymology

From: English cane

Pronunciation

• kên

Play

Noun

• Tiny stick wey de dey make from plant dey use wipe person body when e do anyhow.

• E get some pikin wey e be sey cane no dey fit cure deir crase.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Recalcitrant children do not necessarily change their behaviour even if flogged regularly.)

Synonym

• bulala

Translation

• English: cane

Verb

• Make person take di small stick wey be from plant wipe anoder person or ting.

• If student no gree serious for class, teacher go cane am and fiam e go wake up.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2021, Flogging can make an unserious student become studious.)

• Sey person dey nack.

• When man take strong eye tell e wife sey e go cane am for e pikin present di one wey no code go think sey daddy want beat mummy.  — (NSC_Abonyi 2021, In a bid to sell a dummy to his kids, a man may harshly tell his wife that he is going to flog her.)

Synonym

• nack

Translation

• English: to flog, to have sex with