corner

Naija

Etymology

From: English corner

Pronunciation

• kɔ́nà

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Noun

1. Angle where road for bend.

   • If you waka reach di end of di road, you go see one kiosk for di corner, na dere you go buy bread for me.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Go straight down the road, you will find a small shop by the corner, that is where you should buy me bread.)
   • One corner dey along di road.  — (Egbokhare_2020, There is a bend down the road.)

2. Na when person face im own no talk put for anoder person matter.

   • Put God for one corner for di matter.  — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__71, leave God out of this matter.)
   • I go just stand for one corner dey look una two until de game tire una.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, I will not interfere until you both get tired of the game you are both playing.)

3. Na small place wey no dey important.

   • Den put am for corner.  — (PRT_01_Banga-Soup_MG__31, And then put it in a corner.)
   • As e touch de corner of Jesus cloth, the woman come notice sey the flow of blood don stop!  — (jw__37356, The woman flow of blood stopped when she touched the helm of Jesus' garment.)

4. Na to block person put for where e fit or fit no escape.

   • Di day Chidi catch Amaka for corner, he sleep wit am by force.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, I will not interfere until you both get tired of the game you are both playing.)
   • For group stage, dem comot for tight corner from group wey get Chelsea and Atletico Madrid to finish ontop of group C.  — (bbc__85869. At the group stage, the team made it to the top of group C despite the presence of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid)

Related forms

• cornercorner

Synonyms

• ikoro

Translations

• English: a bend, tight situation