Difference between revisions of "curse"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
 
*Someting wey no good wey dey happen to person.
 
*Someting wey no good wey dey happen to person.
:* {{ux|dv| Na '''curse''' dey follow am. |( Egbokhare_2020, He/she has been cursed.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Na '''curse''' dey follow am. |(He/she has been cursed.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Dem be people wey '''curse''' dey for their head.|(jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Dem be people wey '''curse''' dey for their head.|(jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Na dat time e remove di '''curse'''. |(jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)}}
 
:* {{ux|dv| Na dat time e remove di '''curse'''. |(jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)}}
:* {{ux|dv| Chief priest sey make people go wash di '''curse''' wey dey deir head for river . |(NSC_2021, The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Chief priest sey make people go wash di '''curse''' wey dey deir head for river . |(The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)}}
  
 
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Revision as of 21:59, 3 May 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: curse

Pronunciation

  • kɔ́s

Play Play

Noun

  • Someting wey no good wey dey happen to person.
  • Na curse dey follow am.  — (He/she has been cursed.)
  • Dem be people wey curse dey for their head.  — (jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)
  • Na dat time e remove di curse.  — (jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)
  • Chief priest sey make people go wash di curse wey dey deir head for river .  — (The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)

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Translations

  • English: curse

Verb

  1. Make person talk bad bad someting about person.
    • Why you dey curse your senior brother?  — (Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)
    • Nwoye mama curse am, then sidon again begin peel the yam go.  — (katakata__1130, Nwoye's mother insulted him, then sat down again and continued to peel her yam.)
  2. Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.
    • One old mama don curse dat boy.  — (NSC_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)

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Translations

  • English: insult, curse