Difference between revisions of "curse"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
#Someting bad wey dey happen to person.
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* Someting bad 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. |( Egbokhare_2020, He/she has been cursed.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| Dem be people wey '''curse''' dey for their head.|(jw__29361, The crowd are accursed )}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Dem be people wey '''curse''' dey for their head.|(jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)}}
#Talk wey person talk, sey bad ting go follo person.
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* Talk wey person talk, sey bad ting go follo person.
#:* {{ux|dv| Na that time e remove the '''curse'''. |(jw__17210, It was at that time he removed the curse.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Na that time e remove the '''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_Olukayode.S.M_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 . |(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)}}
  
 
====Synonyms====
 
====Synonyms====
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
 
====Transitive====
 
====Transitive====
#Make person talk bad bad someting about person.  
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* Make person talk bad bad someting about person.  
#:* {{ux|dv| Why you dey '''curse''' your senior brother? |(Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Why you dey '''curse''' your senior brother? |(Egbokhare_2020, Why are you insulting your elder brother?)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
#Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.
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* Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.
#:* {{ux|dv| One old mama don '''curse''' dat boy.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| One old mama don '''curse''' dat boy.|(NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)}}
 
====Intransitive====
 
====Intransitive====
 
* Sey someting na bad ting.
 
* Sey someting na bad ting.

Revision as of 12:30, 14 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From English: curse

Pronunciation

  • kɔ́s

Play Play

Noun

  • Someting bad wey dey happen to person.
  • Na curse dey follow am.  — ( Egbokhare_2020, He/she has been cursed.)
  • Dem be people wey curse dey for their head.  — (jw__29361, The crowd are accursed.)
  • Talk wey person talk, sey bad ting go follo person.
  • Na that time e remove the 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 .  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The people were instructed to go to the river to wash off the curse from their heads.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: curse,

Verb

Transitive

  • 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.)
  • Make dey talk sey bad ting go follo person.
  • One old mama don curse dat boy.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, An old woman cursed the boy.)

Intransitive

  • Sey someting na bad ting.
  • Disability no be curse  — (bbc__43027, My disability is not an affliction.)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: insult, curse