day
Naija
Etymology
From: English day
Pronunciation
- dê
Noun
- Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well.
- Abeg now wey day dey make we reach house, before night reach. — (Please, now that it's still daytime, let's get home before night fall.)
- My people dey talk sey make de dey start for day dey look for black goat, before night reach. — (There is the saying that it's better to start searching for a black goat when it's day, before night fall.)
- Period of time wey start for midnight reach anoder midnight.
- After dat day, I get mysef. — (PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)
- Airlines dey lose millions per day. — (bbc__13427, Airlines are losing millions per day.)
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- English: day
Idiom
- Di day wey someting go must happen.
- One day monkey go go market e no go return. — (NSC_2021, Everyday for thief, one day for the owner.)