Difference between revisions of "day"

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===Noun===
 
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# Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well.
 
# Time for inside 24 hours when e be sey sun dey shine well-well.
#:* {{ux|dv| Abeg now wey '''day''' dey make we reach house, before night reach.|(NSC_Emeka_2020, Please, now that it's still daytime, let's get home before night fall.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| My people dey talk sey make de dey start for '''day''' dey look for black goat, before night reach.|(NSC_Emeka_2020, There is the saying that it's better to start searching for a black goat when it's day, before night fall.)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| 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.
 
# Period of time wey start for midnight reach anoder midnight.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|After dat '''day''', I get mysef. |(PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|After dat '''day''', I get mysef. |(PRT_07_Drummer_MG__107, After that day, I recovered.)}}

Revision as of 13:22, 18 April 2023

Naija

Etymology

From: English day

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Noun

  1. 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.)
  2. 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.)  — {{{3}}}

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Translations

  • English: day


Idiom

  • Someting wey go happen for one particular time.
  • One day monkey go go market e no go return.  — (NSC_2021, Everyday for thief, one day for the owner.)