dirty

Naija

Alternative form

Etymology

From: English dirty

Pronunciation

dɜ̄tí


Noun

Sey someting no clean.

  • Dirty just full everywhere for deir house.  — ( NSC_Shulammite_2020, My job is to clean the floor of the hospital by disinfecting it.)

Adjective

  1. Someting wey no clean.
    • I no dey like to buy food for shop wey dirty.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, I dislike the idea of purchasing food from dirty environment.)
    • All di water wey dey de village dirty no be small.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, The water in the village is very dirty.)
  2. Sey person mind no pure.
    • Dat man ehn, im mind dirty.  — ( NSC_Shulammite_2020, The man's mind, is filled with filth.)
    • Some people na so so dirty dirty ting dem dey tink.  — ( NSC_Shulammite_2020, Some people's mind are filled with all kinds of filthy thoughts..)
  3. Make person dey do magomago.
    • Dat boy hand dirty, im ways no pure.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, That boy is involved in illegal activities.)
  4. Sey shayo don dey affect person.
    • If your eye don dirty, no drive o.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, If you are drunk, don't drive.)
    • Dat guy no get chest now, two bottle im eye don dirty.  — (NSC_Shulammite_2020, That guy does not have any mettle, just two bottles and he is drunk.)

Antonym

Translation

  • English: dirty, filthy, drunk

Verb

Transitive

Yamama dey for someting.

    • Does children don dirty di water.  — ( NSC_Shulammite_2020, I make use of rag and water in cleaning the table.)

Antonym

Translation

  • English: dirty