dry

Naija

Etymology

From English: dry

Pronunciation

• dráɪ̀

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Adjective

• Make water no dey someting.

• You no reason sey dry fish dey make sense pass for egusi soup pass ice fish?  — ( Don't you think that dry fish is better for Egusi soup than frozen fish.)
• Dry leaf for ground dey make noise as them dey match them.  — (katakata__653, Dry leaves on the ground make noise as people match it.)

Translations

• English: dry

Verb

1. Make e be sey water don comot for someting.

   • E don dry.  — (KAD_02_Football_M__68, It has dried.)
   • Jehovah don promise sey: ‘I go dry all the water wey dey comot from una eye.  — (jw__18253, Jehovah has promised that 'I will wipe the tears from your eyes.)
   • E no dey dry for fire.  — (IBA_24_Mummy-Debbie_DG__27, It does not dry on fire.)
   • Your yansh go dry.  — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__13, Your buttocks will dry up.)

2. Make person no get money.

   • Any day I dry, me, I dey task.  — (KAD_05_Relationship-Discussion_DG__221, Any day I don't have, I ask people for money.)

3. Sey someting no dey happen for somewhere.

   See how Alaba be now, everywhere dry.  — (LAG_33_Buhari-Recession_M__8, See how Alaba is; everywhere is scanty.)

Antonyms

water water

Translations

• English: dry, broke, dull