enter
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English: enter
Pronunciation
- ɛ́ntà
Verb
- Make person or someting move inside anoder place.
- You know sey pot sef, di size dey regulate di amount of food wey fit enter. — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__185, You know that even the pot, the size regulates the amount of food it can contain.)
- E pain me enter my blood. — (ENU_20_Relationship-With-Women_DG__136, It pained me deeply.)
- To enter di stadium sef no go sweet you. — (KAD_02_Football_M__34, to enter the stadium won't excite you.)
- Make person follow join for someting.
- I con follow dem dey enter church. — (ENU_15_Music_M__16, I was attending church with them)
- Go enter Facebook. — (ENU_07_South-Eastern-Politics_M__121, Log in to Facebook.)
- Make person beat person.
- De enter dat guy wey insult chairmo eh, when de mend am finish eh, im eye be like puffpuff — (That man who insulted the kingpin was thoroughly beaten, after he was beaten, his eyes were swollen.)
- Continue dey talk praprapra when de enter you, you go know as e dey be. — (Keep running your mouth, when they beat you, you'll know.)
- Make person use style style become anoder person paddy paddy.
- Omo, dat guy don enter oga wife well well, anyting wey e talk, she dey quick gree. — (Man, that man has schemed his way into the good graces of the boss' wife. She consents to whatever he says.)
- No use because e get small voice dey leave am o, e want enter you like dis. — (Don't excuse him because he has a tiny voice, he is trying to warm his way into your good graces.)
- Make man nack woman.
- Sey person enter woman no be wetin go make am be man. — (Because a person sleeps with a lady does not mean that he is man.)
- If you like go enter who big pass you, di way wey men go take enter you eh, just comot body o. — (If you decide to have sex with someone not in your class, you could get in serious trouble. Just stay away from all of that.)
- Make someting work as de want make e work.
- Omo dat match, just dey plan for dat ticket mey just enter. — (KAD_14_Stephen-Silas-Betting_DG__13, Guy, that match, I'm just planning for that ticket, let it just enter.)
- Dat seminar, e enter die! — (That seminar went really well.)
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Translations
- English: enter, scheme, have sex with, beat, succeed