escort

Naija

Etymology

From: English escort

Pronunciation 1

ɛ́skɔ̀t Play

Pronunciation 2

ɛ̀skɔ̂t Play

Noun

  • Person wey dey follow anoder person dey waka.
  • For di video, dem see one police escort car wey Davido dey use come drop di bodi for di hospital.  — (bbc__97755, From the video, a police officer was seen following Davido's car when the corpse was dropped at the hospital.)
  • How Jaguda pipo take kidnap shell workers and kill dia escort for Rivers State.  — (bbc__56499, Thugs kidnap Shell workers and killed their escort at Rivers state.)


Translations

  • English: escort

Verb

Transitive

  • Make person dey follo anoder person waka about.
  • Tobe, abeg escort am go buy something for market for me.  — (Tobe, please accompany him/her to buy things in the market for me.)
  • If I escort my friend, I go carry am go di pa~, parent's house go ask dem abeg make de leave dis small pikin, make de no beat am, no be her fault.  — (NST_cleaned__8570, If I accompany my friend, I will take her to her parents house to plead on her behalf, so she won't be punished.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: to accompany, to see someone off