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