face

Naija

Etymology

From: English face

Pronunciation

• fês

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Noun

1. Part of person head wey nose, eyes and mouth dey.

   • Na only oil man pikin just dey rub for face.  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__37, It is only oil that I rub on my face.)
   • APC women and men wear cloth wey dem put Muhammadu Buhari face ontop  — (BBC, 10884, APC women and men wore cloth with Muhammadu Buhari's picture)
   • Some pipo name and face no too show well well for di register wey INEC release for some places  — (bbc__91481, Some people's name and faces did not show clearly in the register released by INEC in some places)

2. Person mind

   • Nigerians no get joy for face for EndSARS matter.  — (NSC_Agnes_2020, Nigerians are unhappy over the EndSARS issue.)

3. As person dey somewhere.

   • Na for your face dem go do everything.  — (NSC_Agnes_2020, Everything will be done in your presence.)
   • For my face naim you dey abuse my mama?  — (NSC_Agnes_2020, You insulted my mother in my presence?)

4. Good mind wey person get.

   • make we dey look God face  — (Deuber, 4527, Let us rely on God.)
   • Oloko say, China get population of 1.4 billion and dem go first settle dia own citizens before dem look oda pipo face.  — (bbc__77353, _Oloko said China has a population of 1.4 billion and so will settle their own citizens first before helping others_)

5. Make person put mind for someting.

   • Di business don big sotay authorities sef no fit comot dia face again.  — (bbc__102450, The business has become so big the authorities can no longer overlook it. )

Related forms

strongface, facecap, show face

Translations

• English: face kind heart, presence, attention

Verb

• Make person deal wit someting.

• To face people wey dey try you.  — (jw__37647, To confront those who dare you.)
• Later, Sennacherib come face Jerusalem.  — (jw__34008. Later, Sennacherib rose against Jerusalem.)
• Na only young people dey face wahala?  — (jw__46468. Is it only young people that are confronted with challenges?)
• No matter wetin you dey face,  — (jw__27235. Regardless of the challenges against you.)
• Boris Johnson dey face 'sack'?  — (bbc__100211, _Boris Johnson is facing a sack.)
• make people go work, and face their business.  — (bbc__69951. People should return to work and mind their business.)
• Whether now or later, we go choose wetin we want do and face wetin go come out of am.  — (jw__45400, _Whether now or later, we will choose what we want to and brace up against the odds.)
• So haha na wetin you dey face I dey face.  — (NST_cleaned__15003, So, haha we are facing thesame challenges.)
• One time dey sef wey l wan kill myself to free myself for di wahala l dey face, Musbahu confess.  — (bbc__5615. Musbahu confessed he almost committed suicide to rid himself of the pressures he had to deal with.)
• Dis 19 year old face wahala to go school after she run from Syria enter Jordan for 2013. She no want any other pikin to face dat kain wahala most especially refugee pikin dem.  — (bbc__40121. The 19year old faced hard times after she ran from Syria to Jordan in 2013. She does not wish to see other children go through what she went through, especially the refugee children.)

Synonyms

• jam

Translations

• English: confront