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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| − | From: English | + | From: English ''face'' |
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===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | * | + | * fês |
<sm2>Pcm-ng-face.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-face.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | # | + | # Part of person head wey nose, eyes and mouth dey. |
| − | #:* | + | #:* {{ux|dv|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.)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|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.)}} | |
| − | + | #Person mind. | |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Some pipo name and '''face''' no too show well well for di register wey INEC release for some places |(bbc__91481, | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Nigerians no get joy for '''face''' for EndSARS matter. |(Nigerians are unhappy over the EndSARS issue.)}} |
| − | + | # As person dey somewhere. | |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Na for your '''face''' dem go do everything. |(Everything will be done in your presence.)}} |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|For my '''face''' naim you dey curse my mama?|(You insulted my mother in my presence?)}} | |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| | + | # Good mind wey person get. |
| − | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Make we dey look God '''face'''.|(Deuber, 4527, Let us rely on God.)}} | |
| − | # | + | #:* {{ux|dv|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_)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| | + | # Make person put mind for someting. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| | + | #:* {{ux|dv|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.)}} |
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| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Oloko say, China get population of 1.4 billion and dem go first settle dia own citizens before dem look oda pipo | ||
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| − | #:* {{ux|dv|Di business don big sotay authorities sef no fit comot dia '''face''' again. |(bbc__102450, | ||
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====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[strongface]], [[facecap]], [[show face]] |
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: | + | * English: ''face'' ''kind heart'', ''presence'', ''attention'' |
===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
| − | + | * Make person deal wit someting. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Later, Sennacherib come '''face''' Jerusalem.|(jw__34008. Later, Sennacherib rose against Jerusalem.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Boris Johnson dey '''face''' 'sack'? |(bbc__100211, _Boris Johnson is facing a sack.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Make people go work, and '''face''' their business.|(bbc__69951. People should return to work and mind their business.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|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.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|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.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|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.)}} | |
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
* [[jam]] | * [[jam]] | ||
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| − | * English: | + | * English: ''confront'' |
Latest revision as of 13:14, 18 April 2023
Naija
Etymology
From: English face
Pronunciation
- fês
Noun
- Part of person head wey nose, eyes and mouth dey.
- 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.)
- Person mind.
- Nigerians no get joy for face for EndSARS matter. — (Nigerians are unhappy over the EndSARS issue.)
- As person dey somewhere.
- Na for your face dem go do everything. — (Everything will be done in your presence.)
- For my face naim you dey curse my mama? — (You insulted my mother in my presence?)
- 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_)
- 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.
- Later, Sennacherib come face Jerusalem. — (jw__34008. Later, Sennacherib rose against Jerusalem.)
- 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.)
- 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
Translations
- English: confront