fuel

Naija

Etymology

From: English fuel

Pronunciation

• fúԑ̀l

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 19
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 478
• Frequency in raw corpus: 302
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 981

Noun

1. na wetin be like chemical water wey dey give power to engine

   • I dey go buy fuel for generator.  — Egbokhare_2020. (I am going to buy fuel)
   • I no fit queue for fuel, come use am dance azonto inside Lagos traffic.  — (bbc__63114,(I refuse to waste the fuel I laboured to buy in Lagos traffic)
   • E no end dia o, di generator go still need fuel or diesel to give am power.  — (bbc__44940. (The generator still needs fuel or diesel to power it.)

2. na slang wey mean food

   • I beg tell Oga say our belle need fuel .  — NSC_Legbeti_2020. (Please tell the boss that we are hungry)

Synonyms

petrol

Translations

• English: petrol

Verb

1. make person or someting dey behind wetin dey scatter

   • na Government dey fuel the whole crisis jare.  — NSC_Legbeti_2020. (The Government is inciting the crisis)
   • My pastor say na my mother in law dey fuel the quarrel wey my husband dey make wit me since all last year.  — NSC_Legbeti_2020. (My pastor said my mother in law is behind the quarrels in my home)

Synonyms

scatter-scatter

Translations

• English: instigate