Difference between revisions of "hail"

 
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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
héìl
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====Pronunciation====
 
====Pronunciation====
héìl
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hêl
  
 
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====Verb====
 
====Verb====
 
# Make person sell something troway.
 
# Make person sell something troway.
#*{{ux|dv| I wan '''hail''' my [[moto]]. |(NSC_2020, I want to sell off my car.)}}
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#*{{ux|dv| I wan '''hail''' my [[moto]]. |(I want to sell off my car.)}}
#*{{ux|dv|Oga James don '''hail''' im papa house, stupid man. |(NSC_2020, Mr James has sold off his father's house, stupid man.)}}
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#*{{ux|dv|Oga James don '''hail''' im papa house, stupid man. |(Mr James has sold off his father's house, stupid man.)}}
  
 
=====Translations=====
 
=====Translations=====
 
* English: ''sell off''
 
* English: ''sell off''

Latest revision as of 21:16, 29 February 2024

Naija

Etymology 1

From: English hail

Pronunciation

hêl

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Verb

  1. Sey person dey greet person.
    • Na just hailings I dey hail o, man.  — (I am only greeting you, bro.)
  2. Make person abi people praise or congratulate anoder person.
    • Some dey hail am...  — (BBC_16183_some people are congratulating him.)
    • Meh I enter music dey sing meh people dey hail me,  — (ENU_15_Music_M__60, Let me go into music and sing so that people will praise me.)
    • Oga Buhari hail BBC as dem dey torchlight tori well well before dem report am.  — (bbc__76532, __President Buhari praised BBC because they investigate stories thoroughly before reporting it__)
    • Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović hail her players as dem equalize against France.  — (bbc__26467, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović congratulated her players for equalizing against France.)

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Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: greeting, congratulations, salute.

Etymology 2

From: English hail

Pronunciation

hêl

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Verb

  1. Make person sell something troway.
    • I wan hail my moto.  — (I want to sell off my car.)
    • Oga James don hail im papa house, stupid man.  — (Mr James has sold off his father's house, stupid man.)
Translations
  • English: sell off