hand

Naija

Etymology

From: English hand

Pronunciation

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NOUN

1. Part of person body wey join shoulder wey person fit use hold or measure tings.

   • Fire con burn dis my hand,  — (ABJ_GWA_05_Tailoring_DG__3, Fire burnt this my hand.)

2. Na sey person follow for something or join do something.

   • E dey people hand to choose.  — (jw__7602, __It's people's freedom to choose.)

3. Wetin dem dey use dey measure tings.

   • Na one hand of rope I buy  — (NSC_Ajede_2020, It's a hand measurement of rope that I bought)

4. Wetin person fit control/hold.

   • Even my younger broder now wey want, wey dem give admission, mstchew hm na God hand di ting dey.  — (ENU_03_School-Fees-And-French-Exams_DG__120, Even my younger brother now who wants... who was given admission, hm, it is in God's control)
   • Na to protect Jehovah people, especially from Babylon hand.  — (jw__42768, It's to protect Jehovah's people especially from Babylon's hold)

Derived forms

1. hand work

   When you learn work, hand work,…  — (NST_cleaned__13967, __no translation__)

   all of us na your hand work.’— Isa.  — (jw__5710, __no translation__)

1. hand basin

   I dey enter shower quick-quick‚ once every three days‚ and for the rest I dey wash inside hand basin.  — (bbc__3358, __no translation__)

2. iron hand

   I really give di military and police order to use iron hand.  — (bbc__3986, __no translation__)

   Di former Sudan president enta power for 1989, im rule one of Africa largest country until 2011- di year wey South Sudan break out with iron hand.  — (bbc__34679, __no translation__)

1. hand sign

   Di 'OK' hand sign don become di latest hate symbol according to new report by di Anti-Defamation League .  — (bbc__30274, __no translation__)

   According to di ADL, di link of di OK hand sign to white nationalism bin start as fake news wey some users of one website 4chan, wey lie say di sign get links to white supremacy.  — (bbc__11734, __no translation__)

1. wayo hand

   Di officials chop suspension sake of say dem allegedly award contract of N25 billion wit wayo hand.  — (bbc__36671, __no translation__)

1. hand power

   Army chiefs say dem dey comot criminals wey dey inside di ruling party Zany-PF, but dem go still hand power back to civilians.  — (bbc__52375, __no translation__)

1. komot hand

   wen dem tok sey dem wan komot hand as e bi for subsection of dis section, di paper wey dem for tok am go carry di exact date wey dem go komot hand/body.  — (hildrights__1352, __no translation__)

Translations

• English: hand

VERB

1. Sey dem give something

   • E hand am di tings  — (NSC_Ajede_2020,He gave him the things. )

• English: hand, give