hand

Naija

Etymology

From: English hand

Pronunciation

• hánd

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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. When person get di power to control or do something.

   • E dey people hand to choose.  — (jw__7602, __It's people's freedom to choose.)
   • Wetin dey do your husband no dey my hand.  — (NSC_2021, I have no control over what your husband is passing through.)

   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, Chief of Army said they will let go of criminals who are part of the ruling party Zany-PF, but power will still be handed over to the civilians.)

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.)

Related forms

• hand work, comot hand

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

   all of us na your hand work.’— Isa.  — (jw__5710, __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, control

VERB

1. Sey dem give something

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

• English: hand, give