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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
| + | From: ''unknown'' | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | + | d͡ʒàgàd͡ʒágá | |
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| − | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-jagajaga.f.ogg</sm2> | |
| − | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-jagajaga.m.ogg</sm2> | |
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| − | === | + | ===Noun=== |
| − | + | * Wetin no [[make sense]] | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| Instead make una behave normal like people wey dey normal, una do '''jagajaga''' like fowl wey dey find food.|(NSC_2021, You lot should have behaved like you were expected to, instead you behave nonsensically like a chicken trying to claw for some food. )}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| Wetin your pikin dey write? ABCD or '''jagajaga'''? |(NSC_2021, What is your child writing? The alphabet or nonsense?)}} | |
| − | + | ====Translation==== | |
| − | === | + | English: ''nonsense'' |
| − | ==== | + | |
| − | + | ===Adjective=== | |
| + | * Make someting no make sense | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| If person show esef sey e be '''jagajaga''' person, [[discharge]] comot for di place. |(NSC_2021, If a person shows himself or herself to be nonsensical, leave the place.)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| Di road don '''jagajaga'''. Wetin supppose be one hour journey don turn four hours, if rain use style fall, e fit reach six hours. |(NSC_2021, The road has become very bad. What should have been a one hour journey now takes four hours. If it rains, it could take six hours.)}} | ||
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
| + | * Eng;ish: ''nonsense'', ''bad'' | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 13 July 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: unknown
Pronunciation
d͡ʒàgàd͡ʒágá
Noun
- Wetin no make sense
- Instead make una behave normal like people wey dey normal, una do jagajaga like fowl wey dey find food. — (NSC_2021, You lot should have behaved like you were expected to, instead you behave nonsensically like a chicken trying to claw for some food. )
- Wetin your pikin dey write? ABCD or jagajaga? — (NSC_2021, What is your child writing? The alphabet or nonsense?)
Translation
English: nonsense
Adjective
- Make someting no make sense
- If person show esef sey e be jagajaga person, discharge comot for di place. — (NSC_2021, If a person shows himself or herself to be nonsensical, leave the place.)
- Di road don jagajaga. Wetin supppose be one hour journey don turn four hours, if rain use style fall, e fit reach six hours. — (NSC_2021, The road has become very bad. What should have been a one hour journey now takes four hours. If it rains, it could take six hours.)
Translation
- Eng;ish: nonsense, bad