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* Make person run comot quick quick. | * Make person run comot quick quick. | ||
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− | # Make person run comot | + | # Make person run comot [[quickquick]]. |
− | # {{ux|dv| Im bin tell me sey deir dog no dey bite, but as as I enter dier house con see di dog face, baba, I '''japa'''! |( He had told me that their dog does not bite, but as soon as I entered their house and saw the look on the dog's face, I fled!)}} | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Im bin tell me sey deir dog no dey bite, but as as I enter dier house con see di dog face, baba, I '''japa'''! |(NSC_2021, He had told me that their dog does not bite, but as soon as I entered their house and saw the look on the dog's face, I fled!)}} |
− | # {{ux|dv| I don '''japa''' o! |( NSC_Tella_2021. I have escaped!)}} | + | #:* {{ux|dv| I don '''japa''' o! |( NSC_Tella_2021. I have escaped!)}} |
+ | # Make person [[jand]] | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| Be like people don '''japa''' finish for area o. |(NSC_2021, It seems that nearly everyone has travelled out of the country.)}} | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| If God do am you you con '''japa''', no dey carry shoulder go up. |(NSC_2021, If you are favoured and travel out of the country, don't become proud.)}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 1 December 2021
Naija
Alternative Form
Etymology
From: Yoruba japa
Pronunciation
d͡ʒápá
Definition
- Make person run comot quick quick.
Verb
- Make person run comot quickquick.
- Im bin tell me sey deir dog no dey bite, but as as I enter dier house con see di dog face, baba, I japa! — (NSC_2021, He had told me that their dog does not bite, but as soon as I entered their house and saw the look on the dog's face, I fled!)
- I don japa o! — ( NSC_Tella_2021. I have escaped!)
- Make person jand
- Be like people don japa finish for area o. — (NSC_2021, It seems that nearly everyone has travelled out of the country.)
- If God do am you you con japa, no dey carry shoulder go up. — (NSC_2021, If you are favoured and travel out of the country, don't become proud.)
Synonym
Antonym
Translation
English: Flee.