Difference between revisions of "japa"

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===Definition===
 
* Make person run comot quick quick.
 
  
 
====Verb====
 
====Verb====
 
# Make person run comot [[quickquick]].
 
# 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'''! |(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| 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!)}}
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#:* {{ux|dv| I don '''japa''' o! |( NSC_2021, I have escaped!)}}
 
# Make person [[jand]]
 
# 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| Be like people don '''japa''' finish for area o. |(NSC_2021, It seems that nearly everyone has travelled out of the country.)}}
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[[dey]], [[tanda]],  
 
[[dey]], [[tanda]],  
 
====Translation====
 
====Translation====
English: ''Flee''.
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English: ''Flee''

Revision as of 04:50, 3 October 2022

Naija

Alternative Form

Etymology

From: Yoruba japa

Pronunciation

d͡ʒápá

Play Play

Verb

  1. 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_2021, I have escaped!)
  2. 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

bail, move, tear race,

Antonym

dey, tanda,

Translation

English: Flee