jist

Naija

Alternative form

• gist

Etymology

From English: gist

Pronunciation

• dʒîst

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
• Frequency in raw corpus: 0
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf

Noun

When two people dey yarn give deir sef amebo

• I get Jist to give you.  —  NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, I have an information to share with you.)

Synonyms

• yarn

Translation

• English: information

Verb

Make two people dey yarn give deir sef amebo.

• Jist me wetin happen yesterday na o.  —  Egbokhare_2020, Narrate what happened yesterday to me.)
• Na so we dey Jist sotaye we forget cook.  —  NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, We were so engrossed in our discussion and forgot to cook.)

Synonyms

• yarn

Translations

• English: discussing, narrate