kpai
Naija
Etymology
From: Yoruba kpa meaning put something off
Pronunciation
- kpáɪ
Ideophone
- Di kind noise wey iron de make when e meet anoder iron.
- Den di way de take dey carry, use spanner dey knack, you just sit dere dey hear kpai. — (WAZA_07_Self-Medication_T__53, The way they handle the spanner and use it to drive in the screw, all you hear while seated is the clanging sound.)
Translation
- English: clang
Verb
- Make someting or person comot life from person.
- As e kpai di guy, im take-off. — (He escaped after killing the guy.)
- De go collect di money go kpai di person. — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__125, They would collect ransom and still take the person's life.)
- Na one of deir aunty wey kpai, sey when dat aunty bin kpai, she no born pikin. — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__123, One of their aunts died, she didn't have any children before she died.)
- Everybody dey talk say di guy don kpai. — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__123, The general belief was that the guy was dead.)
Synonyms
Translations
- English: die, kill