Difference between revisions of "leak"

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===Verb===
 
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# Make someting get hole come begin allow wetin dey inside dey comot small small.
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# Make someting get hole con begin allow wetin dey inside dey comot.
#:*{{ux|dv|Less di tube as di tyre sef don dey '''leak'''.|(Egbokhare_2021. Release the air in the tube because the tyre itself already has a puncture.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Less di tube as di tyre sef don dey '''leak'''.|(Egbokhare_2021, Release the air in the tube because the tyre itself already has a puncture.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv|I beg tell am sey di bucket dey '''leak'''. |(NSC_2021. Please tell him the bucket is leaking.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|Abeg tell am sey di bucket dey '''leak'''. |(NSC_2021, Please tell him the bucket is leaking.)}}
 
# Make people know wetin suppose be secret.
 
# Make people know wetin suppose be secret.
#:*{{ux|dv|For [[face me I face you]], [[matter]] no dey tey before e dey '''leak''' |(NSC_2021. Tenants living in single-room accommodation with common facility hardly keep secrets.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv|For [[face me I face you]], [[matter]] no dey [[tay]] before e dey '''leak''' |(NSC_202,. Tenants living in single-room accommodation with common facility hardly keep secrets.)}}
#:*{{ux|dv| Police cancel exams sake of say dis papers '''leak'''. |(bbc__82328. The police cancelled the exam because the papers leaked.)}}
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#:*{{ux|dv| Police cancel exams sake of say dis papers '''leak'''. |(bbc__82328, The police cancelled the exam because the papers leaked.)}}
  
 
   
 
   

Revision as of 12:15, 2 August 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English leak

Pronunciation

  • lîk

Play Play


Verb

  1. Make someting get hole con begin allow wetin dey inside dey comot.
    • Less di tube as di tyre sef don dey leak.  — (Egbokhare_2021, Release the air in the tube because the tyre itself already has a puncture.)
    • Abeg tell am sey di bucket dey leak.  — (NSC_2021, Please tell him the bucket is leaking.)
  2. Make people know wetin suppose be secret.
    • For face me I face you, matter no dey tay before e dey leak  — (NSC_202,. Tenants living in single-room accommodation with common facility hardly keep secrets.)
    • Police cancel exams sake of say dis papers leak.  — (bbc__82328, The police cancelled the exam because the papers leaked.)


Synonyms

Translations

  • English: Deflate, expose