Difference between revisions of "lose"

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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* lûz
 
* lûz
<sm2>Pcm-ng-lose.f.ogg</sm2>  
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-lose.m.ogg</sm2>  
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
# Make someting comot for person hand without say person want am to.
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# Make someting comot for person hand without say person want make e comot.
 
#: {{ux|dv|She '''lose''' evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu. |(bbc__60861. She lost all she owned when flood swept her house away.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|She '''lose''' evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu. |(bbc__60861. She lost all she owned when flood swept her house away.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Di goat '''lose''' imsef, con run enter road.|(Egbokhare_2020. The goat escaped and found itself on the road.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Di goat '''lose''' imsef, con run enter road.|(Egbokhare_2020. The goat escaped and found itself on the road.)}}

Revision as of 19:27, 15 July 2021

Naija

Etymology

From: English lose.

Pronunciation

  • lûz


Verb

  1. Make someting comot for person hand without say person want make e comot.
    She lose evritin wen wata cari her house go for Gundu.  — (bbc__60861. She lost all she owned when flood swept her house away.)
    • Di goat lose imsef, con run enter road.  — (Egbokhare_2020. The goat escaped and found itself on the road.)
    • Funny ways some people take lose dia job  — (bbc__53301, The funny ways through which some lost their jobs.)
    l dey greet you sorry for wetin you don lose.  — (bbc__65503, I sympathise with you over your loss.)
  2. make person die.
    • Lose husband, lose pikin.  — (NST_cleaned__6168. The husband and child died.)
    • When woman lose im husband for my place, she dey cut all im hair comot  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. When a woman's husband dies, she is made to shave off all her hair by tradition.)
    • No need for anybody to lose dia life.  — (bbc__22115. Its not necessary to die.)
  3. Na Make dem cut someting comot.
    • E no easy to lose your leg or hand.  — (bbc__44936. It is not easy for one's hand and leg to be cut off.)
    • No need for anybody to lose dia life.  — (bbc__22115. Its not easy to die.)
  4. Na make person go mad or stop to dey reason well.
    • E lose di head.  — (BEN_32_I-Don-Tire-For-All-Dese-Boys_DG__131, He became insane.)
    • if im vex like dis, e no dey fit control himself, he deylose him head.  — (bbc__99905, Once provoked, he looses his all self control.)

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Translations

  • English: out of control, slack