on
Naija
Etymology
From: English on
Pronunciation
- ɔ̂n
Verb
- Make de start someting wey off.
- I bin don off light, I no know who on am. — (I had switched off the light, I don't know who put it on.)
- No on gas talk sey make you just sleep small. E fit turn anoder matter. — (Don't put on the gas and go on to take a nap, it could result in a bad situation.)
- Make person body do am like sey e want nack.
- E say after e watch di feem e just dey on. — (He said that after watching the movie, he became aroused.)
- Di man bin dey complain im wife say she get headache after e tell am sey e dey on. — (The man was complaining that his wife said she had a headache after he said that he was aroused.)
- Make woman dey see im period.
- Some people dey waka dey go many many school dey share pad dey give girls wey dey secondary school make de fit use when de dey on. — (Some people go around distributing menstrual pads to girls in secondary schools so they can use when they are on their period.)
- De bin dey talk sey de want dey give holiday to women wey be sey when de dey on e dey worry dem well well. — (They were discussing that they want to approve a holiday to women who had dysmenorrhoea.)
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Translations
- English: put something on, arouse, menstruate