own

Naija

Etymology

From English: own

Pronunciation

  • ôn

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Adjective

  • Wetin be person property or someting.
  • Di one wey I get na my own, de one you get, na your own.  — (NST_cleaned__14071. What is mine is mine and what is yours is yours.))
  • Na your own.  — (NST_cleaned__41571. Its your own.)
  • Person idea or opinion about someting.
  • But nobody wan hear dia own.  — (bbc__51943. But no one was willing to listen to their opinion.)
  • Sey person no dey under another person again.
  • I don fit open my own tailoring store ma, e dey near waterside.  — (NSC_2021, I now have my own tailoring store madam. It's close to the waterside.))
  • So everyone want to be on his own.  — (JOS_11_Nigeria-Political-Issues_DG__268, So, everyone wants to be on his own.)
  • Person turn.
  • Life na turn by turn, soon e go be my own turn.  — (NSC_2021. Life is taken in turns, soon, I trust it will be my turn.))
  • So I no know di day wey our own tomorrow go reach o.  — (LAG_13_Our-Life_M__7, So, I don't know the day that our own tomorrow will come o.)
  • Amount of someting wey person want buy.
  • I beg help me buy rice, like 200naira own.  — (NSC_2021, Kindly buy rice worth 200naira for me.))
  • Like fifty naira abi, hundred naira own.  — (ABJ_INF_02_Cooking-Recipes_M__52, Either fifty naira or hundred naira worth.)
  • Oya, compare ya money with senator own.  — (bbc__79800. Compare your pay with the pay of senators.)
  • I don dey gree your own since last year.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I have been admiring you since last.))
  • Ehen na so me, and her own just click dat day wey I see her.  — (JOS_23_Wedding_DG__156, Ehe, that was how she and I just connected the first day that I saw her.)

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Translations

  • English: own, property, possession