pieces

Naija

Etymology

From: English pieces

Pronunciation

• pɪ́sɪ̀s

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Noun

1. Someting wey de cut small small.

   • Dis meat small o, how many pieces you see buy?  — (This meat is rather small, how many pieces did you buy?)

2. Cloth wey remain when e be sey tailor don cut wetin e want use take sew cloth.

   • Shey you know sey you fit collect pieces for tailor shop use am take do one kind ghenghen pattern?  — (You know that you collect pieces of cloth from the tailor's shop and make a really nice pattern from them, right? )
   • Tailor shop wey no get pieces shey di tailor sabi im work at all at all?  — (If you don't find pieces of cloth in a tailor's shop, does the tailor even know their job at all?)

3. Small small wood wey dey when carpenter don cut di one wey e want use take do someting.

   • No dey pack pieces dey comot for carpenter shop like dat. E fit get wetin im want use am do.  — (Don't just throw away pieces of wood in a carpenter's shop, they could come in handy for something.)
   • When we small, we dey go find pieces for carpenter shop, take am dey do small small car.  — (When we were kids, we go to pick pieces of wood from the carpenter's shop to make small cars.)

Translation

• English: bits, pieces

Verb

1. Make person cut cut someting smallsmall.

   • No cook dat cow leg like dat o, pieces am.  — (Don't cook the beef whole, chop it into pieces.)
   • Different diiferent style dey how people dey like cook deir yam. Some people dey cut am like bread, de go slice am, round round. Some people dey pieces am.  — (People like to cook their yam differently. Some like to slice it, while others like to cut it into chunks.)

2. Make person use mouth take yab yab person.

   • Some people mouth sharp, die! De go use mouth pieces you.  — (some people really have a sharp mouth, they can make very derogatory remarks and hurt you.)
   • Dose people wey dey sell market no go follow dem drag, de go use mouth pieces you.  — (Don't exchange words with people at the market, they'll hurt you with their words.)

3. Make person do someting wellwell.

   • Di way dat guy take pieces di course eh, even lecturer bow.  — (The young man performed so well, even the lecturer was impressed.)
   • Una still dey ask how dat babe take run dat debate; e pieces am.  — (You are still asking how the lady performed at the debate? She did a great job.)

4. Make dem shoot person.

   • If you see how police take pieces people wey go tief for di bank eh, you go vomit.  — (If you see how the police riddled the bank robbers with bullets, you'll throw up.)
   • No go dey claim odeshi o, de go too pieces you o.  — (Don't go about claiming to be invulnerable to bullets.)

Translation

• English: dice, chop, insult, shoot, perform excellently