Difference between revisions of "pocketmoney"

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===Noun===
 
===Noun===
# Na small money wey de dey give person sey make im keep to hold body together.
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# Small money wey de dey give person sey make im hold for hand.
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Di '''pocketmoney''' wey [[broder]] give me don loss as I carry bike.|(NSC_2021, The pocket money given to me by my brother got missing as I was entering the motorcycle.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Di '''pocketmoney''' wey [[broder]] give me don loss as I carry bike.|(NSC_2021, The pocket money given to me by my brother got missing as I was entering the motorcycle.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Mama don collect our '''pocketmoney''' as we no dey do wetin she send us.|(NSC_2021, Mother seized our pocket money for being disobedient.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Mama don collect our '''pocketmoney''' as we no dey do wetin she send us.|(NSC_2021, Mother seized our pocket money for being disobedient.)}}
# Money wey person dey keep to hold body together.
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# Money wey person dey keep for esef make e dey fit use [[one or two tings]].
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Guy man don give woman im '''pocketmoney''' finish.|(NSC_2021, The young man has spent all of his savings on women.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| Guy man don give woman im '''pocketmoney''' finish.|(NSC_2021, The young man has spent all of his savings on women.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| '''Pocketmoney''' wey I keep for next month don finish.| (NSC_2021, I have exhausted the money I saved for next month.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv| '''Pocketmoney''' wey I keep for next month don finish.| (NSC_2021, I have exhausted the money I saved for next month.)}}

Revision as of 11:35, 16 September 2021

Naija

Alternative form

Etymology

From: English pocket and money

Pronunciation

  • pɔ̀kɛ̀tmɔ́nɪ́


Noun

  1. Small money wey de dey give person sey make im hold for hand.
    • Di pocketmoney wey broder give me don loss as I carry bike.  — (NSC_2021, The pocket money given to me by my brother got missing as I was entering the motorcycle.)
    • Mama don collect our pocketmoney as we no dey do wetin she send us.  — (NSC_2021, Mother seized our pocket money for being disobedient.)
  2. Money wey person dey keep for esef make e dey fit use one or two tings.
    • Guy man don give woman im pocketmoney finish.  — (NSC_2021, The young man has spent all of his savings on women.)
    • Pocketmoney wey I keep for next month don finish.  —  (NSC_2021, I have exhausted the money I saved for next month.)

Related forms

Translation

  • English: pocket money, savings