put
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English put
Pronunciation
- pʊ̂t
Verb
- Sey dem carry something for where e dey, carry am go inside anoder place or someting.
- E be like sey de no go put dis guy for di match o — (It looks like they won't put this guy in the match.)
- Word wey dey show sey something join anoder ting inside somewhere or someting.
- You turn am put inside rubber. — (BEN_08_Egusi-And-Banga-Soup_MG__8, You put it into a plastic bowl.)
- Dat one join put for ideal man. — (BEN_30_Husband-Criteria_DG__174, That one is part of the ideal man.)
- When Urhobo women dey cook ukodo, de dey sweat put. — (When Urhobo women cook ukodo, they sweat also.)
- So so akpesh na im you dey run early momo like dis, you want die put abi? — (All you do is take gin very early in the morning. It seems you want this to be the cause of your death, right?
Related Forms
put eye, put mouth, put mind, put hand, put body
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: put
Idioms
1. Put ear down.
- Make person dey hear wetin de dey teach am.
- As you dey go learn sewing so, try dey put ear down so you go fit learn work quickquick. — (As you are learning this tailoring skill of yours, try to be attentive inorder for you to learn quickly.)
2. Put ear for ground.
- Make person de monitor wetin de happen for where e dey.
- Dose guys no know sey di man na popo wey dey send come we area sey make he con put ear for ground to know how tings dey go. — (Those guys were not aware that the man was a police officer who was sent to the area to investigate what's going on in the neighborhood.)