roll

Naija

Etymology

From English: roll

Pronunciation

  • rôl

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Verb

  1. Make person fold someting.
    • Roll am, put am for one plastic.  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__141, Roll it up and put in a plastic container.)
    • Afta pipo don cast vote - roll di paper wey dem thumbprint ontop and chook am inside box - jaguda pipo from nowhere go show and before you fit say pim, ballot box don miss.  — (bbc__12973, After votes were cast and the ballot paper folded into a box, thugs came from nowhere and snatched the ballot box.)
  2. Sey person or someting dey turn dey turn for ground or ontop someting.
    • As e come dey try dey even dey think of wetin e go do, naim di woman con knee down, con dey roll, dey beg o.  — (NST_cleaned__31888, While he was still contemplating, the woman knelt down and began rolling on the ground begging.)
    • De say if you even go where de dey call em Warri Igbudu market, you go see guys wey dey roll wheel barrow, but na dem poor pass.  — (BEN_20_Fasting_DG__5, Even if you go to Igbudu market in Warri, you find that the poorest persons are those carting wheel barrows.)
  3. Make person de follow anoder person dey enjoy or groove life.
    • All of una wey dey on top Instagram dere, wey dey follow us dey roll, I see all of una dis micro tintin minute.  — (NST_cleaned__31718, Everyone on Instagram who has been rocking with us, I acknowledge you guys this very moment.)
    • Obobs, na my paddy o. We dey roll together.  — (That is my buddy! We ball together.)

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Translations

  • English: to roll/fold something, to ball