save

Naija

Etymology

From: English save

Pronunciation

• sêv

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Verb

1. Make de help person comot for trouble.

   • Dem send soldiers go save am.  — (The soldiers were sent to rescue them.)
   • All dis animals wey pipo dey kill kill wey fit cause problem for earth, na im I dey save.  — (bbc__294, I am preserving endangered animal species.)

2. Make person dey keep money or anoder ting make e remain.

   • I dey collect small, small money, I dey save,  — (LAG_24_Focus-On-Your-Life_M__83, I was getting meagre sums, yet saving.)
   • Remember sey, ‘no be children suppose save for their papa and mama, but na papa and mama suppose save for children.’  — (jw__27303, Remember that parents, not the children, are supposed to save for their children.)

Antonyms

• catch

Translations

• English: save, rescue, to have savings