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| − | * | + | # Person wey don pass [[junior]] level for school. |
| − | * | + | #:* {{ux|dv|Dat '''senior''' for grammar school dat year na [[kura]]. |(That senior student in our secondary school was quite notorious.)}} |
| − | * | + | #:* {{ux|dv|All di '''senior''' sabi oppress junior collect deir food money. |(The senior students are fond of bullying the junior students and dispossessing them of their pocket money.)}} |
| − | + | #Person wey be sey im get level pass for area. | |
| + | #:* {{ux|dv| '''Senior''', as you don talk am na so e go be.|(Leader, it is going to be just as you have said.)}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv|Make we go '''senior''' house, at all at all, we go see food chop.|(Let us go to the leader’s house, at the worst, we will get some food to eat.)}} | ||
| + | # Person wey be sey e first peron come dey learn work for [[workingplace]]. | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv| Your '''senior''' dem never learn dis style finish, go sabi march machine fess.|(The senior colleagues haven’t mastered this style yet, go and learn to use the machine first.)}} | ||
| + | #:* {{ux|dv| Oga and '''senior''' don dey waka kurukere waka.|(The boss and the most senior apprentice have been doing shady thing.)}} | ||
| + | ====Translation==== | ||
| + | English: ''senior, leader, elder, boss, senior apprentice'' | ||
===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
| − | + | * Na sey person old pass anoder person or get position wey high pass anoder person own. | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Na Ezeudu be '''senior''' for this quarter for Umuofia. |(katakata__576, Ezeudu is an older person in Umuofia.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Na im be di most '''senior''' pesin wey dem vote for inside our party. |(bbc__5106, He is the highest ranking person in our party.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Dis na di most '''senior''' official for Trump government wey go visit Nigeria. |(bbc__41380, This is the highest ranking official in the Trump administration to visit Nigeria.)}} | |
| − | + | ====Translation==== | |
| − | + | English: ''elder, senior'' | |
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
| − | senior | + | * Make person age or level pass anoder person own. |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Na everything I use '''senior''' you. |(LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__85, I am better than you in every ramification.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|I '''senior''' you. |(LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__86, I am older than you.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Dat guy '''senior''' me by far. |(Egbokhare__2020, The guy is much more older than myself.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Di woman '''senior''' me, but I '''senior''' am. |(LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__125, She is older than me, but I am superior to her.)}} | |
| − | + | :*{{ux|dv|Di woman go fit warn di man one day sey I '''senior''' you o! |(BEN_37_French-President-Marriage_DG__64, In the future, she could use the fact that is older than her husband as trump!)}} | |
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| + | ====Related forms==== | ||
| + | * [[senior man]] | ||
====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | *[[chief]] |
====Antonyms==== | ====Antonyms==== | ||
| − | * | + | * [[junior]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
| − | * English: older | + | * English: ''older one, superior'' |
Latest revision as of 15:47, 9 March 2024
Naija
Etymology
From: English senior
Pronunciation
- sínjɔ̀
Noun
- Person wey don pass junior level for school.
- Dat senior for grammar school dat year na kura. — (That senior student in our secondary school was quite notorious.)
- All di senior sabi oppress junior collect deir food money. — (The senior students are fond of bullying the junior students and dispossessing them of their pocket money.)
- Person wey be sey im get level pass for area.
- Senior, as you don talk am na so e go be. — (Leader, it is going to be just as you have said.)
- Make we go senior house, at all at all, we go see food chop. — (Let us go to the leader’s house, at the worst, we will get some food to eat.)
- Person wey be sey e first peron come dey learn work for workingplace.
- Your senior dem never learn dis style finish, go sabi march machine fess. — (The senior colleagues haven’t mastered this style yet, go and learn to use the machine first.)
- Oga and senior don dey waka kurukere waka. — (The boss and the most senior apprentice have been doing shady thing.)
Translation
English: senior, leader, elder, boss, senior apprentice
Adjective
- Na sey person old pass anoder person or get position wey high pass anoder person own.
- Na Ezeudu be senior for this quarter for Umuofia. — (katakata__576, Ezeudu is an older person in Umuofia.)
- Na im be di most senior pesin wey dem vote for inside our party. — (bbc__5106, He is the highest ranking person in our party.)
- Dis na di most senior official for Trump government wey go visit Nigeria. — (bbc__41380, This is the highest ranking official in the Trump administration to visit Nigeria.)
Translation
English: elder, senior
Verb
- Make person age or level pass anoder person own.
- Na everything I use senior you. — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__85, I am better than you in every ramification.)
- I senior you. — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__86, I am older than you.)
- Dat guy senior me by far. — (Egbokhare__2020, The guy is much more older than myself.)
- Di woman senior me, but I senior am. — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__125, She is older than me, but I am superior to her.)
- Di woman go fit warn di man one day sey I senior you o! — (BEN_37_French-President-Marriage_DG__64, In the future, she could use the fact that is older than her husband as trump!)
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: older one, superior