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# Wetin fit cut someting. | # Wetin fit cut someting. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv|Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey '''sharp''', and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. |(bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)}} | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| No be size of cutlass matter, di [[koko]] be sey e sharp abi e no sharp? |(NSC_2021, It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')}} | + | #:* {{ux|dv| No be size of cutlass matter, di [[koko]] be sey e '''sharp''' abi e no '''sharp'''? |(NSC_2021, It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')}} |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
*[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]] | *[[sharp sharp]], [[sharpally]] | ||
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''smart'', ''sharp'' | * English: ''smart'', ''sharp'' | ||
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| + | ===Verb=== | ||
| + | * Make person make someting make e fit cut or [[chook]] someting | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| Go '''sharp''' knife for junction. |(NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| De say na iron wey e '''sharp''' na im e use take chook am. |(NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a sharpened piece of metal.)}} | ||
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| + | ====Translation==== | ||
| + | * English: ''sharpen'' | ||
Revision as of 03:27, 4 August 2021
Naija
Etymology
From: English sharp
Pronunciation
- ʃâp
Adjective
- Make person sabi someting well well.
- Tope na sharp guy. — (Egbokhare_2020, Tope is an intelligent guy
- Pikin wey sharp like razor need new tins to fit keep dia ginger. — (bbc__81349, A child that very intelligent, needs new things to keep them busy.)
- And so as a sharp bae, make I sharpaly carry myself before anybody come carry me eh, pursue me comot. — (NST_cleaned__12112. As a smart babe, let me leave before someone comes to drive me out.)
- Wetin fit cut someting.
- Oder way for pikin wey don grow small, na if dem use anyting wey sharp, and wey don already carry blood from person wey get HIV/AIDS, take chook di pikin. — (bbc__81277, Another way for toddlers is that a sharp thing that has been used to draw blood from someone with HIV/AIDS cuts the child.)
- No be size of cutlass matter, di koko be sey e sharp abi e no sharp? — (NSC_2021, It is not the size of the cutlass that matters, the real issue is 'is it sharp or blunt?')
Related forms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: smart, sharp
Verb
- Make person make someting make e fit cut or chook someting
- Go sharp knife for junction. — (NSC_2021, Go and sharpen the knife at the junction.)
- De say na iron wey e sharp na im e use take chook am. — (NSC_2021, They said he stabbed him with a sharpened piece of metal.)
Translation
- English: sharpen