shift
Naija
Etymology
From English: shift
Pronunciation
- ʃîft
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 101
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2077
Noun
Na di work wey person dey do wey dey change time.
- I dey enjoy my shift. — (KAD_07_Receptionists_DG__19, I am enjoying my shift.)
- E work na shift yesterday and we believe say e wear im uniform. — (bbc__2573, He was on shift yesterday at work and we believe he wore his uniform.)
Translations
- English: shift
Verb
Transitive
- Make dem move di date of someting go front or back.
- Dem shift di date wey dem go talk wheder di person go go jail or e no go go. — ( The date for the trial was postponed.)
- Dem don shift di election wey dem bin plan to do on Sunday 23 December, go Sunday 30 December. — (bbc__28994, The election scheduled for Sunday 23rd of December, has been postpone to Sunday 30th of December.)
- Make person move from one place to anoder place.
- No shift because if you shift, I go faint. — (NST_cleaned__5578, Do not move because if you do, I will faint.)
Intransitive
- I just fall for ground faint if you shift. — (ENU_29_Personality-Show-On-Computer_DG__113, I'll fall to the ground and faint if you move.)
- Shift comot for my side. — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Move away from my side.y)
Translations
- English: postponed, move