shine

Naija

Etymology

From English: shine

Pronunciation

• ʃaɪ̂n

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=Transitive

• Na when person dey alert.

• Dis town, na shine your eyes town o,  — (NST_cleaned__6082, In this town, you need to be smart and alert.)
• Dis mean say doctors suppose shine their eyes as dem dey treat people with Africa blood.  — (bbc__40907, This means that doctors are suppose to be observant when treating patients from African.)

Intransitive

• When someting dey clean.

• Everywhere go dey shine.  — (IBA_02_Igwe-Festival_MG__26, Everywhere will be spotless.)

• Make someting dey bling bling enter eye.

• Light from God dey shine.  — (jw__22231, Light from God will shine.)
• You come see something wey be like small stone wey dey shine.  — (jw__36808, You see what looks like a small stone shinning.)

• Make person do well.

• Na under coach Antonio Conte, na im Moses shine.  — (bbc__72148, Moses became popular under the mentorship of coach Antonio Conte.)
• Anoda player wey shine na Christian Pulisic for im first competitive start for Chelsea.  — (bbc__15602, Another player who gained publicity was Christian Pulisic in his first competitive start for Chelsea.)

• Make person take someting to high

• No be only igbo dem dey take shine eye o.  — (deuber__5360, Marijuana is not the only substance use for intoxication.)

• Make dey see say person dey happy from im face.

• E dey make you dey shine.  — (JOS_01_People-Of-Plateau_MG__20, It makes you happy.)
• I just see as you just dey smile, dey shine teeth.  — (WAZL_06_Na-Your-Health_DG__11, I can you are happy and smiling.)

Synonyms

• high, blow, happi, clean, shineshine

Translations

• English: shine, perform, intoxicate, spotless, smart