small

Naija

Etymology

From English: small

Pronunciation

  • smɔ̂l

Play Play

Adjective

  1. Sey someting no plenty or big.
    • Na small food I bring come.  — (I came with only a small portion of food.)
    • Small kero remain inside stove.  — (There is a small amount of kerosene left in the stove.)
    • Di food wey you chop, e small abi e big?  —  (The food you ate, was it big or small?)
    • How you say dis small goat na im you want give your wife people? De go pursue you go house  —  (How will you decide to give this small goat to your wife.)
  2. Sey someting no big.
    • Di time wey you small, na you dey work dey give yoursef food?  — (When you were not yet an adult, were you the one working to feed yourself?)
    • Small girl!  — (WAZK_05_Reincarnation_DG__78, Little girl !)
    • Boy, you small dat time, you still dey follow babe.  — (NST_cleaned__21847, Oh boy! you were still young at that time, and you were still going after young girls.
    • Things wey I learn from small dey help me make I no fear.  — (jw__36690, What I learned from childhood, has helped me in overcoming my fears.)

Related Forms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: small, little, young