sms

Naija

Etymology

From: The initial letters of English short message service

Pronunciation

• ĕsĕmĕs

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Noun

• Message wey person dey send or receive for phone.

• Send Julie the sms sharp sharp.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2020, Quickly send a message via sms to Julie.)
• My heart fall as I get sms sey pale don kpai for villa.  — (NSC_Abonyi_2020, I became heart broken when news about my father's demise came from the village via sms.)

Synonym

• message, alert

Translation

English: sms