sour

Naija

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Etymology

From: English sour

Pronunciation

  • sáwà

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Adjective

  1. Food wey dey cook, wey de no warm or de put for fridge wey don get onekind taste wey mean sey e don spoil or e dey quarterto spoil.
    • Tank God sey dat food no spoil, na sour e sour.  — (Thank God the food is just sour but not spoilt.)
    • Di soup don almost sour as you no warm am yesterday.  — (The taste of the soup is almost getting bad since you didn't heat it up yesterday.)
  2. Fruit wey don dey turn water water as e dey spoil.
    • My customer sell tomato way don dey sour give me.  — (My customer sold rancid tomato to me.)
    • Na since yesterday dat watermelon don dey inside nylon. e don don sour.  — (Since yesterday, that watermelon has been inside a plastic bag. It must have gotten sour by now.)

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Translation

  • English: sour, rancidity