Difference between revisions of "sour"
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===Adjective=== | ===Adjective=== | ||
# 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. | # 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. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Tank God sey dat food no spoil, na sour e '''sour'''.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Tank God sey dat food no spoil, na sour e '''sour'''.|(Thank God the food is just sour but not spoilt.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Di soup don almost sour as you no warm am yesterday. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}} |
#Fruit wey don dey turn [[water water]] as e dey spoil. | #Fruit wey don dey turn [[water water]] as e dey spoil. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| My customer sell tomato way don dey '''sour''' give me. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| My customer sell tomato way don dey '''sour''' give me. |(My customer sold rancid tomato to me.)}} |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Na since yesterday dat watermelon don dey inside nylon. e don don '''sour'''.|( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| 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.)}} |
====Synonym==== | ====Synonym==== | ||
* [[spoil]], [[rotten]] | * [[spoil]], [[rotten]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:41, 5 June 2023
Naija
Alternative
Etymology
From: English sour
Pronunciation
- sáwà
Adjective
- 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.)
- 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.)
Synonym
Antonym
Translation
- English: sour, rancidity