swear

Naija

Etymology

From English: swear

Pronunciation

• swêr

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Noun

• When dey curse a person.

• Person wey tiff meat don buy swear.  — (NSC_Olukayode S.M_2021, Anyone who steals a meat, has taken something accursed.)
• Go beg your papa make im comot di swear for your head.  — (NSC_2020, Go plead with your father, so that he lifts up the curse from your head.)

Related form

• swear for

Translations

• English: curse

Verb

• Make person talk sey wetin im dey talk na di true.

• Swear sey you no like me.  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__191, Swear that you don't like me.)
• Some of di victims say dem first cari dem go babalawo shrine to swear say dem no go tell police or anybodi wetin dey happen.  — (bbc__91257, Some of the victims claimed that they were taken to a witch doctors shrine to take an oath, never to disclose what happened to anybody or the police.)

• Make person promise anoder person.

• Because for Bible, promise be like swear.  — (jw__4705, The promises found in the bible is guaranteed.)
• I swear to God!  — (ENU_13_School-Life_DG__61, I vow to God!)

• Make dey curse person.

• Dem don swear for dat boy.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The boy is accursed.)
• If you no pay my money, I go swear for you.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, If you do not pay my money, I will place a curse on you.)

Synonyms

• curse

Antonyms

• bless

Translations

• English: vow, promise, cursed, swear