tanda

Naija

Etymology

From English: stand

Pronunciation

  • tàndá

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Verb

Transitive Verb

  • Make person or someting kak stay for one corner.
  • Make una tanda here first, make I observe area.  — Egbokhare_2020, You should first of all wait here, let me observe the area.)

Intransitive Verb

  • Di Turkish minister for health still take time visit some people wey tanda for Hospital.  — (bbc__32652, The Turkish minister of health still took it upon himself to visit some people who are on admission in the hospital.)
  • For dis foto, forget di pipo wey stand, check di man we tanda for corner.  — (bbc__19785, In this picture, ignore the people standing, and look at the man that stood at the corner.)
  • Make una tanda here first, make I observe area.  — Egbokhare_2020, You should first of all wait here, let me observe the area.
  • Make someting dey for one place.
  • Now, di High Court wey tanda for Nairobi don rule say dem suppose add another candidate join for di election.  — (bbc__75699, Now, the High Court that is located in Nairobi has ruled that they are supposed to add another candidate for the election.)
  • Di club wey tanda for number 18 position for France Ligue 1, sack manager Leonardo Jardim for Thursday.  — (bbc__33591, The club that is on the eighteenth position in France Ligue 1 sacked its manager Leonardo Jardim on Thursday.)

Serial Verb

  • And I, I tanda ask am oga, wetin dey happen now, why you dey talk to yourself?  — (JOS_36_People-Suffering_M__34, And I... I stand to ask him, Mister, what is happening now ? Why are you talking to yourself ?)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: stay, stand