tight

Naija

Alternative forms

• tait

Etymology

From English tight

Pronunciation

• táìt

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3617
• Frequency in raw corpus: 251
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1133

Adjective

• Make someting dey close togeder.

1. This one make dem be tight friend.  — (jw__37801, This one made them a close friend.)

   Which people be Jesus tight friend?  — (jw__41964, Who are Jesus' close friend? )

Related forms

• tight friend

Synonyms

• padi

Antonyms

• enemy, ota

Translations

• English: close

Adverb

• Make person hold anoder person firmly.

1. Those wey hold you tight.  — (jw__37410, Those that hold you tight.)

   Na dem fit hold you tight,  — (jw__25505, They are the one that can hold you tight.)

Synonyms

• close

Translations

• English: firmly

Transitive Verb

• Make person hold someting/person close.

1. Make you tight am.  — Egbokhare_2021, You should tight it.

Intransitive Verb

• Make someting dey firm.

As I wear di trouser, e no con tight well.  — (NSC_Tella_2021, As I wore the trouser, it doesn't fit me well.)

• Make someting dey correct.

I give am hand, e tight.  — (LAG_18_Lagos-Districts_M__27, I commend it, it is serious.)

• Make someting dey organise.

1. Dat company don dey work wit di commission since 2011. I assure you say our system dey tight  — (bbc__7880, That company has been working with the commission since 2011. I assure you that our system is organised.)

Serial Verb

• Make person believe for God.

1. Make we hold God tight.  — (jw__23006, We should believe strongly in God)

   wey hold Jehovah tight.  — (jw__48877, That believe strongly in God.)

Synonyms

• organise, correct,firm, believe

Antonyms

• wowo, lose

Translations

• English: tighten