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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
− | From: | + | From English:"throw and away" |
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
− | * | + | * tròwê |
<sm2>Pcm-ng-troway.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-troway.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
− | <sm2>Pcm-ng-troway.m.ogg</sm2> | + | <sm2>Pcm-ng-troway.m.ogg</sm2> |
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===Verb=== | ===Verb=== | ||
− | # Make person carry someting make am move | + | # Make person carry someting make am move [[quickquick]] for air go anoder place. |
− | #: {{ux|dv| Who troway dis pure water nylon for here? |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Who '''troway''' dis pure water nylon for here? |(Who discarded this empty sachet of water here?)}} |
+ | # Sey person carry someting con loss am. | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| I give Adamu money keep, e '''troway''' am.|(I gave Adamu money to keep, he misplaced it.)}} | ||
# Sey person use ginger do someting. | # Sey person use ginger do someting. | ||
− | #: {{ux|dv| For di | + | #:* {{ux|dv| For di party eh, I dance '''troway''' give dem ! |(At the meeting, I danced vigorously and let them have it!)}} |
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# Sey person dey nack con comot sperm for body. | # Sey person dey nack con comot sperm for body. | ||
− | # {{ux|dv| Man go fit dey troway sharp sharp as if e no dey okay medically. | ( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Man go fit dey '''troway''' sharp sharp as if e no dey okay medically. | (A man can ejaculate prematurely if he is not medically fine.)}} |
+ | # Make person para for anoder person. | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| E '''troway''' for office today. Obobs, every where just quiet. |( He got really angry today in the office. Man, everywhere became quiet.)}} | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| No vex sey I late. Na di bus wey I enter. Di [[conductor]] just '''troway''' give one [[agbero]]. We try hold am e no gree. Small ting e for open dat guy head o. |(Please don't be angry that I came late. It was because of the bus I entered. The bus boy confronted a tout at the park. We tried to restrain him he refused. He almost broke the tout's head.)}} | ||
+ | # Make person shoot gun. | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| Police stop dem de go gree stop na im police '''troway''' for up. See as everybody dey move. No be small ting o. |(They refused to stop when the police stopped them, then the police shot in the air. Everyone began to run. It was really serious.)}} | ||
+ | #:* {{ux|dv| When '''chairmo''' enter, im boys just dey '''troway''' for up, make [[men]] know sey no be [[childs]]. |(As soon as the boss came in, his boys shot into the air to make a statement.)}} | ||
+ | ====Translations==== | ||
+ | * English: ''throw away'', ''ejaculate'', ''confront'', ''shoot'' | ||
− | ==== | + | ===Adverb=== |
− | * English: '' | + | * Make someting be like wetin no get level. |
+ | :* {{ux|dv| No go put body for wetin you no know o. Make you no go die '''troway'''. |(Don't get involved with what you know nothing about. Just so that you don't die for nothing.)}} | ||
+ | :* {{ux|dv| Dat boy now don die '''troway'''. As e don talk sey na to tief na im good for am, see wetin don do am. |(That boy has died for nothing. Since he decided that he has going to be thief, see what has happened to him.)}} | ||
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+ | ====Translation==== | ||
+ | * English: ''for nothing'', ''uselessly'' |
Latest revision as of 19:30, 5 June 2023
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English:"throw and away"
Pronunciation
- tròwê
Verb
- Make person carry someting make am move quickquick for air go anoder place.
- Who troway dis pure water nylon for here? — (Who discarded this empty sachet of water here?)
- Sey person carry someting con loss am.
- I give Adamu money keep, e troway am. — (I gave Adamu money to keep, he misplaced it.)
- Sey person use ginger do someting.
- For di party eh, I dance troway give dem ! — (At the meeting, I danced vigorously and let them have it!)
- Sey person dey nack con comot sperm for body.
- Man go fit dey troway sharp sharp as if e no dey okay medically. — (A man can ejaculate prematurely if he is not medically fine.)
- Make person para for anoder person.
- E troway for office today. Obobs, every where just quiet. — ( He got really angry today in the office. Man, everywhere became quiet.)
- No vex sey I late. Na di bus wey I enter. Di conductor just troway give one agbero. We try hold am e no gree. Small ting e for open dat guy head o. — (Please don't be angry that I came late. It was because of the bus I entered. The bus boy confronted a tout at the park. We tried to restrain him he refused. He almost broke the tout's head.)
- Make person shoot gun.
- Police stop dem de go gree stop na im police troway for up. See as everybody dey move. No be small ting o. — (They refused to stop when the police stopped them, then the police shot in the air. Everyone began to run. It was really serious.)
- When chairmo enter, im boys just dey troway for up, make men know sey no be childs. — (As soon as the boss came in, his boys shot into the air to make a statement.)
Translations
- English: throw away, ejaculate, confront, shoot
Adverb
- Make someting be like wetin no get level.
- No go put body for wetin you no know o. Make you no go die troway. — (Don't get involved with what you know nothing about. Just so that you don't die for nothing.)
- Dat boy now don die troway. As e don talk sey na to tief na im good for am, see wetin don do am. — (That boy has died for nothing. Since he decided that he has going to be thief, see what has happened to him.)
Translation
- English: for nothing, uselessly