wake
Naija
Etymology
From: English wake
Pronunciation
- wêk
Verb
- Make person stop to dey sleep.
- I dey like sleep till 8am for morning before I wake up. — (NSC_Legbeti. I like getting up late from bed.)
- e no get how di sleep deep, or how di dream be eh, you go must wake up. — (NST_cleaned__39211. Regardless of how deep the sleep or dream may be, one wake eventually.)
- Her own na to wake up, baff dey go school. — (NST_cleaned__21573. She only wakes, takes her bath and run off to school.)
- Make person sense open and realise someting.
- If you no know im, you need to wake up o ehn? — (WAZP_08_Your-Heart-Dey-Heavy_M__5, If you don't know him, you need to wake up, ehn?)
- De village people don wake up now. Deir eyes don open so tey garri cheap again. — (NST_cleaned__21573. She only wakes, takes her bath and run off to school.)
- When person body ready for nacks.
- If you touch me like dat again, you go wake up my down below o. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. I will be aroused if you touch my genitals again.)
- I dey like nack woman for morning because na dat time my body go don wake well. — (NSC_Legbeti. I like making love early in the morning as that is when im fully aroused.)
- Make person body die leave am.
- “Our friend don go sleep, but I want travel go there, go wake am.”— JOHN 11:11 . — (jw__49800. Our friend is dead but I want to go and bring him back to life.)
- Dem rush di mama go hospital for treatment and right now doctors dey battle to wake her because she dey unconscious. — (bbc__82439. )
- Make people try pass as dem dey do before.
- Derefore, make all dose wey di thing concern wake up do something quick quick. — (deuber__756, Consequently, all those affected did something quickly. )
- (Tel Janet make she 'wake up quick or express go pass am. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. Tell Janet to meet up quickly or she would miss the opportunity.)
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Translations
- English: wake up from sleep, regain consciousness.