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| − | + | * Road wey person pass enta or comot from place. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Pass kitchen go out Danladi, dat na de new '''way''' to take comot til dem repair de main door.|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. The new way out of the house now is through the kitchen until the main entrance door is repaired.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|I beg which '''way''' person go fit pass wey go qucik to take reach bursary?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021.which is the fastest route to the bursary?.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|You dey go different '''way'''. |(IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__461, You are going in a different direction.)}} | |
| − | + | * How person take dey do something, good or bad. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|E get '''way''' dem suppose take do some tins. |(bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Wetin be de one '''way''' person go fit take near God for Naija?|(NSC_Legbeti_2021. What is the main way to draw close to God in Nigeria?.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Dis day, plenti pipo dey find '''way''' to reduce dia sugar. |(bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Today na Lola, tomorrow na Jude, but Jude '''way''' no pure. |(NST_cleaned__18367. Jude seems bisexual because today it's Lola, tomorrow it's Jude.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|De don lean because of di '''way''' di country dey. |(ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__104, They have become thin because of the situation of the country.)}} | |
| − | + | * Make person carry mata pass anoder [[road]]. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|One '''way''', na when we pray to am if we get problem. |(jw__31772. An alternative is to pray to him in time of trouble.)}} | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv|Di leading judge come thank all di lawyers wey involve for petition for dia hard work and di beta '''way''' dem write dia last statement. |(bbc__35751. The judge thanked all the lawyers involved for the hard work put into the last statement on.)}} | |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
* [[wayoways]] | * [[wayoways]] | ||
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
* [[road]] | * [[road]] | ||
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====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: ''direction'', ''alternative'' | * English: ''direction'', ''alternative'' | ||
Revision as of 14:07, 26 July 2021
Naija
Etymology
From English: way
Pronunciation
- wéì
Noun
- Road wey person pass enta or comot from place.
- Pass kitchen go out Danladi, dat na de new way to take comot til dem repair de main door. — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. The new way out of the house now is through the kitchen until the main entrance door is repaired.)
- I beg which way person go fit pass wey go qucik to take reach bursary? — (NSC_Legbeti_2021.which is the fastest route to the bursary?.)
- You dey go different way. — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__461, You are going in a different direction.)
- How person take dey do something, good or bad.
- E get way dem suppose take do some tins. — (bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)
- Wetin be de one way person go fit take near God for Naija? — (NSC_Legbeti_2021. What is the main way to draw close to God in Nigeria?.)
- Dis day, plenti pipo dey find way to reduce dia sugar. — (bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)
- Today na Lola, tomorrow na Jude, but Jude way no pure. — (NST_cleaned__18367. Jude seems bisexual because today it's Lola, tomorrow it's Jude.)
- De don lean because of di way di country dey. — (ABJ_GWA_04_Tins-Don-Hard-For-Everywhere_DG__104, They have become thin because of the situation of the country.)
- Make person carry mata pass anoder road.
- One way, na when we pray to am if we get problem. — (jw__31772. An alternative is to pray to him in time of trouble.)
- Di leading judge come thank all di lawyers wey involve for petition for dia hard work and di beta way dem write dia last statement. — (bbc__35751. The judge thanked all the lawyers involved for the hard work put into the last statement on.)
Related forms
Synonyms
Translations
- English: direction, alternative