Difference between revisions of "way"

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# How person take dey do something.
 
# How person take dey do something.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E get '''way''' dem suppose take do some tins. |(bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|E get '''way''' dem suppose take do some tins. |(bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv| Dis day, plenti pipo dey find '''way''' to reduce dia sugar. |(bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)}}  
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#:* {{ux|dv| Dis days, plenti pipo dey find '''way''' to reduce dia sugar. |(bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)}}  
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#:* {{ux|dv| I no trust dat guy '''way''' again because e go tell you one ting today, anoder day e go tell you anoder ting.|(I don’t trust that guy anymore because he’ll tell you one thing today and another day he’ll tell you something else.)}} 
 
# How person dey take reason matter.
 
# How person dey take reason matter.
#:* {{ux|dv| One '''way''', na when we pray to am if we get problem. |(jw__3177, 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.)}}
 
#:* {{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.)}}
  

Revision as of 04:17, 26 December 2022

Naija

Etymology

From English: way

Pronunciation

  • wéì

Play Play

Noun

  1. Road wey person pass enta or comot from place.
    • Abeg which way person go fit pass wey go quick 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.)
  2. How person take dey do something.
    • E get way dem suppose take do some tins.  — (bbc__1063. There are ways things are done.)
    • Dis days, plenti pipo dey find way to reduce dia sugar.  — (bbc__40436, _Nowadays, people find ways to reduce sugar level.)
    • I no trust dat guy way again because e go tell you one ting today, anoder day e go tell you anoder ting.  — (I don’t trust that guy anymore because he’ll tell you one thing today and another day he’ll tell you something else.)
  3. How person dey take reason matter.
    • 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.)

Synonyms

Translations

  • English: direction, method, alternative