white

Naija

Etymology

From English: white

Pronunciation

• waît

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Noun

1. Name of colour.

   • Put white paint for di wall, but na black you go paint the gate.  — (Paint the wall white, but paint the gate black.)

2. . Anoder way wey de dey call fifty naira.

   • No be white dey your pocket so?  — (Isn’t that 50 naira in your pocket?)

Antonyms

• black

Translations

• English: white

Adjective

1. Make * Colour bright wellwell

   • Women dey like wear white on deir wedding day.  — (Women love to wear white on their wedding day.)
   • I just buy one white lace.  — (I recently purchased a white lace.)

2. Wetin dey de call di color of skin of man wey fair.

   • My grandpapa white no be small.  — (My grandfather is fair in complexion.)

Antonyms

• black

Translations

• English: white