woman

Naija

Alternative forms

• wuman

Etymology

From: English woman

Pronunciation

• wúmàn

Noun

• Girl pikin wey don grow mature well well.

• Comot your eye for woman.  — (IBA_06_Linguistic-Fieldwork_DG__140, Remove your attention from women.)
• Hijabi na woman or girl wey dey wear di Islamic head-cover wey dem dey call Hijab.  — (bbc__55948, Hijabi refers to a woman or girl who wears the Islamic head-cover called hijab.)
• man woman na di same o  — (deuber__914, Male or female, it hardly matters)

• Anoder way man dey call im wife.

• wahala no dey, Julie na my woman, give am de money.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2021, Julie is my woman, its okay to give her the money.)

• Name wey man dey call girl wey e dey friend or wey e don pay im brideprice.

• Your woman get good heart.  — (NSC_2021, Your lady is a really nice person.)
• Dat na person woman, why you dey ask for her number?  — (NSC_2021, That's someone's lady. Why are you asking for her number?)

Synonyms

• wife

Antonyms

• man, oga

Translations

• English: woman, fiancée, mistress