Difference between revisions of "worry"

 
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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Alternative forms===
 
* wori
 
 
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From: English ''worry''.
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From English: ''worry''.
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* wɔ́rì
 
* wɔ́rì
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===Verb===
 
===Verb===
# Make someting dey trouble person for im mind.
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* Make person [[mind no reach ground]].
#:* {{ux|dv|Dis message from oga dey '''worry''' me for mind |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. i'm troubled by the message from  boss.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Wetin dey '''worry''' me now be say I neva get job, so make Papa no just die yet o.|(Dad should not die yet because I'm yet to get a job and it bothers me.)}}
#:* {{ux|dv|Wetin dey '''worry''' me now be say I neva get job, so make Papa no just die yet o |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. Dad should not die yet because I'm yet to get a job and it bothers me.)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| Wetin dey '''worry''' you? |(WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__100, What's your problem?)}}
#:* {{ux|dv|Wetin dey '''worry''' you? |(WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__100, What's your problem?)}}
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:* {{ux|dv| I no dey '''worry''' myself sey e no come.|(I refuse to be anxious over his absence.)}}
# Make person no allow someting or person trouble im mind.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|I no dey '''worry''' myself sey e no come.|(Egbokhare_2020. I refuse to be anxious over his absence.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|I no dey '''worry''' about money mata because God dey. |(NSC_Legbeti_20201. I trust in providence and refuse to be anxious over money.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|You no need to '''worry''' |(jw__47784. Do not be anxious.)}}
 
# Na someting wey dey trouble person for mind.
 
#:* {{ux|dv|Dis message from oga dey '''worry''' me for mind |(NSC_Legbeti_2021. i'm troubled by the message from  boss.)}}
 
#:* {{ux|dv|I begin de '''worry''', and de think whether I go take the work and no go the school again. |(jw__1651. I bothered over whether I was going to stop school when I take up the job.)}}
 
 
 
====Derived forms====
 
[[worryworry]]
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* [[trouble]], [[disturb]]
 
 
 
 
====Antonyms====
 
====Antonyms====
* [[peaceful]]
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* [[sweet belle]]
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
* English: to trouble, be agitated, anxious
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* English: ''anxious, bother, worry''

Latest revision as of 20:36, 5 June 2023

Naija

Etymology

From English: worry.

Pronunciation

  • wɔ́rì

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Verb

  • Wetin dey worry me now be say I neva get job, so make Papa no just die yet o.  — (Dad should not die yet because I'm yet to get a job and it bothers me.)
  • Wetin dey worry you?  — (WAZP_04_Ponzi-Scheme_MG__100, What's your problem?)
  • I no dey worry myself sey e no come.  — (I refuse to be anxious over his absence.)

Antonyms

Translations

  • English: anxious, bother, worry