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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
ENGLISH NIGERIAN |
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I. |
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I beg |
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please; see abeg |
I beta pass my nebor |
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a portable generating set |
I beta pass my neighbour |
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{portable} generator |
I bow o |
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to wonder over a person's action. |
I de go |
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I am going |
I dey |
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I'm fine |
I dey ache |
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I am in pain |
I dey fear |
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I am afraid |
I dey kampe |
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I'm very well |
I dey show |
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Ii am comin |
I don die |
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I am finished or doomed |
I don waka |
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I am going. |
I fit |
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I can |
I for come house |
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I would have come to the house |
I for like come |
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I would like to come |
I full ground remain |
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I'm perfectly ready for anything |
I go beat you |
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I will beat you. |
I go cure your craze |
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I'll deal with you' |
I go light am |
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to shoot someone |
I hail o! |
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regards |
I just dey oo |
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am fine |
I live for school domot |
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I live at the school compound |
I never chop |
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I haven't eaten |
I no fit |
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I Can't |
I no know |
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I don't know or haven't a clue |
I no no |
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I don't know |
I no sabi |
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I don't know |
I no send |
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I don't care |
I no well |
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I'm sick |
I pass my neighbour |
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Portable Generator |
I put am for your bag |
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I put it in/inside your bag |
I wan ease my self |
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to pee |
I wash |
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to reject or to rid yourself of; It is often used in reply when someone is forming ajebo; Made popular by eldee's song 'wash' {e.g. I wash e no go beta for you.} |
iacon |
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see Aircon; a more extreme version of the word aircon, which is air conditioner. |
iaport |
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Airport |
ib |
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the capital city of Oyo State |
IBB |
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President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida {IBB} |
ibeji |
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twins |
ibeji |
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carved figures representing twins made when one twin has died - Yoruba |
ibeji |
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twins |
ibo made |
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made by Ibo boys; Usually refers to fake things |
ibonise |
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to turn a foreign word into an Igbo form |
ice-block |
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ice-cube; Bring iceblock for this mineral Sometimes just 'block' in context. |
idol |
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any object used in traditional religion, such as masks and carved figures |
if not |
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if it were not for.. if not this haze, you would see the fadama clearly |
if you no like um, gimme back |
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give back if you don't like it. |
igbo |
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Igbo is the language spoken by the igbo tribe in Nigeria |
Igboman |
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Igbo person N.B. In principle, the suffix –man can be applied to any ethnic group, but in fact Igboman is the most common collocation. |
igboo |
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Nigerian weed |
iguana |
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Nile Monitor Lizard Varanus niloticus. |
ijebu |
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a tribe in Yoruba land; someone that is stingy |
ijebu |
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fraud, counterfeit object, fake {Yoruba} |
ikebay |
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buttocks |
ikebe |
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bottom; also see yarnsh |
ikebe |
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buttocks, but by extension also padding placed inside dress to enlarge the buttocks {Yoruba} |
ikorro |
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a short cut. |
illegal bunkering |
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the practice of removing petroleum products from oil pipelines and well-heads, without authorization from either oil companies or the government. It is widely thought to involve large-scale smuggling operations that use road tankers, barges and large ships offshore. |
ill-lucks |
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misfortunes |
im |
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a possessive pronoun used in the place of him; his; her |
im ma |
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himself or herself |
impressionario |
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impressario Portmanteau form 'impressario' + 'impression' |
imprest |
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periodic petty cash; in form of a loan; {for government officials to spend on incidentals} |
impresto |
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a loan |
in front |
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ahead The house is still in front {does not mean in front of us} |
in soup |
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in trouble; 'in the soup' |
in time |
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quickly, not within a specified period; I hope he comes in time |
Indian spinach |
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small herb used for sauces Basella alba |
indigenes |
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inhabitants {of a particular administrative unit or region} We are indigenes of this state. |
indigenous |
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local, native Indigenous dishes are available {Abuja Tourist Guide} |
indomie |
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is a popular brand of noodles but it is used for all other brands of noodles |
information |
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used without article; I received an information. |
ingredients |
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spices etc. used to make soup; Are you going for ingredients? |
inkebe |
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buttocks |
innocent |
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Innocent was the name of the main character in the scary television series 'Wily wily', when he was in human form; Innocent is also a common name in Nigerian movies for houseboys {e.g. Innocent! Go buy star and coke for the visitors!} |
insert sim |
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to have sex with a lady |
interest to |
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to have an interest to; Consequent upon the death of my sponsor, none of my relations indicated interest to sponsor my schooling activities. {Student appeal letter} |
inyanga |
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show off |
IOU |
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I owe you |
iroko |
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tree used for carving {West Africa English - WAE}. |
iron-bender |
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skilled worker in the building trade who bends and cuts iron rods to the required size |
ironwood |
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duramen, i.e. the hard central wood of certain trees? |
isi ewu |
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An igbo soup made from goat head. |
issue |
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children, progeny; He has many issues Not archaic in NE. Can form plural. Extension of legal term? |
italo |
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italy |
itidere |
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like making a shout out to your friends or fans; Mostly used by Naija Musicians. |
itk |
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an abbreviation for I Too Know, which is somone who believes he/she has the answers to everything and imposes his/her opinion on everyone around them {e.g. Paul na ITK he no dey allow me talk when teacher ask question for class} |
its coming |
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false expectation |
ivinin |
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evening |
iwere |
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used as an insult to call someone mental |
iya basira |
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nickname for local food joints; The word originates from Styl Plus song{Iya Basira}. Iya basira joints are popularly known for spicing up their dishes with toto water, but still, some of us cannot resist!! {e.g. Na Ben dey control all the Iyabasira joints for town o!} |
iyawo |
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a wife {Yoruba}. |
IYC |
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{International Year of the Child} childish behaviour/tendency/attitude put up by an adult |
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