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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
ENGLISH NIGERIAN |
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R. |
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rabbit |
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giant rat, Cricetomys, widely sold in markets and by the roadside. giant rat; Rabbit as in Standard English. |
rack |
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to fight |
raina |
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disrespect |
rait |
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write |
rake |
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empty boasting; Venting |
rank xerox |
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copying in an exam exactly, contrast dubbing |
rascal |
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badly-behaved, criminal; Those rascal boys did this! |
rascality |
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bad behaviour he never tires of his rascality |
rascally |
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badly-behaved, criminal; they are rascally; they behave badly |
rate |
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in the expression at the rate of xx meaning 'it cost xx' |
raz |
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unsophisticated, local |
razz |
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rugged |
razz |
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untidy, rough, dirty and bad looking |
reach |
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arrive, come to |
reach |
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to reach in Standard English, but also intransitively we have reach we have arrived |
recent, of |
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recently; I have not seen him of recent |
Reduce! |
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Lower the price! |
refutal |
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refutation; commonly used in newspapers to deny; is the case |
reign |
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when someone is popular or when something is in vogue or trendy. |
relate |
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to talk or to communicate |
remain |
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to be left over; remain ten Naira; there is ten Naira left |
remain small |
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nearly, almost |
remote control |
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to control person with Voodoo |
remote control |
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witchcraft |
remotely |
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in a remote place, far away; he lives remotely in the village; he lives far away in a village |
rentage |
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rent |
reply |
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to reply to; he replied me |
request for |
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to request; I wish to request for a loan. {on the model of ask for} |
research |
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used with indefinite article; The Hart Report is a very treacherous historical document to rely on for a serious research. |
result to |
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result in; They will ask you; some tough questions which will result to your death if you are unable to answer them well. |
revenge |
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to revenge an action; I will revenge N.B. has a less serious, more jocular aspect than Standard English. |
reverse back |
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reverse |
revert |
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respond or reply |
rewind |
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repeat, start over Prof I beg, rewind |
ride |
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any flashy car is referred to as ride. |
rimuv |
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remove |
ringtone |
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the sounds a girl makes in bed |
ripe |
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to ripen the mango has riped |
ritualist |
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follower of traditional religion, but often with implication of; who kills others for ritual purposes |
road-safety |
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A special unit intended to enforce road-safety regulations; the roadsafety are taking bribe on Abuja road |
robb |
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a balm which is rubbed on the skin surface to take away pains. sometimes ignorant people may use it on their heads to take away headaches {e.g. Chioma, please bring my robb from cupboard, make I put am for leg} |
rolam in |
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bring a passenger into a bus |
roll |
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to Move, Walk, or go away |
Ronaldo; Cristiano Ronaldo |
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Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo; |
roselle |
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green leaf, Hibiscus sabdariffa, used to make soup; also see sorrel |
round |
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bout of sexual activity inability to go a second round {common expression in adverts for traditional medicine} |
roundlight |
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Mercedes Benz {defined as} the type of Mercedes Benz with two pairs of round headlights that currently represents the summit of material achievement |
rub minds |
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to interact with, to discuss with let us rub minds |
rubber {roba} |
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A. any strip of elastic material, such as the flexible strips used to attach loads to a bicycle use roba to fix it to the bicycle; plastic bowl, bucket or similar open container around Port Harcourt |
run things |
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to make things happen especially when you come out successful or to be in total control. A good word for people who like bragging {e.g. this government wants us to run things for this town means we are in control of everything going on this town} |
rundevu |
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reckless spending |
runs |
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deal or business, or prostitution depending on context. |
runz |
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in the process of wooing a girl, see toast |
runz girl |
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a high class prostitute; A runz girl does not stand in the streets to get customers. |
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