T Letter Words for Nigerian English
to Nigerian Translation

Nigerian

Word

Continuous Meaning

ENGLISH

NIGERIAN

 T.

 tablet

  pills, a pill; I am going to town to look for tablet

 tabon

  to make bad errors while speaking or writing

 tachere

  a paltry sum of money

 tafia

  gossip; also see aproko; Ofofo; Amebo

 tah

  never or unaccepable {Igbo people}

 Taiwan

  inferior type of manufactured article {contrast Belgian}

 take

  cut {power}; They have taken light; the electricity has gone off also seize

 take

  to eat, to prefer a type of food or drink; Can you take Nigerian food? Do you eat Nigerian food?

 take in

  to become pregnant, to conceive She has taken in. Their daughter took in somebody

 take it to be

  to assume that; is x

 take leg

  to walk

 take style

  indirect manner; also see mago-mago

 Take time!

  used to urge; to do slowly and carefully

 talk less

  let alone; A lady officer had said that they had not been able to honour tickets bought in Cameroon, talk less of the one from Nigeria.

 talk oh ha

  bluntly/openly

 talk talk

  quarrelsome

 talk true

  speak the truth

 talkative

  someone who talks too much

 tamba

  finger-millet {Hausa}

 tanda

  stand

 tanda

  stand

 tanda

  Stand, loitering

 tank

  to drink

 tap

  beatiful

 tapioca

  a meal made from cassava

 tapping

  stealing

 taste

  to taste {but without object}; the beans do not taste well

 tasteful

  tasty for your tasteful food {typical restaurant sign}

 tata

  baby

 tatafo

  nosy person; a gossip

 tatiana

  a person; a female who likes to act like a prostitute around men

 taxi-park

  place where long-distance

 taxis congregate

  also motor-park

 tay

  long {time}

 TDB

  till day break

 tdb

  Till Day Break. Usually used when someone is studying for an exam all night

 tea

  any drink made with hot water

 tea-bush

  Ocimum gratissimum; Term taught in schools in colonial period. {= scent-leaf}

 tear

  to be torn or to tear up; The cloth has torn. You can tear it, it is useless.

 tear eye

  to be angry with someone

 tear race

  run

 tear race

  to run at full force

 tear rubber

  Brand new car

 tear shot

  kick a hot shot during a football match

 tek time

  be careful or stay out of my way

 televishun

  to flaunt or show off.

 television

  show off

 tell lie

  to tell a lie He is telling lie!

 temporal

  temporary; This patch is only temporal, we will fix it properly tomorrow

 ten percent

  value of bribe

 ten-pounder

  West African ladyfish; Elops lacerta

 tent

  mosquito net? Restricted to the Delta area

 tere

  picking on a person

 tewe

  private part

 tey

  taken a long time

 tey tey

  long time ago

 that

  fronted demonstrative; That your book

 thatch

  thatching-mat, many of which are used to thatch a house; They have bought many thatches.

 themselves

  each other; My sisters love themselves. or The Husband and Wife who hate themselves {title of an Onitsha novel}

 thief

  to steal

 thinking nothing

  to not be thinking about anything particular; I was sitting there, thinking nothing

 those days, in

  in the far past People used to go about naked in those days.

 throw blow

  to Punch

 throway blow

  to punch or hit someone your fist

 throway salute

  give a big shout out

 thunder fire you

  I hope you get struck by lightening Pronounced: Tondah Fah-ya you

 thunder protector

  lightning protector

 tief

  thiefe

 tiger

  leopard

 tiger-nut

  sweet, edible corm, Cyperus esculentus

 tight

  to be good at something

 tight

  to tighten tight the screw

 tight friend

  close friend

 tile

  its a word how you use to call your girl who you like , love

 till date

  up till now; Thank you, god, for sparing our lives till date!

 time na money

  time is precious

 tinted

  with tinted windows he always goes about in tinted cars; he travels in a car with smoked-glass windows

 titrate

  urinate

 tk

  Taiwo and Kenny {names given to twins}

 to God

  I swear to God

 to smell mouth

  to use abusive words in a conversation

 toast

  to woo a girl, give her some player lyrics

 tof

  tough

 tofia

  a curse word of igbo origin used to reject something from happening or simply God forbid

 tokumbo

  a fairly used good

 tokumbo

  a fairly used item

 tokumbo

  second hand {used}

 tokunbo

  faily used or second handed stuff; used vehicle, stereotypically imported from Belgium; these cars generally arrive from Cotonou and are now imported from a wide variety of European countries. The expression can also be applied to other 'second-new' items.

 tolotolo

  as in tolotolo head, i.e. stupid that tolotolo head is still trailing him {Hausa, Yoruba tolotolo, 'turkey'.}

 tolotolo

  Turkey; Show off

 tomashanko

  locally brewed gin

 tombo

  palm-wine

 tomtom

  slit-gong. This sounds rather patronising in Standard English but is used without pejorative implications.

 tong

  to straighten with tongs tonging, often seen on hairdressers' adverts

 too know

  someone who is too forward; someone who behaves like he or she knows everything.

 too much

  a great deal, but not with the implication of excessively He disturbs me too much the 'too' is often lengthened and given a glide tone

 too much

  use to say, when one is please with a job done by someone eles; use to complement someone

 toospero

  go away

 torchlight

  torch {flashlight}

 tori

  story

 tori

  story, news, discuss

 toronto

  fake educational degree

 torront

  stupid

 tory don wowo

  this situation has turned ugly

 toto

  vagina

 toto

  this is popularly know as the mail penis but is interchangeable with the female vagina

 toto

  vagina; see also tutu

 toto water

  love portion

 toto-brusher

  used to describe a guy always wanting to sex a girl no matter the looks, age or finese.

 totori

  to tickle, titillate or excite.

 tough

  Person who tries to gain prestige by spending money; He is a tough man

 tout

  area boy, agbero; basically rowdy guys on the street

 towel

  stomach-lining of animals From its appearance. Commonly sold in the market place.

 trace out

  to track down, to find the location of; I will go and trace him out

 trad

  local traditional clothing

 trafficate

  this refers to the use of indicator lights in your car to show what direction you intend to turn.

 trafficate

  to indicate an intent to turn

 trafficate

  to use the indicators on a car; N.B. not considered archaic

 trafficator

  indicator light on vehicle N.B. not considered archaic

 trafficator

  indicator; turn signal; turn indicator

 transport

  transportation; I am going to the taxi-park to try and pick transport; money for transport What of my transport?

 travelled

  used to indicate not present out of town Where is x? He has travelled!

 trek

  to go by foot; I must trek to market

 trickish

  tricky; he is somehow trickish

 trip

  crushing on girl or boy

 tro-way

  to dipsose of something or toss something

 troway

  to spill; make a spill; To throw away; empty something out

 true to god

  I swear

 try

  to have made an effort and succeeded; You have tried! You have worked hard to achieve this. Try your possible best! Do your best!

 tube

  cigarette-holder

 tuffia

  God Forbid

 tufiakwa

  God forbid

 tufiakwa!; tufia!

  God forbid

 tumba

  to hit something very hard

 tumble

  {to} fight

 tumble

  somersault, roll over

 tumbler

  cup or mug made out of glass

 tumbulu

  to summersault

 tum-tum belle

  big rounded belly; Bier belly; mark or success {sarcastic; to mock or convey contempt}

 tune

  to woo a girl; see toast

 tune to...

  to put on music from a particular artist or country Tune to Congo! Put on Zairean music!

 turn

  to transfer food or liquid from one container to another; Please, turn the leftover soup into that plastic container the image is turning out solid food as you might turn out a cake, but the meaning has been extended

 turner

  large wooden spatula or paddle used for stirring starch and gari

 twale

  I salute or hail you or well done; It is used as an expression to cheer someone on or as a form of praise oftentimes regarding something good that someone has done {e.g. Emeka, I don hammer o! I got the contract!!! Ifeanyi, Twale! Twale! O boy congrats o; TRANSLATION: Emeka, I'm rich! I got the contract!!! Ifeanyi, Well done!!! Salute! Congratulations friend}

 twang

  police cell