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West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with H — NG

Recorded forms from the ASJP Database; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

Core wordlist. These forms are phonetic transcriptions from the ASJP Database; native spelling has not been recorded yet. This page lists 59 recorded forms in West African Pidgin, each shown as a phonetic transcription in slashes.

Source: Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org — licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

This page lists the 14 words and 45 phrases beginning with H in the West African Pidgin community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

West African Pidgin (NG)

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14 words and 45 phrases — 59 entries in total.

Words (14)

H (14)

hala (West African Pidgin) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to shout

Hamatan (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Harmattan

Hamma (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Hammer

Hammer (West African Pidgin) verb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

To suddenly become wealthy or succeed big

hand (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

hand

Hankachi (West African Pidgin) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Handkerchief

happy (West African Pidgin) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

joyful

head (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

head

heritage (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

heritage

highlife (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

a popular genre of West African music known for its jazzy horn patterns and rhythmic…

hot (West African Pidgin) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

hot

hot sun (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

sunny or hot weather

How (West African Pidgin) adverb Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

How

howfar (West African Pidgin) interjection AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

how are you?

Phrases (45)

Hand go reach you (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

You will eventually get what you deserve or face the consequences.

Hand wey give dey collect (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

The hand that gives shall also receive; a reference to the cycle of generosity.

Happy maridj laif (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Happy married life

Hau much na di fare? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

How much is the fare?

Hau yu dey trit di so? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

How are you treating the sore?

Help me, abeg. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Help me, please.

Help mi chek di taya. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Help me check the tire.

Hold am tight. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Hold it firmly.

Hold your side (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Mind your own business or stay in your place

How bodi? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How body? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you? / How is your health?

How di family? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How is the family?

How di quality be? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How is the quality?

How far di market dey? (West African Pidgin) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

How far is the market?

How far is dis place? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How far is this place?

How far na? (West African Pidgin) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How far you dey? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How far? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How much be dis? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How much is this?

How you de? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How you dey? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How are you?

How you sabi dat? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How do you know that?

How you see am? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What do you think about it?

How you see dis matter? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your opinion on this matter?

How your family dem dey? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

How is your family doing?

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