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West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with L — 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 26 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 21 words and 5 phrases beginning with L 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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21 words and 5 phrases — 26 entries in total.

Words (21)

L (21)

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

to laugh

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

Lightning

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

lake

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

Lies or exaggerated talk

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

land

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

Wrapper

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

law

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

Law

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

a person who makes or enacts laws

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

lawyer

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

a person who gives lectures, usually in a college or university setting

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

leg

Legedis-benz (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Traveling on foot (humorous)

Leke (West African Pidgin) Adjective AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Thin

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

to borrow or lend

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

A thin or slender person

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

leaf

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

lineage

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

to lock

long-bench (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

sofa

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

to see or to watch

Phrases (5)

Life no get duplicate. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Life is irreplaceable.

Light don come. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

The electricity is back.

Litol-litol na di way. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Step by step is the way.

Live am fo hia. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Leave it here.

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