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West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with M — 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 102 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 26 words and 76 phrases beginning with M 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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26 words and 76 phrases — 102 entries in total.

Words (26)

M (26)

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

A gullible person or a victim of a scam

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

a non-alcoholic malt beverage

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

mother

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

Man

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

matriarch

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

Mountain

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

Mouth

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

a person who repairs vehicles

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

medicine

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

medicine

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

medications

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

mechanic

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

mentorship

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

cow's milk

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

steamed bean pudding

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

Mother

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

Monday

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

money

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

money

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

emotion

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

Mosquito

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

bus

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

mountain

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

A fool or someone who is easily cheated

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

A fool or an idiot

Phrases (76)

Make I land. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Let me finish speaking.

Make I pass. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Excuse me, let me pass.

Make we chop. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's eat.

Make we close for today. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's close/leave work for today.

Make we go (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's go

Make we go chop. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let us go and eat.

Make we go hail dem (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Let us go and greet them

Make we klia di grass. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Let us clear the weeds.

Make we set di time. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's set the time.

Make we start di meeting. (West African Pidgin) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Let us start the meeting.

Make we try am dis way (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's try it this way.

Make we try am like dis (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's try it this way.

Make we waka, abeg. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Let's go, please.

Make you listen well. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Pay close attention.

Make yu drink blenti wata. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Make sure you drink plenty of water.

Make yu rest yor bodi. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Make sure you rest your body.

Mi eye dey dark mi. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

I am feeling dizzy.

Monkey de work, baboon de chop (West African Pidgin) Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

One person does the hard work while another person enjoys the benefit.

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

The moonlight is out.

My belle full (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

I am satisfied or happy

My head dey turn me. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

I am feeling dizzy.

My heart dey pain me (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

I am feeling very sad or heartbroken

My name na [name]. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

My name is [name].

My name na John. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

My name is John.

My name na... (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

My name is...

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