West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with W — 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 83 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.

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West African Pidgin (NG)

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26 words and 57 phrases — 83 entries in total.

Words (26)

W (26)

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

trouble

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

to walk/travel

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

a term often used to describe the constant movement or wandering of animals

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

to take a walk

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

Wallet

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

one

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

affectionate

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

rainy weather

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

water

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

otter

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

weather

weather don change (West African Pidgin) phrase AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

the weather has changed

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

welder

Well (West African Pidgin) adjective Verified by a LanguageKnow teacher

Fine/Good

well-well (West African Pidgin) adverb AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

very much or thoroughly

Wetin (West African Pidgin) pronoun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What

wey (West African Pidgin) conjunction AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

that/which/who

/wi/ phonetic transcription

Wik (West African Pidgin) adjective AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Weak

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

Steering wheel

wit (West African Pidgin) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

with

without (West African Pidgin) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

without

wo (West African Pidgin) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

two

/won/ phonetic transcription

one

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

Ugly or unattractive

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

Fraudulent, shady, or deceptive practices

Phrases (57)

Wahala no dey finish (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Problems never end / Life is full of challenges

Wait make I si. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Wait, let me see.

Wata don full di riva. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Water has filled the river.

Wata flow fo graund. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Water is flowing on the ground.

Water pass garri (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

The situation has become unmanageable or out of hand

We fit talk details later. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We can talk details later.

We fit work on dis together. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We can work on this together.

We fit wrap up by 4 pm, abi? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Can we finish by 4 pm, right?

We go carry each other shine. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We will help each other succeed.

We go dey together through thick and thin. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We will stay together through good times and bad.

We go fit buy di supplies on Monday. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We can buy the supplies on Monday.

We go need more resources for dis project. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We will need more resources for this project.

We need to agree on di budget. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We need to agree on the budget.

We need to reschedule am. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

We need to reschedule it.

Wetin be di date today? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is the date today?

Wetin be di feedback from di client? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is the feedback from the client?

Wetin be the time? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What time is it?

Wetin be your best price? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your best price?

Wetin be your final take on this matter? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your final stance on this matter?

Wetin be your name? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your name?

Wetin be your number? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your number?

Wetin be your thought on this matter? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your opinion on this matter?

Wetin concern fish with raincoat? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What concerns fish with raincoat?

Wetin concern goat with yam? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What concerns goat with yam?

Wetin dey happen for your side? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What's happening on your side?

Wetin dey happen? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What's happening?

Wetin di time schedule be? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is the time schedule?

Wetin remain? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

What is left?

Wetin we find out from the research be say... (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What we found out from the research is that...

Wetin we fit learn from our elders? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What can we learn from our elders?

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

What are you doing?

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

What are you looking at?

Wetin you go chop? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What do you want to eat?

Wetin you go for? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Where are you going?

Wetin you gree? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What do you agree with?

Wetin you sabi, I go like hear your own side. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What you know, I’d like to hear your side.

Wetin you talk? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What did you say?

Wetin you wan chop? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What do you want to eat?

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

What are you up to?

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

What time is it?

Wetyn be your name? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What is your name?

Wetyn you wan? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

What do you want?

When two elephants dey fight, na grass dey suffer (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

When two elephants fight, the grass suffers

When we go fit meet? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

When can we meet?

Where this road lead go? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Where does this road lead to?

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

Where are you going?

Where you from? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Where are you from?

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

Where are you going?

Who dash monkey banana? (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Who gave the monkey a banana?

Who goes there? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Who is that?

Who sell this phone for you? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Who sold this phone to you?

Who tell you? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Who told you that?

Why you dey laf me? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Why are you laughing at me?

Wich mont bi yor bordey? (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Which month is your birthday?

Wisdom no dey for book alone. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Wisdom is not found only in books.

Work don really tire me. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

I am really exhausted from work.

Wota don dirti-kpata-kpata. (West African Pidgin) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

The water is completely dirty.

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