abeg

abeg

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English I beg.

Adverb

abeg

  1. please
    E too cost abeg.
    Please, this costs too much!
    • 2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo”, in BBC News Pidgin‎[1], archived from the original on 29 April 2025:
      But wen pipo no get anytin to take tell pipo say na di tin wey I wan do be dis, abeg vote for me, na im dem go dey take try to yab pipo."
      But when people don't have anything, people say the thing that I want is this, please vote for me, it is them who will insult people.

Interjection

abeg

  1. please

Further reading

  • “abeg” in Naija Guru, 2026.
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