Foot

He has athlete’s foot – Ó ní kán-ànyán.

He has small feet – Ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ kéré.

He is a footballer – Agbá-bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹ̀sẹ̀gbá ni.

He is a foot-man – Òun ni ó máa ń ṣí ilẹ̀kùn ọkọ̀ fún àlejò tàbí kí ó gbé oúnjẹ sí orí tábìlì.

He is blessed with footballing skills – Ó ní ẹ̀bùn bí a ṣe ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbá.

He is club-footed – Ẹ̀sẹ̀ rẹ̀ ti bàjé láti ìgbà tí w’ọn ti bí i.

He is coming on foot – Ó ń rìn bọ̀.

He is flat-footed – Kò ní ibi apá ẹsẹ̀ tí ó máa ń wọnú yẹn/Kò ní òbò ẹ̀sẹ̀.

He is seven-feet tall – Ó ga ní ìwọn ẹsẹ̀ bàtà méje.

He is walking around the house in bare foot – Ó ń rìn yípo ilé láìwọ bàtà.

He lost his footing – Ó ṣi ẹsẹ̀ gbé.

He pressed the foot brake – Ó tẹ bíréèkì ti ẹlẹ́sẹ̀.

He saved a left-footed shot at the dying minutes of the match- Nígbà tí bọ́ọ̀lù fẹ́ parí, ó mú bọ́ọ̀lù kan tí wọ́n fi ẹsẹ̀ òsì gbá.

He stood at the foot hills of the Himalayas – Ó dúró sí ibi àwọn òkè Himalaya.

He was a footloose, unemployed man – Ọ̀kùnrin tí kò níṣẹ́ lọ́wọ́ tí ó lè lọ sí ibi tí ó bá wù ú ni.

He was nearly trampled under-foot by the crowd rushing to get out – Àwọn èrò tí wọ́n fẹ́ sáre jade fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ́ ẹ mọ́lẹ̀.

He watched an old film footage of moon landing – Ó wo fíìmù tí ó fi ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ bí wọ́n ṣe balẹ sí orí

He went through this footpath – Ọ̀nà ẹsè yìí ni ó gbà kọjá.

He won on the football pools – Ó jẹ tẹ́tẹ́ ti oní-bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹ̀sẹ̀gbá.

He wore a football boot – Ó wọ bàtà tí wọ́n fi ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbá.

His boat is an eight-footer – Ẹsẹ̀ bàtà mẹ́jọ ni ọkọ̀ ojú omi rẹ̀.

His business sense helped set the society on its feet again – Ọgbọ́n òwò ṣíṣe tí ó ní ti jẹ́ kí ó ran ẹgbẹ́ náà lọ́wọ́ láti máa jèrè.

I don’t want your children under my feet when I am working – N ò fẹ́ kí àwọn ọmọ rẹ máa dí mi lọ́wọ́ bí mo bá ń ṣiṣẹ́.

I have been on my feet since yesterday – N kò tíì jókòó láti àná.

I have been on my feet since yesterday – Orí ìdúró ni mo wà láti àná.

I heard his foot-fall – Mo gbọ́ ìró ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀.

I saw his foot print in the sand – Mo rí ibi tí ó fi ẹsẹ̀ tẹ̀ ní orí yanrì.

I vowed not to set foot in the place – Mo búra pé n kò níí fi ẹsẹ̀ mi kan ibẹ̀.

In the game, he has hardly put a foot wrong – Ninú eré ìdárayá náà, ó fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ máà ṣe àṣiṣe kankan.

It is at the foot of the bed – Ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ ibùsùn náà.

It is at the foot of the hill – Ó wà ní ẹsẹ̀ òkè náà.

It is at the foot of the page – Ó wà ní ìsàlẹ̀ ojú-ìwé náà.

òṣùpá hàn.

Read the third footnote – Ka ìtọ́sè-ọ̀rọ̀ kẹ́ta.

Rise to your feet – Dìde dúró.

That is a foot bridge – Bíríìjì tí àwọn ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ máa ń gbà nìyẹn.

That is his footprint – Òjú ẹsẹ̀ rẹ̀ nìyẹn.

The company gained a foothold in Nigeria – Ilé-iṣẹ́ náà fi ẹsẹ̀ mulẹ ní Nàìjíríà.

The company is now on a sound financial footing – N’I ti owó, ilé-iṣẹ́ náà ti wáa rọ́wọ́ mú.

The ground was dry and firm under-foot – Ilẹ́ náà gbẹ ó sì le ní abẹ́ ẹsẹ̀.

The tax payers will foot the bill – Àwọn tí ó ń san owó-orí ni yóò san owó náà.

The want to be treated on the same footing as the rest of us – Wọ́n fẹ́ kí wọ́n ṣe àwọn náà bí wọ́n ṣe ṣe àwa yòókù.

They are playing football – Wọ́n ń gbá bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbá.

They rose to their feet – Wọ́n dìde.

They were caught flat-footed by the attack – Ìpèníjà náà bá wọn lójijì.

We came on foot – A rìn wá.

We saw many people going barefoot on the street – A rí ọ̀pòlọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tí wọ́n ń rìn lórí títì láìwọ bàtà.

Wear the correct foot-wear on your feet – Wọ ohun tí yóò dáàbò bo ẹsẹ rẹ.

When his parents died, he had to learn to stand on his own two feet – Nígbà tí àwọn òbí rẹ̀ kú, ó ní láti kọ́ bí yóò ṣe dá dúró.

When you are tired, put your feet up – Tí ó bá rẹ̀ ọ́, simi.

You will need a deft political footwork to save the situation – Ó nílò ọgbọ́n òṣèlú tí ó ga kí nǹkan máà bàa dàrù.

You’ve got to put your foot down and make him stop seeing her – O ní láti fi dandan lé e pé kò gbọdọ̀ rí i mọ́.

Reference

Hornby, A.S. (2001), Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of Current English, edited by Sally Wehmeier. Oxford: Oxford University Press.