kpeme

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

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Verb

kpeme

  1. to die
    • 2024 March 17, Selin Girit and Grujica Andric, “Wetin go happun to your social media accounts wen you die”, in BBC News Pidgin[1]:
      "Accounts go dey live till family member tell di social media app say di pesin don kpeme."
      "Accounts remain active until a family member informs the social media app that the person has died."