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1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria, especially in the Yobe State, Bade, Jakusko, Bursari, and Karasuwa LGAs, Jigawa State, Guri LGA, and Bauchi State, Zaki LGA
   - Bade language

1. (auction) propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   - offer, tender
    
2. Invoke upon
   "bid farewell";
   - wish
    
3. Ask for or request earnestly
   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";
   - beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
    
4. (card game) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   "He bade his trump";
   - call
    
5. Make a serious effort to attain something
   "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
    
6. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   - invite

Sounds like: bad or bayed

Type of: greet, play, plead, recognise [Brit], recognize, request, seek, West Chadic

Encyclopedia: Bade, Nigeria