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. Propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   "He bid $500 for the antique vase";
   - offer, tender
    
2. Ask for or request earnestly
   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";
   - beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure [archaic]
    
3. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   "He bid his friends to join him for a drink";
   - invite
    
4. Make a serious effort to attain something
   "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
    
5. (card game) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   "She bid three hearts";
   - call
    
6. Invoke upon
   "bid farewell";
   - wish

Sounds like: bad or bayed

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

Encyclopedia: Bade, Chümoukedima District