Difference between revisions of "egunje"
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egunje: na de kin mago mago things wey people dey do or give wey no clean at all. | egunje: na de kin mago mago things wey people dey do or give wey no clean at all. | ||
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv|If you give police '''egunje''', dem go allow drive pass. |(If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.(Egbokhare )}} | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|If you give police '''egunje''', dem go allow drive pass. |(If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.)}} | + | #: {{ux|dv|dem go say '''egunje''' dey |( They will all say there is bribery.)}} |
| − | + | #: {{ux|dv|nobody go come meet dem give dem '''egunje''' |( No one will give them illegal fees.)}} | |
| − | #: {{ux|dv|dem go say '''egunje''' dey |( They will all say there is bribery)}} | ||
| − | #: {{ux|dv|nobody go come meet dem give dem '''egunje''' |( No one will give them illegal fees)}} | ||
====Related==== | ====Related==== | ||
| − | * [[roger]], [[kola nut]], [[wuru wuru]] | + | * [[roger]], [[kola nut]], [[wuru wuru]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: bribe, gratification | * English: bribe, gratification | ||
Revision as of 23:29, 29 September 2020
Naija
Alternative forms
- newtory-mata 0.84 15, employment-mata 0.82 5, informate-mata 0.82 5, agriculture-mata 0.81 5, wikileaks 0.80 7, justice-mata 0.80 9, budget-mata 0.80 6, olugbani 0.80 5, assuming 0.80 7
Etymology
from: Yoruba egunje
Pronunciation
- ègúndʒē
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 4
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 14003
usage
de dey use am for west (Yoruba land).
Noun
egunje: na de kin mago mago things wey people dey do or give wey no clean at all.
- If you give police egunje, dem go allow drive pass. — (If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.(Egbokhare )
- dem go say egunje dey — ( They will all say there is bribery.)
- nobody go come meet dem give dem egunje — ( No one will give them illegal fees.)
Related
Translations
- English: bribe, gratification