Difference between revisions of "egunje"
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| − | egunje: na de kin | + | egunje: na de kin illegal things wey people dey do or give wey (like money) 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.(Egbokhare )}} | ||
#: {{ux|dv|dem go say '''egunje''' dey |( They agreed to the prevalence of gratification.)}} | #: {{ux|dv|dem go say '''egunje''' dey |( They agreed to the prevalence of gratification.)}} | ||
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====Related==== | ====Related==== | ||
| − | * [[roger]], [[kola nut]], [[wuru wuru]] | + | * [[roger]], [[kola nut]], [[wuru wuru]], [[mago mago]] |
====Translations==== | ====Translations==== | ||
* English: bribe, gratification | * English: bribe, gratification | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 30 September 2020
Naija
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 illegal things wey people dey do or give wey (like money) 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 agreed to the prevalence of gratification.)
- nobody go come meet dem give dem egunje — ( No one will give them illegal fees.)
Related
Translations
- English: bribe, gratification