Difference between revisions of "egunje"

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de dey use am for west.(Yoruba land)
 
de dey use am for west.(Yoruba land)
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egunje: Na de kin illegal things wey people dey do or give wey (like money) no clean at all.
 
egunje: Na de kin illegal things wey people dey do or give wey (like money) no clean at all.

Revision as of 12:40, 30 September 2020

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Etymology

From Yoruba:egunje

Pronunciation

  • ègúndʒē

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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)


egunje: Na de kin illegal things wey people dey do or give wey (like money) no clean at all.

Noun

  1. If you give police egunje, dem go allow drive pass.  — (Egbokhare 2020,If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.
    Nobody go come meet dem give dem egunje  — ( No one will give them illegal fees.)

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Translations

  • English: bribe, gratification