Difference between revisions of "egunje"

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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
 
===Etymology===
 
===Etymology===
From Yoruba:''egunje''
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From Yoruba: ''egunje''
  
 
===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 15:27, 30 September 2020

Naija

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

Definition

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

Noun

  • 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