Difference between revisions of "egunje"
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Dem dey use am especially [[uniform people]] | Dem dey use am especially [[uniform people]] | ||
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Na di illegal money wey de dey give. | Na di illegal money wey de dey give. | ||
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* {{ux|dv|If you give police '''egunje''', dem go allow you drive pass. |(Egbokhare 2020,If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.}} | * {{ux|dv|If you give police '''egunje''', dem go allow you drive pass. |(Egbokhare 2020,If you tip the police officers, you will pass through.}} | ||
* {{ux|dv|Nobody go come meet dem give dem '''egunje''' |( No one will dare to give them illegal fees.)}} | * {{ux|dv|Nobody go come meet dem give dem '''egunje''' |( No one will dare to give them illegal fees.)}} | ||
Revision as of 12:37, 27 November 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
Dem dey use am especially uniform people
Noun
Na di illegal money wey de dey give.
- If you give police egunje, dem go allow you 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 dare to give them illegal fees.)
Related forms
Translations
- English: bribe, gratification