Difference between revisions of "egunje"

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* {{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.)}}
 
====Related forms====
 
====Related forms====
* [[roger]], [[kola nut]], [[wuruwuru]], [[magomago]], [[drop]]
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* [[wuruwuru]], [[magomago]], [[drop]]
  
 
====Translations====
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''bribe'', ''gratification''
 
* English: ''bribe'', ''gratification''

Revision as of 13:30, 12 November 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

Usage

Dem dey use am especially uniform people

Definition

Na di illegal money wey de dey give.

Noun

  • 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