egunje

Naija

Alternative forms

• newtory-mata 0.84 15, employment-mata 0.82 5, informate-mata 0.82 5, agriculture-mata 0.81 5, wikileaks 0.80 7, justice-mata 0.80 9, budget-mata 0.80 6, olugbani 0.80 5, assuming 0.80 7

Etymology

Borrowed from English 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

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

egunje: bribe, gratification -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If you give police egunje, dem go allow drive pass.  — (If you bribe the police, they will give you a pass.)

2. - (frequency:4)

   dem go say egunje dey  — (deuber__5948, __no translation__)

   nobody go come meet dem give dem egunje  — (deuber__5777, __no translation__)

Synonymes

• newtory-mata 0.84 15, employment-mata 0.82 5, informate-mata 0.82 5, agriculture-mata 0.81 5, wikileaks 0.80 7, justice-mata 0.80 9, budget-mata 0.80 6, olugbani 0.80 5, assuming 0.80 7

Antonymes

• newtory-mata 0.84 15, employment-mata 0.82 5, informate-mata 0.82 5, agriculture-mata 0.81 5, wikileaks 0.80 7, justice-mata 0.80 9, budget-mata 0.80 6, olugbani 0.80 5, assuming 0.80 7

Translations

• English: bribe, gratification