gumbody

Naija

Etymology

From English: gum and body

Pronunciation

• gùmbɔ̀dí

Verb

• Sey person dey follow person up and down.

• You dis pikin no dey gumbody follow me.  — (Child stop clinging to me!)
• E no good make woman dey gumbody follow man wey never marry her.  — (It is unwise for a woman to be clingy to a man who is yet to marry her.)

Related forms

• gumbody agreement

Synonym

• joinbody

Translation

• English: clinging