gumgum

Naija

Etymology

• From: English gum

Pronunciation

• gɔ̀mgɔ́m

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Verb

1. Make person or someting dey followfollow person or someting up and down.

   • Dat babe just dey gumgum our friend.  — (That lady is clingy to our friend.)
   • Dis sweet don gumgum my cloth.  — (This candy has gummed my cloth.)

2. Make someting dey draw.

   • Di rice don spoil, e don dey gum .  — (The rice is getting spoilt, it's becoming sticky.)
   • Na glue dey gumgum me for leg.  — (The glue is making my leg sticky.)

Related forms

• gumbody

Synonym

• followfollow

Translation

• English: sticky, clinging, glued