village people

Naija

Etymology

Fro: English village and people

Pronunciation

  • vɪ́lédʒ pípù

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Noun

  1. People wey dey live or stay for di same town together.
    • E good sey you go cook rice for your wedding o, but arrange different different swallow for your village people.  — (It's a good idea to cook rice on your wedding day, but prepare other dishes for the members of your community.)
  2. People wey dey use juju and jazz wicked person.
    • You dey behave like sey una village people swear for you.  — (Egbokhare_2020, You are behaving like someone under the spell of witchcraft.)
    • As dey carry am go different different hospital no fit find wetin dey do am, people begin reason sey village people fire am be dat.  — (Since they could not diagnose what was wrong him/her after going from one hospital to another, the general opinion was that s/he had been bewitched.)

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Translation

  • English: townsmen, witchcraft