village people
Naija
Etymology
Fro: English village and people
Pronunciation
- vɪ́lédʒ pípù
Noun
- 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.)
- 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