ẹgunjẹ
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gún (“to grind”) + jẹ (“to eat”), literally “that which is ground/pounded to eat”. Modelled on earlier àgúnmu (“a traditional powder medicine”, literally “that which is ground and drank”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ẹ̀gúnjẹ
- (neologism, law) bribery, kickback, settlement
- Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, rìbá