ọjẹlu
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Yoruba[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ọ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) + jẹ (“to eat; to consume”) + ìlú (“city; nation”), literally “one who consumes the nation” modelled on òṣèlú.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ọ̀jẹ̀lú
- (derogatory) corrupt politician; polithiefcian