ẹgunjẹ

Yoruba

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ɛ̀.ɡṹ.d͡ʒɛ̄/

Noun

ẹ̀gúnjẹ

(neologism, law) bribery, kickback, settlement
Synonyms: àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, owó ẹ̀yìn, ọwọ́-kúdúrú, rìbá