ọjẹlu
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