jẹun sápò
verb
/d͡ʒɛ̄.ũ̄ sá.k͡pò/
Definitions
- to collect bribes
Etymology
From jẹun (“to eat”) + sí (“towards”) + àpò (“pocket”), literally “to enrich one's pocket”, modelled on jẹun síkùn (“to eat well”).
Component words
jẹunto eat
sítowards
4 entries are spelled “sí”. The etymology calls it “towards”, but that isn't enough to tell them apart — we've linked to the first.
sí
The name of the Latin script letter S/s.
sí
to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)
sí
to be far, to be distant
sí
Negative form of wà
àpòpocket
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “jẹun sapo”.
Reference:
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