amunisin
Yoruba
Ilé Frederick Lugard, tó jẹ́ olórí ìjọba amúnisìn nílẹ̀ Yorùbá àkọ́kọ́ nílùú Èkó
Etymology
From a- (“agent prefix”) + mú (“to make”) + ẹni (“person”) + sìn (“to serve”), literally “One who engages in exploiting a person to work for them”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ā.mṹ.nĩ̄.sĩ̀/
Noun
amúnisìn
- exploiter, taskmaster
- colonialism, imperialism
- colonizer, imperialist
- enslavement, servitude
Derived terms
- ìgbà-amúnisìn (“colonialism period”)
- ìjọba amúnisìn (“colonial administration (specifically the British)”)
- ajẹmọ́-ìjọba-amúnisìn (“colonial”)
- ètò-ẹ̀kọ́ ìjọbá-amúnisìn (“colonial education”)
- sáà ìjọbá-amúnisìn (“colonial era”)
- ìrònú ajẹmọ́-ìgbà-amúnisì (“colonial mentality”)
- ogún atọ́wọ́-ìjọbá-amúnisìn (“postcolonialism, legacy of colonialism”)