basejẹ
Yoruba
Etymology
From bà jẹ́ (“to spoil”) + àsè (“feast; event; occasion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bà.sè.d͡ʒɛ́/
Noun
bàsèjẹ́
- vandal
- Synonyms: oníwà bàsèjẹ́, ọ̀bàyéjẹ́, abàlújẹ́
- Kàkà kí wọ́n mójú tó ilé ayé, wọ́n wá di bàsèjẹ́. ― Instead of looking after the earth, they became vandals.
- vandalism
- Synonym: ìwà bàsèjẹ́