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

  1. exploiter, taskmaster
  2. colonialism, imperialism
  3. colonizer, imperialist
  4. 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”)
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