kankere

Dutch

Verb

kankere

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kankeren

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English concrete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kã̄.ké.ɾé/

Noun

kankéré

  1. concrete
  2. (by extension) beans mixed with garri

Verb

kankéré

  1. (humorous, informal) to eat heavy food until full (in particular) for builders eating beans and garri
    Mo ti kankéré ikùn mi láàárọ̀ yìí ― I have filled my stomach with heavy concrete this morning
  2. to fill something up with concrete

References

  • Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008) “kankéré”, in Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎[1], volume LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN
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