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tokunbo

tokunbo noun: a secondhand motor vehicle imported from Europe.

Noun

tokunbo (plural tokunbos)

  1. (Nigeria) A secondhand motor vehicle imported from Europe.
    • It is interesting, nonetheless, since none of my discussions had prepared me for the price comparability of new fakes and original tokunbos, or their solid position at about two-thirds the price of new originals.2004, Jane I. Guyer, Marginal Gains: Monetary Transactions in Atlantic Africa, page 91

Forms of tokunbo

pluraltokunbos

Origin of tokunbo

Borrowed from Yoruba tòkunbọ̀.

Questions about tokunbo

What does tokunbo mean?
Tokunbo means a secondhand motor vehicle imported from Europe.
What part of speech is tokunbo?
Tokunbo is a noun.
What is the plural of tokunbo?
The plural of tokunbo is tokunbos.

Words near tokunbo in the dictionary

  1. Tokugawas
  2. Tokuhisa
  3. Tokuhisas
  4. Tokunaga
  5. Tokunagas
  6. tokunbo
  7. tokunbos
  8. tokus
  9. tokusatsu
  10. tokuses
  11. Tokushima

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