tokunbo

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noun

A secondhand motor vehicle imported from Europe.

OriginYoruba tòkunbọ̀ →
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Meanings

nountokunbo (plural tokunbos)

plural tokunbos

  1. NigeriaA 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

Origin

  1. Yorubatòkunbọ̀
  2. Englishtokunbo

Borrowed from Yoruba tòkunbọ̀.

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APA

tokunbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokunbo

MLA

“tokunbo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokunbo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tokunbo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokunbo.

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