moluen.

Brit.

/ˈməʊluːeɪ/,

/ˈmɔːluːeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊluˌeɪ/,

/ˈmɔluˌeɪ/,

/ˈmɑluˌeɪ/, West African English

/ˈmɔlwe/

Origin: A borrowing from Yoruba. Etymon: Yoruba móòluè.

Etymology: < Yoruba móòluè, probably lit. ‘mould it’ (perhaps referring to the method of construction from shaped iron sheets) < English mould v.¹ + Yoruba e, 3rd person singular pronoun object.

In Nigeria: a privately-owned commercial bus seating forty-four passengers. Also more fully molue bus.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > other types

wagonette omnibus1903

jitney bus1914

lorry-bus1919

mammy wagon1957

postbus1957

mammy lorry1959

jeepney1961

danfo1973

transbus1973

molue1976

bendy bus1978

daladala1983

1976 New Nigerian 20 July 13/2 Most of the vehicles that went off the road yesterday were buses known as ‘Molues’ and minibuses ‘Danfos’ [sic].

1986 B. Okri Incidents at Shrine (1987) 107 Sometimes when there wasn't much work at the printing press Ajegunle Joe would take bundles of his pamphlets to sell on the molue buses.

1993 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Sept. b3 That leaves poorer commuters dependent on unregulated private buses known as molues.

2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. 22 If you are just ordinarily unlucky, you will be pressed against the rusty insides of a molue, a medium-sized transit van.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	molue
释义	moluen. Brit. /ˈməʊluːeɪ/, /ˈmɔːluːeɪ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊluˌeɪ/, /ˈmɔluˌeɪ/, /ˈmɑluˌeɪ/, West African English /ˈmɔlwe/ Origin: A borrowing from Yoruba. Etymon: Yoruba móòluè. Etymology: < Yoruba móòluè, probably lit. ‘mould it’ (perhaps referring to the method of construction from shaped iron sheets) < English mould v.¹ + Yoruba e, 3rd person singular pronoun object. In Nigeria: a privately-owned commercial bus seating forty-four passengers. Also more fully molue bus. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > omnibus > motor-driven > other types wagonette omnibus1903 jitney bus1914 lorry-bus1919 mammy wagon1957 postbus1957 mammy lorry1959 jeepney1961 danfo1973 transbus1973 molue1976 bendy bus1978 daladala1983 1976 New Nigerian 20 July 13/2 Most of the vehicles that went off the road yesterday were buses known as ‘Molues’ and minibuses ‘Danfos’ [sic]. 1986 B. Okri Incidents at Shrine (1987) 107 Sometimes when there wasn't much work at the printing press Ajegunle Joe would take bundles of his pamphlets to sell on the molue buses. 1993 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Sept. b3 That leaves poorer commuters dependent on unregulated private buses known as molues. 2000 Financial Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. 22 If you are just ordinarily unlucky, you will be pressed against the rusty insides of a molue, a medium-sized transit van. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976
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