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Yoruba
Etymology
From ọwọ́ (“hand”) + òsì (“left”). Often replaced with the term ọwọ́ àlàáfíà because of the similarity between òsì (left) and òṣì (“poverty, destitution”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ọwọ́ òsì
- left-hand; left side
- Synonyms: apá òsì, (euphemistic) ọwọ́ àlàáfíà
- Antonyms: ọwọ́ ọ̀tún, apá ọ̀tún
- Ọwọ́ òsì ni ó ń bẹ̀ ― It's to the left hand side
- Ẹ má lo ọwọ́ òsì láti fúnni ní nǹkan. ― Don't use the left hand to give people things.
- Ọmọ àlè ló máa ń fọwọ́ òsì júwe ilé bàbá ẹ̀. ― It's an illegitimate child that points at their father's home with their left hand.
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