oyibo

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Igbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Òyìnbó.^[1]

Noun

oyìbo

white person, European
Synonym: Bèkee

ndị oyìbo ― white people

Derived terms

(Akwa) akịlị̀bo (“coconut”)
(Onicha) akụ oyìbo (“coconut”)
asụ̀sụ oyìbo (“English language”)
ego oyìbo (“name given to modern money when it existed with cowries”)
ji òyìbo (“Yellow Guinea Yam”)
mmanya oyìbo (“gin”)
nzu oyìbo (“chalk, lime”)
Ọlụ Oyìbo (“civil service”)
ọrụ oyìbo (“modern work”)
(Onicha) ude oyìbo (“factory-made pomade”)
ụgbọ oyìbo (“steamer”)
ụ̀wà ndi oyìbo (“extravagant way of living life”)
àfa oyìbo (“English name”)
òbòdò oyibó (“Europe”)
(Onicha) ògèdè òyìbe (“pawpaw, papaya”)
òyìbe (“Yellow Guinea Yam”)
(Onicha) ùbe oyìbo (“pear”)

References

^ Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “oyibo”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 132

Nigerian Pidgin

Alternative forms

oyinbo, onyibo

Etymology

From Yoruba Òyìnbó and Igbo oyibò.

Noun

oyìbo

white person

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