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#Person wey get white skin. | #Person wey get white skin. | ||
#:*{{ux|dv| Im mama believe sey when e behave like '''oyibo''' de go dey see am like eh a more superior person. |(D_ENU_05, His mother believed that when he behaves like a Caucasian they'll consider him as a superior person.)}} | #:*{{ux|dv| Im mama believe sey when e behave like '''oyibo''' de go dey see am like eh a more superior person. |(D_ENU_05, His mother believed that when he behaves like a Caucasian they'll consider him as a superior person.)}} | ||
| − | #:*{{ux|dv| People just dey talk sey dat '''oyibo''' man resemble Jesus wey dey draw for picture. | ( | + | #:*{{ux|dv| People just dey talk sey dat '''oyibo''' man resemble Jesus wey dey draw for picture. | (People have been saying that the white man looks like the image of Jesus in the pictures. }} |
#Person wey yellow. | #Person wey yellow. | ||
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Fine girl, '''oyibo''' girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Fine girl, '''oyibo''' girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. |(Pretty lady, fair lady, come, let me sell you a nice wig.)}} |
| − | # | + | #Language wey de dey call English. |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty '''oyibo'''. |( | + | #: {{ux|dv| No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty '''oyibo'''. |(Don't pay any attention to that lady, instead of her to pay me, she is speaking a lot of English.)}} |
| − | #Person wey be sey e be albino | + | #Person wey be sey e be albino. |
| − | #:* {{ux|dv| Na '''oyibo''' she born o. |( | + | #:* {{ux|dv| Na '''oyibo''' she born o. |(She gave birth to an albino.)}} |
====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
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[[blackie]] | [[blackie]] | ||
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
| − | English: ''Caucasian'' | + | English: ''Caucasian'', ''albino'', ''English'' |
Latest revision as of 10:18, 5 June 2023
Naija
Etymology
From: unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
- Person wey get white skin.
- Im mama believe sey when e behave like oyibo de go dey see am like eh a more superior person. — (D_ENU_05, His mother believed that when he behaves like a Caucasian they'll consider him as a superior person.)
- People just dey talk sey dat oyibo man resemble Jesus wey dey draw for picture. — (People have been saying that the white man looks like the image of Jesus in the pictures.
- Person wey yellow.
- Fine girl, oyibo girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. — (Pretty lady, fair lady, come, let me sell you a nice wig.)
- Language wey de dey call English.
- No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty oyibo. — (Don't pay any attention to that lady, instead of her to pay me, she is speaking a lot of English.)
- Person wey be sey e be albino.
- Na oyibo she born o. — (She gave birth to an albino.)
Related forms
Synonym
Antonym
Translation
English: Caucasian, albino, English