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===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
| − | + | òjìbó | |
<sm2>Pcm-ng-oyibo.f.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-oyibo.f.ogg</sm2> | ||
<sm2>Pcm-ng-oyibo.m.ogg</sm2> | <sm2>Pcm-ng-oyibo.m.ogg</sm2> | ||
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===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
| − | # Person wey | + | #Person wey get white skin. |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #:*{{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.)}} |
| − | # Person wey | + | #:*{{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. }} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #Person wey yellow. |
| − | # | + | #:* {{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.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #Language wey de dey call English. |
| − | # | + | #: {{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.)}} |
| − | #: {{ux|dv| | + | #Person wey be sey e be albino. |
| + | #:* {{ux|dv| Na '''oyibo''' she born o. |(She gave birth to an albino.)}} | ||
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====Related forms==== | ====Related forms==== | ||
| − | [[obodo oyibo]] | + | *[[obodo oyibo]],[[oyibo pepper]] |
====Synonym==== | ====Synonym==== | ||
| + | [[whitie]], [[afin]], [[grammar]] | ||
====Antonym==== | ====Antonym==== | ||
| + | [[blackie]] | ||
====Translation==== | ====Translation==== | ||
| + | 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