oyibo

Igbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Òyìnbó.[1]

Noun

oyìbo

  1. white person, Caucasian, European, foreign
    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
  1. 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

Etymology

From Yoruba Òyìnbó and Igbo oyibò.

Noun

oyìbo

  1. white person, Caucasian
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