oyìbo
NounNdebe script
Meanings
white person; European; foreign (added to name of anything to denote that the thing is foreign or European in origin, or when something of a different species (usually better), but of foreign origin, exists side by side with the local species)
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Examples
E ji ọgwụ oyibo agwọ agbaganti.
— Mumps can be cured with orthodox medicine.
Ha jewere obodo oyibo n'ọnwa Juun.
— They travelled abroad in the month of June.
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