Òyìnbó
noun
/ò.jĩ̀.bó/
Èèbó (alternative), Èyìnbó (alternative), Èrìbó (alternative)
Definitions
-
white person, European
Used inẹ̀fọ́-òyìnbóigi-òyìnbóiyọ̀ òyìnbónounoníṣègùn-òyìnbóọ̀pẹ̀-òyìnbónounàkàrà òyìnbónounèdè òyìnbóìdò-òyìnbóìgbá-òyìnbóìlá òyìnbóìlú òyìnbóòro-òyìnbóÒyìnbóhàngbàÙgbàyìnbóhàn
- A black person who has adopted a European lifestyle or traits
Etymology
A folk etymology states it is from ò- (“nominalizing prefix”) + yìn (“to scratch”) + bó (“to peel”), literally “The ones who have have scratched and peeled off skin”.
Component words
ò-nominalizing prefixyìnto scratchbóto peel
Words in other languages from this one
These are words in other languages that came from this Yorùbá word, mostly through trade, the Atlantic slave trade, and contact with neighbouring languages.
They are not translations. A word here means what it means in its own language, which may have drifted a long way from the Yorùbá it started as.
oyinboEnglishòyìboIgbooyìboNigerian Pidgin
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “Oyinbo”.
Reference:
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