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West African Pidgin core wordlist — forms beginning with O — NG

Recorded forms from the ASJP Database; not yet reviewed by a native speaker.

Core wordlist. These forms are phonetic transcriptions from the ASJP Database; native spelling has not been recorded yet. This page lists 24 recorded forms in West African Pidgin, each shown as a phonetic transcription in slashes.

Source: Wichmann, Søren, Eric W. Holman, Cecil H. Brown, Matthew S. Dryer, and Qibin Ran (eds.). 2025. The ASJP Database (version 21). https://asjp.clld.org — licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

This page lists the 23 words and 1 phrase beginning with O in the West African Pidgin community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

West African Pidgin (NG)

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23 words and 1 phrase — 24 entries in total.

Words (23)

O (23)

offspring (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

offspring

ofis (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

office

Oga (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Boss/authority figure

ogbono (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

wild mango seed soup

Ojoro (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Cheating or unfairness

Okada (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Motorcycle taxi

Okada man (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

Motorcycle taxi rider

oko (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

farm/field

oko-iri (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

rainforest

Okra (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Okra

Olofofo (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Gossip

Olokpa (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

police officer

one (West African Pidgin) number AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

one

oranj (West African Pidgin) adjective AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

orange

Orobo (West African Pidgin) adjective Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Fat or chubby person

Oshey (West African Pidgin) greeting Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

Thank you (borrowed from Yoruba)

otor (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

doctor

over (West African Pidgin) preposition AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

over

Over-sabi (West African Pidgin) adjective Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

A know-it-all or someone who is overly assertive

Owambe (West African Pidgin) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

large social party

owls (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

owl

Oyibo (West African Pidgin) noun Checked by a teacher or the LanguageKnow team — awaiting native speaker review

A white person or light-skinned person

Oyinbo (West African Pidgin) noun AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

White person

Phrases (1)

Oga no dey office today. (West African Pidgin) AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review

The boss is not in the office today.

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