Etymology
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From Igala onuku (“friend”). Used as a term of address for Onitsha traders by Igala traders, whom the former thought of as easy dupes.[1]
onùku
- naïf, fool
References
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- ^ Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “onuku”, 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 128