yauyauu

Yoruba

FWOTD – 31 July 2021

Alternative forms

• yàwúyàwúù, yàwú-yàwúù
• yàhúyàhúù, yàhú-yàhúù

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of yàúù, from English Yahoo!. Compare English Yahoo boy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jà.ú.jà.úù/

Noun

yàúyàúù

1. Internet fraudster
   • 2015, Dayo Akanmu, quoting Babalọlá, “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, →DOI:

     Ẹ̀yin yàtọ̀ sáwọn ọmọ yàúyàúù tó ń ya bébà lóní yanya

     You are different from the Yahoo boys (Internet fraudsters) who spend extravagantly

2. user of Yahoo!

References

• Akanmu, Dayo (2015) “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, →DOI