I emboldened some words in the story (but I did not italicize it). I arranged the words according to the first to appear in the story in this chapter.
Okada - motorcycle, pronounced OR KAH DAH.
Keke - tricycle, pronounced KEH KEH.
Amebo - a gossip, talebearer, pronounced AH MEH BOR.
Meshai - a food made by our Hausa friends. It is fried noodles and fried eggs, pronounced MEH SHAI.
Kolewerk - a slang for "it cannot work", constructed by the Yorubas, pronounced KOH LAY WORK.
Ghen, ghen - a popular tune sung by Nigerian kids to signify a time of danger or emergency, pronounced as it is spelled;)
Abi - our word for "right?". Sentence, " you want to die, abi?", pronounced AH BEE.
Koboko - a Yoruba word meaning, horse whip, pronounced KOH BOH KOH.
Eja - street name for weed, constructed by our Yoruba friends, pronounced EH JAH.
Sha - a multipurpose word. Meaning depends on its usage in a text, pronounced as it is spelled;)
Apollo - I don't know why but this is what we say when we are referring to conjunctivitis(≧∇≦)/
You should know how it is pronounced ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°
Igbo - another street name for weed. The "GB" is African, I cannot help you pronounce it by typing.
I know this was a total waste of time but you can agree with me that it was fun and humorous.
It still needs your votes so please vote. Love y'all (^_^;).
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