Onye

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Onye — definition 1

Person/Who (Person/Who)

"Onye be dis? (Who is this?)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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