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Oya

🇧🇮 Burundi Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Oya (No)

"Oya, sinshaka (No, I don't want)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇮 Burundi
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August 2025

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Oya 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Come on or let's go

"Oya make we comot before traffic starts"
Oya! 🇰🇪 Kenya

Njoo! kwa Kiluhya (Come! in Luhya)

"Oya hapa! (Come here!)"

🇧🇮 About Burundi Slang

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🌍 "Oya" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Oya 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Come on or let's go
Oya! 🇰🇪 Kenya

Njoo! kwa Kiluhya (Come! in Luhya)

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