ọwọ́ òsì
noun
/ɔ̄.wɔ́ ò.sì/
Definitions
-
left-hand; left side
Ọwọ́ òsì ni ó ń bẹ̀ It's to the left hand sideẸ má lo ọwọ́ òsì láti fúnni ní nǹkan. Don't use the left hand to give people things.Ọmọ àlè ló máa ń fọwọ́ òsì júwe ilé bàbá ẹ̀. It's an illegitimate child that points at their father's home with their left hand.
Etymology
From ọwọ́ (“hand”) + òsì (“left”). Often replaced with the term ọwọ́ àlàáfíà because of the similarity between òsì (left) and òṣì (“poverty, destitution”)
Source: Wiktionary,
where this word is spelled “ọwọ osi”.
Reference:
en-ọwọ_osi-yo-noun--joNOYIq