tufiakwa

1. interjection: Used to express one’s wish that something would not happen.
   • Tufiakwa! I no go fail dis exam.
     • God forbid! I won’t fail this exam.
   • Yu want make I do dat kain thing? Tufiakwa!
     • You want me to do that kind of thing? God forbid!

Synonym

• tufia

Etymology

From the Igbo word tufiakwa.