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Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:12pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe:Are you from that side? Good song right. Zoro is fire. Can you understand the meaning? |
Re: Igbo Slang by Joshuaiwe: 4:22pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
MrsPhyno:Icholiya is just phyno saying do you want it it's not really slang And nnunu is definitely slang |
Re: Igbo Slang by Joshuaiwe: 4:23pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
MrsPhyno:I'm not from Enugu but I understand it |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:32pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe: I can't hear that part clearly, but I think what he said there is 'anyi ga akuput' ya' not 'anyi ga akupu there'. Literally, it means 'we'll beat it out', but I'm unaware if it has any special slang meaning. That entire line sounds to me like Phyno's talking about 'landing' a 'flirtatious, but evasive' girl. [flirtatious and evasive are the best translation I can come up with for 'mmacha'. These things are not always easy to translate] 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:33pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe:When he was listing all the artists like Mr Raw Bracket Flavour etc, why was he saying 'na 042' when not all of them are from Enugu Joshuaiwe:After saying icholiya there was another word he used just repeating those two words for the whole chorus. Do you know it? If you say nnunu will people automatically assume your talking about hot chicks or can it still be used as 'bird' Sorry for all the questions |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:39pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
MrsPhyno: Although 'icholiya' is not really a slang ('Do you want it?') just know that if you're standing alone in a derelict part of Enugu or any urban center in Enugu/Anambra looking fidgety, and a rough-looking dude walks up to you and asks 'Icholiya?', he's trying to sell you weed --- and this is what Phyno was alluding to in that song. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:44pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Radoillo:Loool amazing Funny enough from the way the song was going I thought he was alluding to something worse when he said 'do you want it' He was just repeating do you want it, do you want it? I got it, I got it the whole chorus or so. Hope that's the meaning. |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 4:54pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
MrsPhyno: Yea, you got the meaning. I think a double entendre was intended with 'icholiya',that much is clear from the lyrics. So whatever you thought it meant, they wanted you to think that, too. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slang by Phut(f): 7:19pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe:Odieshi means that it's not leaking. So yes it can be used to refer to the fact that they are not going to bleed since your bullet can't do them "nathing" |
Re: Igbo Slang by Phut(f): 7:22pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
OdenigboAroli: I like wusa aru and kpasa |
Re: Igbo Slang by Phut(f): 7:25pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Radoillo: Ima akwa is to tie a wrapper. So I believe he is say that even if imacha akwa they will untie it |
Re: Igbo Slang by Phut(f): 7:30pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
MrsPhyno: Anu means meat but it also means beast/animal. That is why we have anuofia = wild animal/bush animal. Anumanu also means animal 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 8:37pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Phut: Um... Honestly, I'm not sure that's what he said/meant. I had to play the song again, and he said: Nnunu machawakwa, anyi ga a kuput' ya The colloquialisms 'imacha' 'machawa' 'machawakwa' are very familiar to me. English equivalents are what I'm finding hard to come up with. But it isn't 'macha akwa' (which has to do with tying a wrapper). In fact, the whole line makes literal sense; it's just the use of 'kuputa' (beat out) that I find puzzling. Maybe he was just looking for a word that best rhymes with 'turapu ya' (drop it) in the next line, and didn't care too much about making sense. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbo Slang by Phut(f): 11:51pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Radoillo: What about Oyolima. Does it mean the same as Oringo? And you are right. Its year to year. They said it on Naalu Ekene by Illbliss |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 11:59pm On Aug 13, 2015 |
Phut: Oyolima/Oyorima loosely translates as dance/dance music. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slang by OdenigboAroli(m): 12:20am On Aug 14, 2015 |
Phut: Good. I have more. bulu egwu...to leave. nwanne,ka ayi bulu egwu. ndobi...to be dead. nwanne,odobigo. nko...insane....nwanne,ibu onye nko. |
Re: Igbo Slang by OdenigboAroli(m): 12:32am On Aug 14, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe: Ok.the o in nkolo is same as the o in Onicha. No,you cant use Ofego for inanimate things because they are lifeless and ofego has to do with movement of things. For instant,you can say nkita m' efego aka but you cant say your table efego aka or your car efego aka, because they are lifeless. Wusa means to drop something. I hope I was of help. |
Re: Igbo Slang by Joshuaiwe: 5:40am On Aug 14, 2015 |
OdenigboAroli: Is this another o as in one ha for Nko Because if so ask you self how do you say sharp in Igbo It's Nko so if they are pronounced the same tell me |
Re: Igbo Slang by Joshuaiwe: 5:43am On Aug 14, 2015 |
MrsPhyno: They were born in Enugu that was his point we all know phyno and favour are straight from anambra immediately u listen to their music But illbiss is truly an nkweree boy And phyno is from Akwa while flavor idk and wait lmao. Mr.raw used to say ABIA in his music 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slang by OdenigboAroli(m): 5:50am On Aug 14, 2015 |
Joshuaiwe: The o in nko is pronounced as the o in Obosi or Ogidi town in Anambra. sharp in Igbo is also spelt nko but the o in this nko is same as the one in Owerri. |
Re: Igbo Slang by OdenigboAroli(m): 5:52am On Aug 14, 2015 |
Mr Raw is from Bende in Abia. |
Re: Igbo Slang by OdenigboAroli(m): 6:06am On Aug 14, 2015 |
ntu..cocain...nwanne,ka ayi kuo ntu...hommie,let snort some you know nalie...to take off or disappear...guy,onaligo...di guy,weluu egom nalie. nwa...babe. asa..fine chic. gbachaa mu aru....drop some money for me. Gbado anya...be careful. More than 90% of slangs used in Igbo land originated from the streets of Otu Nkwor....Today I hear people trying to claim Arubam aka Alobam as Enugu invention,while we all know Enugu boys are mostly school boys without street intelligence. nwanne,umu Otu ga anapu gi ife n'etiti ndi eke,ma fee aka.Jekwaa juo ese maka adi ama-ama Onicha gwalu Obosi. Otu anaro azu ndi NGBU! |
Re: Igbo Slang by pazienza(m): 10:31am On Aug 14, 2015 |
Radoillo: "Machawakwa" in that contest should be " Elusive" in English or so I think. My mother will always tell me when I was younger: I na fu amachaghali, Okwa mgbe ndi police wudei kita, akpobam. I see "mmacha" as not staying in one place, trying to claim too clever. |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 12:22pm On Aug 14, 2015 |
pazienza: Yes. This is as close a translation as we can get, in this context. I used the synonymous term 'evasive' in a previous comment. 1 Like |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 1:07pm On Jun 08, 2016 |
OdenigboAroli: What of Negodu? |
Re: Igbo Slang by Nobody: 7:52pm On Jun 08, 2016 |
Blastfinito:u see |
Re: Igbo Slang by olaitoro(m): 1:15pm On Jun 09, 2016 |
Re: Igbo Slang by MansaPiye: 12:10pm On Sep 03, 2016 |
Nnunu machawakwa, anyi ga a kuput' ya It has nothing to do with tying wrapper. Mmacha is an Anambra slang that means showing yourself as in bragging or playing hard to get. Nnunu is a slang for chics. Anambra guys like Phyno, Flavour & co who lived in Enugu usually mix Anambra and Enugu slangs. Phyno is saying that after the chic plays hard to get him and his guys will still have their way with her with her consent Ofcourse lol. |
Re: Igbo Slang by MansaPiye: 12:14pm On Sep 03, 2016 |
Joshuaiwe:Flavour is a native of Umunze in Anambra. |
Re: Igbo Slang by MansaPiye: 12:16pm On Sep 03, 2016 |
pazienza:Close enough but it's means more than elusive , it's basically a slang for any behaviour that you don't like so when you're showing yourself thinking you're a bad man, or when a girl is playing hard to get. Phyno is saying that when she's done playing hard to get, him and his guys will still get her. |
Re: Igbo Slang by NwaJozi: 12:57pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
my favs EKE TUO akanchawa nnunu bosalin, phyno, zoro slangs 2 Likes 2 Shares |
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