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Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Angelou(m): 8:14pm On Oct 05, 2014 |
AloyEmeka9:UBANJIGI |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 10:40pm On Oct 06, 2014 |
bigfrancis21: Hahaha, nwanne nyaa I maro na abu m nwa jezulu Igbo niine? Na uwa m nke izizi, ańujulu m mmili ala omalicha ogoli si Omambala. ![]() Ife melu eme, nwanna! Na ofu egwu nke m lozolu onye kulia, fa si "enu uwa bu onye meluo ikia, o nabazie be chia". Anyi lusia olu anyi, anyi abanyezie na olili lita ulu afufu niine anyi talu, ma Olisa mee ebele. Na ife gbasalu program afu, fa ya-eme enu mee ani, mana fa ama-nweta yi! Doo, doo, doo! Fa ya-ralu umu mmadu ubulu fa ka fa welu ndu melu ife! Deme, nwanna! Jide ka I ji! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by bigfrancis21: 5:42am On Oct 07, 2014 |
odumchi: Hahaha...welu nya nwayoo ma I na-alacha ala ogoli asaba...tupu I michalu nwanyi madu nke o ga-enye nwa ya. ![]() Maka ife gbasalu programming, m na-aku ya ife tinker kulu pan. Odeshi! O shigodi, a walu ya gutter. O nwero! ![]() Daalu nwanne m oma. Ya dibakeneli! 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Jenny8025: 11:03am On Nov 08, 2014 |
Can someone tell me the meaning of idapo rere? |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by gatiano(m): 9:57pm On Nov 11, 2014 |
can anybody please tell translation of ATOM in yoruba, igbo and hausa. i need a word not phrase. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by Yenime1(m): 3:56pm On Nov 12, 2014 |
Please i need to know common word spoken by delta igbo and meaning..pls any delta igbo shud help...just common day to day words |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by oladele97: 9:28pm On Dec 08, 2014 |
O lore |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by StarFlux: 12:28am On Dec 18, 2014 |
gatiano:The word you are looking for is "ọta". In Yoruba that is. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by gatiano(m): 1:50pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, do you mean "ota" as it sounded like in sango ota? or ota as in bullet? obviously it can't be ota as in enemy? I was thinking it could be "ASHE". as in AMEN. Very big Thankyou bro. i want to start comprehensive Nigerian language, that would wake its scienctific part and technology. this way we won't have no illitrate. this is my take. StarFlux: |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by StarFlux: 7:08pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
gatiano:It is not the same, indeed. Enemy is "ọ̀tá" (low-high tone), while atom is "ọta"(mid-mid tone) same as in bullet. This is a very nice effort by you. I wish you luck! |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by gatiano(m): 10:26pm On Dec 18, 2014 |
Ota! one would believe the white or caucasian came to us before we could learn, When in reality we have had infinite knowledge. Ota as you said is not really an atom but the begin of an atom. Atom was the first thing that appeared in the triple darkness of space/universe. If it is Ota as same a bullet, that means "spark". thankyou brother, i will stick to ota. ota is either an atom as you have said or spark/explosion. StarFlux: 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by StarFlux: 11:49pm On Dec 19, 2014 |
gatiano:Yoruba has plenty of concepts that fits scientific terms. Ota is especially interesting. Ìsù-ota translates to element. Elements themselves are parts of a construction, but are built by smaller parts. These parts are ota - basically the smallest part of something, which is a very accurate translation of atom, though the concept of ota is not found in English. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by omotogoodo(m): 9:43pm On Dec 26, 2014 |
How do I say the following words in igbo and hausa 1. How was your night 2. I love you 3. I love your dress 4. You look good today 5. I have been busy all day |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by odumchi: 5:42pm On Dec 27, 2014 |
1. How was your night - I hikwara ura ofuma? 2. I love you - M huru gi n'anya 3. I love your dress - Efe gi a asogbuo m 4. You look good today - Ahu amaka gi 5. I have been busy all day - Ejibe m ihe n'aka kemgbe ututu. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by omotogoodo(m): 8:26pm On Dec 28, 2014 |
odumchi: Thanks...but the pronounciation tho. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by bigfrancis21: 10:02pm On Dec 28, 2014 |
omotogoodo: I'll render those sentences to you in sexy and easily-pronounceable Onitsha Igbo dialect. ![]() 1) How was your night? - I larukwa ofuma? 2) I love you - M fulu gi n'anya. 3) I love your dress - Efe gi asogbugo m. 4) You look good today - I maka taa. 5) I have been busy all day - Kemgbe ututu ka m ji ife n'aka. |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by estrelinha: 3:45am On Dec 29, 2014 |
Hi, how would you translate the Igbo names Ohuakanwa and Agoha? Thanks ![]() |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by estrelinha: 4:32am On Dec 29, 2014 |
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Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by bigfrancis21: 6:43am On Dec 29, 2014 |
Ohuakanwa means 'a slave isn't greater than a child [of a freeborn]'. Agoha = Aguoha? The only meaning I can think of for Agoha is 'if the people are blessed'/'the people have been blessed". |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by omotogoodo(m): 8:38am On Dec 29, 2014 |
bigfrancis21: God bless u, I can easily relate to dz. Easy to pronounce too |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by omotogoodo(m): 8:42am On Dec 29, 2014 |
Pls render me the meaning of these words 1. Otua 2. Ginika 3. Eluwa 4. Imiri 5. Omiri |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by estrelinha: 11:57am On Dec 29, 2014 |
Thank you, bigfrancis.... Yes, it is Agoha without a u Are there any more translations/opinions for the names ![]() |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by bigfrancis21: 7:17pm On Dec 29, 2014 |
omotogoodo: 1) Otu a or Etu a- like this. 2) Gini ka - what is greater. For example, gini ka nwa? What is greater than a child? 3) Eluwa - Elu (on top), uwa (world) = on top of the world. 4) Imiri? You mean mmiri? Mmiri means 'water'. 5) Omiri isn't any noun I can think of Igbo except as a subject and verb = o miri (he/she sucked). |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by estrelinha: 3:29am On Dec 30, 2014 |
estrelinha: Any more opinions/translations? Thanks ![]() It would also generally interest me how Igbos' surnames came into existence/how they got their names; and more specifically in the case of Ohuakanwa |
Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by bigfrancis21: 6:37am On Dec 31, 2014 |
estrelinha: You'll need to understand is in the past, Igbos gave certain names based on prevailing circumstances at the time of the child's birth. Names like Obianuju (one who comes when there's plenty) was given to a child born when the family became wealthy, especially if they had been poor before, Nweke/Nwoye/Nwafor/Nwankwo given to a male child born on Eke/Oye/Afor/Nkwo day etc. Ohuakanwa would be, most likely, a name originating during the times of slavery, given to a child to symbolize that the child (most likely a male child) is greater than all male slaves owned by the man of the house. Igbos practised a different form of slavery in times of yore, quite very much different from the trans-atlantic slave trade in that slaves were not maltreated physically nor bound in chains to work under the most severe of situations but were rather treated like an extended member of the family. In addition, slave status in Igboland, unlike 'osu' wasn't perpetual in that after some time, slaves (male and female slaves) could choose to be absorbed into the paternal line of the head of the household, adopting the name of the household name and escaping slavery. A possible prevailing circumstance that best captures the name, Ohuakanwa, would be a head of a household owning many slaves, several wives, daughters but no son. Given the short-term status of slaves and the possibility of slaves (males especially) absorbing into the household in the future and owning certain rights in the family, the head of the household would find himself under pressure to bear a male progeny of his own blood to inherit his possessions before an absorbed male slave would. The name, Ohuakanwa, thus befits a male child born during such a time to signify his higher status in the family and also in the society at large, than a male slave owned by the boy's father who could turn out to be a likely successor to the household head's properties. |
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Re: Nairaland Official Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba Dictionary by estrelinha: 1:25pm On Jan 09, 2015 |
Wow bigfrancis, this is very interesting... Thank you so much ![]() |
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