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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 12:14pm On Apr 03, 2008
Ochu nwa okuko nwe ada; nwa okuko nwe mnwe mnwe oso cheesy
Ify, Echelon, Youngies, et all, biko tapia nu o
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 12:26pm On Apr 03, 2008
Kashiff,onye zakoo,ya kpoo grin
he who sweeps should also park and throw away the dirt

rofl
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:29pm On Apr 03, 2008
Ochu okuko nwe ada; nwa okuko nwe mwee mwee oso

Ka m trianu,

The chicken purser will fall down; the chicken will continue runining.

Enwetara m ya?



Ifyalways, the thread is still on. Emechibeghi ya. Just that some 'analysts' may nolonger be visiting it.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 12:38pm On Apr 03, 2008
Ify, cry cry

Echelon, kiss kiss That mnwe mnwe bu something else grin grin grin

Yes Ify, nsogbu e nwere na di thread bu na analysts enwekwaghi ike itinye graphs ya na oke mkpari ndi ufodu n'etinye na ya. O ka di on mana oku ya adaala ibube very considerably. Chei! Engligbo dikwanu uto cheesy cheesy grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 1:02pm On Apr 03, 2008
mnwe mnwe oso. . . . .running like a monkey ma o bu running monkeyly grin
a hurum ya,di thread ka di ndu mana "mana" a batala na ya.
@Topic,agha daa gbomgbom,aluwa ya gbamgbam
when things get tough,we follow it toughly too
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:52pm On Apr 03, 2008
@topic

Ama m ihe m na-eme ma amaghi m ihe na-eme m  grin
I know what I'm doing but I don't know what is doing me

Onye ara si ka-eme osiso na ebe o ga-eje erika tinyere egwu o ga-agba n'uzo
The mad man told some fellows to do fast that he has a lot of place to go plus the dance he'll perform along the way

Onye ara ka a si ya bia kere oke n'ihe nna ya nwuru anwu, o si mba, na nke o ji ka
A mad man was told to take his share of the late dad's property but he refused, maintaining that what he has is greater

shakes head. rantings of a madman. shakes head
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 12:23pm On Apr 04, 2008
A gwochagodi onye ara, adighi agwota ya ntamu
Even after curing a mad man, you cannot cure his murmuring

Onye ara gwara onye ji mma aga ya n'azu na ya enweghi okwu rue mgbe ya choro isi ya wee ghara ihu ya
A mad man told somebody going behind him with a matchet that he wount say anything until he(the mad man) looks for his head and does not find it grin

Onye ara si na ihe mere eji akpo ya onye ara bu maka na ya n'ekwu ozo, ozo ana-aputa ya n'onu
A mad man said he is being called mad because in saying one thing, another gets uttered

Onye isi di mma chiri ndi ara ise gafere, ihe anyi mara bu na ndi ara isii agafeela
If a sane man leads five mad men past, what we see are six mad men!

Onye ara bia ebe I na-asa ahu chiri akwa gi gbawa oso, I wee gbara oto chuwa ya, unu abuo agboola ndi ara
If a mad man comes to where you are bathing and runs away with your cloths, if you go after him naked, both of you have become mad

Thread a aghoola nke ndi ara! shocked shocked grin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:46pm On Apr 04, 2008
Tufiakwa! Chineke ekwelaa.
O domain by domain ka na-aga  wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:31pm On Apr 06, 2008
lol
domain by domain indeed. tongue

onye ara na atamu n'uzo gwara ndi na ele ya anya na ya na ndi muo na agba izu.
a muttering mad man told ppl watching him that hes not mad rather hes communicating with the spirits.
lol ozuolaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa for ilu ndi ara cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ces: 1:02am On Apr 07, 2008
agbako nyo mamiri, o gbo ofufu
if u piss together, it will foam grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 6:31pm On Apr 08, 2008
o gini na eme ebe aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@topic,Aturu siri na ihe nkita huru na agbo uja na ya eburula uzo hu ya ma mechie onu
The lamb said that what the dog saw and barked,he had already seen it but kept mute.

Nkita si na anu na amasi ya mana o gaghi ekwo maka ya taa nke ime onu ya ga echi agba obara.
the dog said that he likes meat so much but yet he wont cause of that eat the one that wud make his gums bleed.

olo anu aturu na agum cheesy tongue grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 8:31am On Apr 09, 2008
O nweghi ihe meganu. A si na

Nwoke adighi ka o na-adi, o naghi eme ka o na-eme bu
If a man is not like he used to be, he does not do as he used to
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 11:02am On Apr 09, 2008
Ndi be anyi, biko nyere nu m aka tapia ilu a:

A na ekwu na oria ezughi oke, onye dara ibi na-eto afo undecided undecided
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:10pm On Apr 09, 2008
Let me try:

It's being said that ailments are not enough, a patient of scrotal inflammation started developing gastritis.

@all
what is ur yahooID? mine=haitoeche
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 2:17pm On Apr 09, 2008
rofl
ngwa lekwanu nka
@topic,a na agwo ibi,o na eto afo
onye ga atapi ya
glad to have you guys back. cool
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 10:56am On Apr 10, 2008
Ana agwo ibi, o na-eto afo
As scrotal inflammation is being treated, gastritis sets in  shocked

Someone just told me that

Ataaa piam, obi a gbaa na nshiko
When "piam" sound is heard while chewing, the mind thinks of crabs

Who can tell the meaning of the last proverb?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 12:17pm On Apr 10, 2008
Ifeoma, what does "Okala" mean in Onicha Igbo?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:09pm On Apr 10, 2008
echelon:

Ana agwo ibi, o na-eto afo
As scrotal inflammation is being treated, gastritis sets in shocked

Someone just told me that

Ataaa piam, obi a gbaa na nshiko
When "piam" sound is heard while chewing, the mind thinks of crabs

Who can tell the meaning of the last proverb?
dalu Echelon.
Ataa piam,obi agba na nshiko grin
E kwute okwu okpukupu,obi amapu agadi nwanyi
well,onomatopia ,by the sound we shall know them,infact ,a maghim ya hoha cheesy

Okala putara half na igbo Onicha.
okala agboho . . . .young girl
Okala nri . . . .half of the food.
Okala mmadu,Okala mmuo . . .half spirit,half man wink

gini bu aha Ozodingba na mgbada na oyibo bikonu grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:22pm On Apr 10, 2008
Ozodingba = Gorilla

Mgbada = Antelope undecided


Could "Okala" be the contracted form of a longer word in Onicha Igbo? As in someone's surname: Emeka Okala. Someone is asking me.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:05pm On Apr 10, 2008
Yeah,e nwere Okala family na onicha.a maghim ihe d name putara mana i have heard of it na mbu.Dika aha,the pronounciation differs,there is stress on the "O".
Echelon,ufodu aha ndi Osha na aza na eziokwu ,nkowa ya di egwu.ihe dika "okosi" ,"agusiobo" etc am yet to get their meanings. sad
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 11:51am On Apr 11, 2008
I am yet to come to terms with the translation of "ibi" and "ofo otuto" as gastritis is not afo otuto.
echelon:


Ataaa piam, obi a gbaa na nshiko
When "piam" sound is heard while chewing, the mind thinks of crabs

Who can tell the meaning of the last proverb?
Any doctor in the house?

It could be likened to "Atuo ilu nkirinka nkata, onye tara ahu a marala"

Nkowa: Ihe ka eji atunyere ihe. Ihe ufodu na ekota ihe ufodu maka na onye ji igu ka ewu na-eso. Onye nyuru aru ka ijiji na-eso.

Oya, make una score me jaregrin grin
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 11:54am On Apr 11, 2008
echelon:

Ozodingba = Gorilla

Mgbada = Antelope undecided


Eji m gi eje mba! wink wink I nwere 100% !
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 4:43pm On Apr 11, 2008
Kashif I gbaliala wee nye nkowa ilu ahu.

N'ebe afo otuto di, enyi m nwoke onye dibia oyibo siri na o bu "abdominal distention". I still hold that "ibi" is scrotal inflammation and stand to be disproved  wink
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 4:50pm On Apr 11, 2008
Omekagu.
unu di egwu.Mortiple na youngies,ole oyu eke si anya anwu?
komputerm   mere nnebi
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 5:06pm On Apr 11, 2008
Have you listened to "Omekagu" by Mike Ejeagha?
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 5:15pm On Apr 11, 2008
Yes,Echelon.
ihe m choro idenu buru ibu mana komputerm nwere obere nsogbu. sad
ngwanu,weekend oma onye o bula.echi ka nma.

@topic,anu gbala taa,echi bu nta.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 9:41am On Apr 12, 2008
Beta suya, beta suya, bu n'ahu nama  grin
Cut suya, cut suya, it's from the cow's body

Otutu aka na-ekunye nwa nkita ndu

Bikonu tapiara m ilu nke ikpeazu
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Maykelly(f): 11:54am On Apr 12, 2008
Igbo kwe nu! iya, kwe nu!! iya, kwezo nu!!!

means: igbo people are great people. i hope am right
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by echelon(m): 1:23pm On Apr 12, 2008
Not exactly. It's just a general greeting among the Igbos usually used to command silence in a gathering. Good try.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ifyalways(f): 1:49pm On Apr 12, 2008
echelon:



Otutu aka na-ekunye nwa nkita ndu

Bikonu tapiara m ilu nke ikpeazu

otutu= plenty/lots of
aka=hands
na- ekunye=gives
nwa nkita=dog
ndu=life grin

The ilu kpukwa oku n'onu.nghota ya na ntapi ya di omimi.

@topic,ihe na agu nwanyi di ime na agu onye tuwara ya ime.
whatever a pregnant woman desires,the man that got her pregnant wants too.
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Kashif(m): 10:57am On Apr 14, 2008
ifyalways:

otutu= plenty/lots of
aka=hands
na- ekunye=gives
nwa nkita=dog
ndu=life grin

The ilu kpukwa oku n'onu.nghota ya na ntapi ya di omimi.


Ify, I kajara akaja. OK, Ka m tikoo ya onu: Many hands carrying a puppy resucitates/re-invigorates/revives it undecided Chai! Bekee akariala na nkea. Nke a bu nke ndi Ami o grin grin.

Echelon, oji eze di eze n'aka. Ngwa, kowaa ya cheesy

ifyalways:


@topic,ihe na agu nwanyi di ime na agu onye tuwara ya ime.
whatever a pregnant woman desires,the man that got her pregnant wants too.

Gbam! grin grin grin cheesy
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by BTT(m): 6:41pm On Apr 14, 2008
If my child has taken to dying at the dry season, I have also learnt to be burying him at the bank of the river. Gbam!

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