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The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 6:37pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Origin Of Why Hausas Call Igbos Nyamiri It is supposedly derogatory but the origin isn't really. I spent a lot of my long vacations in the north of Nigeria growing up and asked questions about this word and this is what my relatives told me. In northern Nigeria,it was common to see Hausas selling water on the streets,I saw that a lot in Jos. They carried the containers tied to a wooden bar they hung on their necks Igbos would yell out " Onye mmiri" which means " the one selling water" in order to attract the attention of the water seller My family member had an eatery and we had an Onye Mmiri that came daily to fill up the container Then the word Onye Mmiri i was told now became what they called their buyers and because of language,they called it Nyamiri which was the way it sounded to them. The buyer called the seller Onye Mmiri,the seller called him nyamiri and with time Igbos and Easterners in general became known as Nyamiri. @from Igbo history. 2 Likes |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by slivertongue: 6:39pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Arda1000: False narrative 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by triple996(m): 6:43pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Nyamiri....... Give me water( civil war no be joke) ![]() ![]() ![]() 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by illicit(m): 6:43pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Yeah sure We Yoruba we call Igbos "Ajokuta Mamomi" ![]() 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by HenryWilliams(m): 6:52pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
The Hausa observed the eating habits of the igbos . Eating heavy food like akpu and such with little water taken during meals.. 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by kettykin: 6:59pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
But on a more serious and sensible note can you use a derogatory word on someone who has outclassed you. Like Mexicans using derogatory word on Canada, Japan or Britain 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 7:35pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
triple996:onye Miri Is the right word… northerns have been hawking water even before the civil war,they sell water from house to house hence the Igbo call them onye mmiri. |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 7:37pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
kettykin:it’s like calling an Hausa Aboki, it’s derogatory to you that doesn’t understand it but not to him,though on our part we call the ones who sells water onye mmiri but to them don’t understand it so they also return the favor just like an Hausa man will return Aboki to u if u call them aboki |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 7:37pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
slivertongue:what’s the true narrative |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 7:38pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
illicit:what does that mean |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by kettykin: 7:54pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
illicit: What does it mean |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by illicit(m): 8:22pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Arda1000: Its means someone that eats solid food |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by illicit(m): 8:23pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
kettykin: Someone that eats solid food with little or no water to step down |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by kettykin: 8:43pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
illicit:That's an extra ordinary fellow, the super humans needed badly to transform our space |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by ASAPFERG1: 9:01pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
lies.. it is as a result of igbos begging northern soldiers for water when they were captured during the civil war, because ojukwu cornered the food aid by foreign countries for himself and family alone.. ![]() ![]() so nyamiri means "give me water" I. e biafran slaves begging their northern masters for water ![]() ![]() ![]() BanyXchi ![]() ![]() 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 9:08pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
illicit:lol solid food is for solid people… On average Igbo people are stronger physically then Yoruba people so thanks the compliment ![]() 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by illicit(m): 9:11pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Arda1000: Yeah sure Its actually a compliment and not meant to be derogatory in any form Another appellation is "Omo Nna" Nna's child I can't explain this 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by BanyXchi: 9:15pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
ASAPFERG1:Hausas told us a long time ago na, they can't rewrite the meaning of nyamiri ![]() 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by BanyXchi: 9:19pm On Dec 04, 2022 |
Arda1000:stronger physically? How do you know that? Why are you Ibos so delusional? 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 6:43am On Dec 05, 2022 |
BanyXchi:look at an average Igbo man even Igbo women to an extent they are of different stock, they have more muscle mass than let’s Hausa or Yoruba, Hausas tend to be lanky and skinny while Yoruba tends to be boggy and huge but lacks fiber and muscle,being big isn’t good enough when you don’t have muscles and it all comes down to their indigenous diets.. Sorry I know it hurts u to accept the truth but that’s the truth. 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Arda1000(m): 6:44am On Dec 05, 2022 |
illicit:from my own understanding of that omo nna is that Igbo says Nna so frequently hence they started calling them omo nna 3 Likes |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by DesignMaestro(m): 7:05am On Dec 05, 2022 |
slivertongue:Not false. I grew up in Kano and I know about this since I was a child. Hausa normally have a particular pattern of creating adjective to describe someone from the name of a place or tribe the person comes from. Examples, bakatsine is for someone from Katsina, bahaushe is for a Hausa man, basakkwace for a man from Sokoto, bayarabe is for Yoruba man, etc. I learnt that the term nyamiri was derived from mmiri and was used to describe the Igbo people whom they only get to know about during colonial era. You might not believe that the town named kwankwaso derived its name from 'okonkwo and sons' an Igbo trader who had a warehouse near railway line that later become a settlement. 2 Likes |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by DesignMaestro(m): 7:20am On Dec 05, 2022 |
Op's explanation is more accurate. Igbo people have been called nyamiri in the north long before civil war. No wonder there is no such word as 'baibe' like bayarabe and bahaushe. I learnt that the adoption of such term was due to lack of familiarity between the Hausa and Igbos prior to colonial era that brought many Igbo civil servants and traders to the north. 2 Likes |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by Exmilitant(m): 7:23am On Dec 05, 2022 |
Ikwerre call the, nye isoma ![]() |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by valentineuwakwe(m): 7:30am On Dec 05, 2022 |
You dont even knw your history...dat word originated during the civil war...whenever an igbo soldier is shot or injured in the war front what he will be yelling for is water.."give me water- nyem miri..... The hausa fulani soldiers now took it as a mockering and cone it nyamiri since they were having the upper hand in the war. |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by KwaraRat: 7:34am On Dec 05, 2022 |
Arda1000:Wrong. It predates Nigeria . The word was coined by Arab slavers who did not fancy Igbo slaves because they never survived the long trek through the desert The Igbo slave kept pestering his Arab slave master for water and that's how the word came about. |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by kettykin: 7:36am On Dec 05, 2022 |
valentineuwakwe: So before the war , what did the Hausa call igbo |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by asanausana91: 7:50am On Dec 05, 2022 |
Arda1000:are wrong. It was after the war, the igbos were begging the Nigerian soldiers for water |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by slivertongue: 9:18am On Dec 05, 2022 |
DesignMaestro: The name I learnt came into the public space during the civil war 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by DesignMaestro(m): 1:18pm On Dec 05, 2022 |
slivertongue:but there is no other term known that have been used to refer to an Igbo person by the Hausas before the civil war, apart from nyamiri. That civil war narrative might just be a fallacy. 1 Like |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by GeneralPula: 2:22pm On Dec 05, 2022 |
Fake news.. |
Re: The Origin Of The Word *nyamiri* by slivertongue: 2:29pm On Dec 05, 2022 |
They were called igbos or dan kudu though yorubas are also dan kudu bt has a specific name |
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