darlingnuel:
What about the Wolf?

Anuawuru

The bird woodpecker is otukpokpo.

darlingnuel:
What about the Wolf?

Agu owulu

0b1nna:
Ike = buttocks
Ukwu = waist
Isi/ishi = head
Esu = millipede
Usu = bat
Amu = penis
Ekwu = kitchen
Ara = b.reast
Afo = stomach
Akpa amu = nutt sack
Atu = poon tang
Mbe = tortoise
Ube/mkpakana = trap
Anyinya = horse
Osikapa = rice

Obinna= onye nkoyeli

Gwam
Gwam
Gwam
Gwam onye dele ihe ndia

okoyemike:
Lion is Agu

Leopard is Odum. not the other way round

U're wrong, Op was right.

Neva knew tolotolo was igbo, always thought it was yoruba...

My Ibo vary

Cow Evi

Nza - Sparrow?

okpo - worm

ikpuru - grubs/maggot

Nchi - grasscutter

ebe - bettle

akede - the green snake

atu - buffalo or rhino (not sure which)

ajuani/ajuala - viper

ubi - cobra (I believe)

Agu owuru - wolf

Nyanwuruede - fox

Oturukpokpo - woodpecker

icheoku - parrot

Who knows what locusts are called in Igbo?

And that proverbially beautiful rodent-like animal called ogini - anyone know it's English name?

bigfrancis21:
Who says Igbo language isn't a beautiful and complete language?

Who knows what eneke nti oba is in English?

Sparrow

Ishilove:
In Ukwuani language:

Chicken = Okuku

Duck = Odogume

Ostrich = Okpor

Antelope = Nwagbagada

Horse = Enyinye

Rat = Mbuka



Dog = Ekite

Cat = Buusu

Sheep = Aturu

Lion = Eduke

Monkey = Enwe

Snail = Inokpo

Snake = Ifu-gboko

Lizard = Oganezhi

Wall Gecko = Ochu uno

Frog = Ewu

Tortoise = Akpulosa (pronounced Akpurosa)

Black Ant = Akpisi

Mosquito = Enwu

Worm = Ndidi



Cockroach = Ochicha

House Fly = Egiji

Cricket = Ebuzu

Millipede = Ariri

Rabbit = Erunke

Owl = Ogbome

Shrew = Nkapi (Mole-like rat that is known for its pungent smell.)

U deserve some strokes of cane!!!!

hi

So Iyanya na horse?! No wonder...

locust, igurube
bush cat, nyanwurede
kite, egbe
hawk, agu nkwo

fairheven:


While growing up,my uncle once killed a lion,an horses were rampant ,so I don't know wat u driving at

Please where did you grow up?. I don't like to think the topography of the east and other southern parts of nigeria accomodated the existence of animals such as lions, horses,..... I think igbos referred to the leopard as lion(something like that)

okoyemike:
Lion is Agu

Leopard is Odum. not the other way round

Nope. The OP got it right. Lion is odum while tigers and leopards are agu.

In my dialect:
1) Pigeon = Kpalakuku

2) Fowl = Okuko (Male = Oke Okpa, Female = Nnekwu, Chick= nwa siisii)

3) Hare = uze

4) Pheasant/Bush fowl= okwa

5) Crane = chekeleke

6) Duck = Obogwu

7) Ibex = Atu

8.) Galago/Bush baby = Ikiri

9) Hawk = ogankwo

10) Deer = Ele

11) Cow = Ehi

12) Horse = Anyinya

13) Rat = Oke

14) Guinea Pig = Oke Oyibo

15) Cattle Egret = Ugbala

16) Local Dog = Eke Uke

17) Hyena = Nkita Ohia

18) Cat = Nwamba

19) Sheep = Aturu

20) Ram = Ebule

21) Hog = Ezi ohia

22) Lion = Odum

23) Leopard = Agu

24) Elephant = Enyi

25) Monkey = Enwe

26) Chimpanzee = Adaka

27) Gorilla = Ozodimgba

28) Snail = Ejula

29) Snake = Agwo

30) Python = Eke

31) Lizard = Ngwere

32) Wall Gecko = Agu ulo/Oruburu

33) Crocodile = Aguiyi

34) Edible worm = Eruru

35) Frog = Awo

36) Tortoise = Mbe/nnabe

37) Vulture = Udele

38) Eagle = Ugo

39)White Ant = Ahuhu

40) Black Ant = Agbishi

41) Mosquito = Añu Nta

42) Grasshopper = Ukpala

43) Kite = Egbe

44) Spider = Udude

45) Praying Mantis = Oti okpo

46) Germs = nje

47) Scorpion = Akpi

48) Cockroach = Ochicha

49) Cricket = Akika

50) Bee = Añu

51) Crab = Nsiko

52) Owl = Ikwikwi

53) Wood Pecker = Oturu Kpokpo

54) Chameleon = ogwumagala

55) Fox = Ufu

56) akum = Whale

57) Taylor Ant = Akpidi (Usually found on mango trees)

58) Porcupine = Ebi

59) Mouse = Nkapi

60) Termite = aku mbembe

71) Beetle = Ebe

72) Bush Fowl = Okwa

73) Stork = Okpoko

74) Camel = Anyinya Ibu

75) Egret = Chekeleke

76) Donkey = Jaki

88) Maggot = Ikpuru

That's all I can remember so far.

Bsc:

U deserve some strokes of cane!!!!

For?

omonuan:


Eneke is Swallow of the Hirundinidae family of birds and in some countries they are also called martins.

For the Anioma people Lion is Awolo although some would recognize Odum too.

Lion. Is odum
Leopard is awolo

That's what igbo call them


Tigers are not found in Africa

Ishilove:
In Ukwuani language:

Chicken = Okuku

Duck = Odogume

Ostrich = Okpor

Antelope = Nwagbagada

Horse = Enyinye

Rat = Mbuka



Dog = Ekite

Cat = Buusu

Sheep = Aturu

Lion = Eduke

Monkey = Enwe

Snail = Inokpo

Snake = Ifu-gboko

Lizard = Oganezhi

Wall Gecko = Ochu uno

Frog = Ewu

Tortoise = Akpulosa (pronounced Akpurosa)

Black Ant = Akpisi

Mosquito = Enwu

Worm = Ndidi



Cockroach = Ochicha

House Fly = Egiji

Cricket = Ebuzu

Millipede = Ariri

Rabbit = Erunke

Owl = Ogbome

Shrew = Nkapi (Mole-like rat that is known for its pungent smel.ì)

Frog- ewu in ukwuani? Wat then is goat

5) Turkey = Tolotolo
Son of a biitch!!! Igbo people have something in common with our oil lovers!! na Tolotolo dem dey call am too.

34) Toad = Awo

This explains why you people are always on each other's throats! Awo be toad for Igbo language

obinnafred:
Gwam
Gwam
Gwam
Gwam onye dele ihe ndia

Ooo OP dere ihe ndia

zigger:
Frog- ewu in ukwuani? Wat then is goat

Goat is ewu.

It's the pronunciation that differs. Frog is pronounced 'ehwoo'

latissimusDorsi:

Sparrow

Do sparrows have large sticking-out ears?

okoyemike:
Lion is Agu

Leopard is Odum. not the other way round

wrong.
Lion of Judea means Odum nke Judea and not Agu in nke judea

zigger:
Frog- ewu in ukwuani? Wat then is goat

maybe she meant to say 'ewo',cos i think ukwuani changes 'a' to 'e' as in anya is 'enya' to them

mirexxx:
wow! didn't know all these

so u ar igbo?jez amazin!

OWL- OZuZU

Ishilove:

Goat is ewu.

It's the pronunciation that differs. Frog is pronounced 'ehwoo'

Ok I got that

Praying mantis- Osu okpo/ Ocho ogu.

Butterfly- Ikukulu buba

Monkey- Enwe

Gorilla- Utobo

Chimpanzee- Uzodimgba

maggot- Ikpili

Female fowl- Nne okuko

Hyena- Kwula( it is said that in the days of the old, when a person is not buried deep enough, Hyenas would excavate and eat the corpse, so anybody who loves meat alot is called Kwula. *grins*)

Spider- Ududo

Locusts - Igwulube

Termite- Aku

Centipede- Ogbakulu nwoke, o ghuru nwanyi( When it bites a man, he turns to woman). That's what my people call centipede

White ant? - Akika

Dragon fly- Tatambeleke , Ori ndube, etc.

These things varies from one part of Igboland to the next.

Radoillo:
Nza - Sparrow?

okpo - worm

ikpuru - grubs/maggot

Nchi - grasscutter

ebe - bettle

akede - the green snake

atu - buffalo or rhino (not sure which)

ajuani/ajuala - viper

ubi - cobra (I believe)

Agu owuru - wolf

Nyanwuruede - fox

Oturukpokpo - woodpecker

icheoku - parrot

Who knows what locusts are called in Igbo?

And that proverbially beautiful rodent-like animal called ogini - anyone know it's English name?

Igurube - locust, and Ukpara- grasshopper

bigfrancis21:
Who says Igbo language isn't a beautiful and complete language?

Who knows what eneke nti oba is in English?

swallow