Saw this with a neighbour and wish to know its English given name. Its called Afum anime in Ibibio language.
Share with us the english name and its native name in your dialect.

Lamp.

Oil lamp,mpanaka

When i was 6, my mom's fnd makes use of it while sellin her orange. She will yell @her daughter, china go bring that mpanaka.

dkronicle:
When i was 6, my mom's fnd makes use of it while sellin her orange. She will yell @her daughter, china go bring that mpanaka.

Manjala we call it
Wick lantern I guess,for English

Its a regular orange selling lamp @ nite in Port Harcourt.

dkronicle:
When i was 6, my mom's fnd makes use of it while sellin her orange. She will yell @her daughter, china go bring that mpanaka.

Manjaka get swags as a name o. One name for that weed seller.

EverestdeBliu:

Manjala we call it
Wick lantern I guess,for English

dkronicle:
Manjaka get swags as a name o. One name for that weed seller.

I said 'Manjala',I don't know whatever 'manjaka' u're talking about

Yoruba- Atupa
English- dunno

Igbo: Mpanaka!

English translation: carried in the hand!

My people call it SHAKABULA..

slimyem:
My people call it SHAKABULA..

Sounds like speaking in tongues!

was looking for the English name as well.

Yoruba - Shakabula
English - Oil lamp?

kristen12:
Yoruba- Atupa
English- dunno

This is not Atupa
Atupa is Lantern, not this one.

atupa sakabula

saka: strike

bula: kaboom.

old folks get sense.

Wait let me ask granma

Hausa==acibalbal pronounced achibalbal

Oil wick lamp.

NakedEve:
Oil wick lamp.

LOL,
you are the only one that really answered the op.
brilliant.

2prexios:


LOL,

you are the only one that really answered the op.

brilliant.

Thanks.