Most often, you hear exclamations in our local tribes and dialects when something shocking, hilarious or joyful happens/occurs. For example, the Hausa will exclaim, " waayoo allah!" and the Tiv will say "uuuhu, kawe?," and so on. So guys and gurls lets hear your exclamations. Please endeavour to state the name of the tribe/dialect so that we can know ourselves better.

Igbos say Chineke meeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
meaning Oh my God!

Igbos say Tufiakwa!
or Tufia!

meaning God forbid

Igbos say Eziokwu!
meaning ,Really! even though the literal translation is "true talk"

Igbos say Nnaa!!
Or Nnaa men!
meaning My brother!

Igbos say gbam!
meaning that's it!

igbos say . . otele mbgeke eeeee

meaning . . . i cant believe this . . . . _{that's what it means in my village}

Igbos say
O di kwa egwu!

meaning, Incredible!

otele:

igbos say . . otele mbgeke eeeee

meaning . . . i cant believe this . . . . _{that's what it means in my village}

Rotten village you come from.

Igbos say
Otu ocha!

meaning

**osisi:

Igbos say
Otu ocha!

meaning

Is Otu not clitoris??

otele:

igbos say . . otele mbgeke eeeee

meaning . . . i cant believe this . . . .  _{that's what it means in my village}

And ur name na OTELE

~Sauron~:

Is Otu not clitoris??

no
It means V
and ocha means white

Ojo mi eeeeeee!
Meaning   "My God" in Igala

**osisi:

no
It means V
and ocha means white

What is V??
Osisi, talk to me abeg. . . .don't mince words, i ain't a minor.
V is what?? Volkswagen or Vector??

**osisi:

Igbos say
Otu ocha!

meaning

no, it's only mbano people that say that.

osisi  . . . . hehehhe u de try these days o

**osisi:

Igbos say
Otu ocha!

meaning

V is neither vector nor volts,
V means ikputus.

Kx:

V is neither vector nor volts,
V means ikputus.

Chei unu ga egbu madu

v is viper . . . serious viper. . . . ebe ahu eh .

vvenom, viper, vacancy, very deep, voluminous,

Kx:

V is neither vector nor volts,
V means ikputus.

Look at all these rotten boys o

**osisi:

Look at all these rotten boys o

Osisi. . . . .what is V na??
Why are u such a bad Igbo language instructor?

Binis say 'Iyemeee' meaning 'my mother!!'

These are some that we say in our house often.
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[li]"Kpoo"- I picked up from my father. It's like an emphatic "Yes". As far as I know, it's an Ngwa Igbo thing. Another way of saying it would be "eheehh!!"/"mhmmm!" (generally said by Igbo people).
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[li]"Uwa mee!" - My mother says it alot. It's the one expression in the house that is hers. It's an expression of surprise.
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[li] "Gbuoo!" -  I've also picked this one up from my mother. It's also an expression of surprise. As far as I know, this is an Alayi Igbo type of thing. [/li]
[li]"Waa oo!" - I've heard some Igbo people say this. Another expression of surprise. [/li]
[li]Sometimes we'll also say Chineke mee!! or Chineke lee!! and Chileke lee!! I say "Chileke lee" as opposed to the other two variants.[/li]
[li]"Ah Ah!!" - This is one that used to be very common for almost every Igbo (and Nigerian) that I knew. This one's a flexible expression, but generally it's used for surprise.[/li]
[li]"Hu-u" - It's an expression that is used when telling some to take something that you're giving them. It's derived from the tonal sounds of "gwere" (in my dialect), "were", "welu", "gweru", "gwelu", "chiri" (all meaning "take".[/li]
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Yo waaaa!
Correct! or that is it! in Hausa

Ewuo oooooo!
Expression of surprise or sympathy in Igbo

Dan bura ubanka!!! ( Your fathers small penis) Hausa

Yeeepa ripa Ori Iya mi!!!! Yoruba (Yeeee my mother)

Mo gbe!!!! Mo daran Yoruba ( i am in trouble)

Nama shobiri! Its Okrika (Ijaw) don't know what it means

Gbola! Kalabari meaning Ask : used to end an enquiry abruptly.

Ada mu eee (my father!) - Idoma

jamace:

Ada mu eee (my father!) - Idoma

Ada mu eee (my daughter!) - Igbo

Chuckwu Nnam Onye ebere! am not sure i spelt it out well but i heard it from my mom lol. i think it is God of mercy!

ewooo meee


dayokaduri, na the dorty one you first post eh. you see yourself

one i hear from those kose fryer, wayoooooooooooo!

Osanobuluwa! Osanobua is God. i think in exclamation form it goes that way lol i heard this too,
Osanobua!!!

gaskiya!!!! true!!
walahi!! not too sure the meaning but we young girls use it often.

did you see Uwani's new headtie? walahi talahi! it is the most beauriful


sauron dey ask for meaning of V, cough! it is Viper, venomous, venom ikpu area

I love it when igbos exclaim! Hilarious!

Can someone tell me what dialets OPIANTO!!!! and OVOKO!! are.
Heard them in a movie and loved it!