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Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by latch(m): 2:45am On Jun 10, 2009
Mine:
Otaka apka dibia
One who destroys the medicine mans jazz bag

Ofu onye ana asi: unu abiago?
A man that is greated: have 'you guys' come?

Asi ka akwalu akwalu, o si ka ya bulu ebulu
When pushing is suggested, he says let him carry it alone

Okuko ana agba egbe, ona ata chewing gum
A chicken that while your shooting at it, is busy chewing gum , not too sure this is a real one

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Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by Nobody: 1:36pm On Jun 10, 2009
What are these otimkpus?
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by Nobody: 4:03pm On Jun 10, 2009
e gede igwe
unfortunately, i do not know what it means but it makes me laugh each time i hear pple say it.

o ji isi aga ije
he who walks with his head high

latch:

Asi ka akwalu akwalu, o si ka ya bulu ebulu
When pushing is suggested, he says let him carry it alone

Okuko ana agba egbe, ona ata chewing gum
A chicken that while your shooting at it, is busy chewing gum , not too sure this is a real one
latch, these ones sound and look like proverbs but i like this:
latch:

Mine:
Otaka apka dibia
One who destroys the medicine mans jazz bag
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by ezeagu(m): 9:57pm On Jun 10, 2009
O ji Ishi ka umunna. grin
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by grafikdon: 8:19pm On Jun 11, 2009
Odi mkpumkpu eme ile grin

Small but mighty. . .underrate at your own peril. :

Obele nsi n'emebi ike. . . same as above grin
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by otele(m): 9:50pm On Jun 11, 2009
nwoke mara mma cheesy handsome man
nwoke london grin london man
nwoke kacha ibe ya mma cool the man nore handsome than his colleagues
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by brows(f): 1:01am On Jul 07, 2009
nwata kwocha aka o solu ogalanya rie nni
a child that washes his hands eats with the elders

aka ekpuchi onwa
the hand cannot cover the moon

ide ji uno
the mighty one that holds the house

ga ga n'ogwu
able to work on torns

dike e ji eje mba
the warrior that can stand before foreigners

ogiliga jalu na nwa
wealthy @ youth

nwa amulu na mma
blessed @ birth

nwa ka ibe
the one ahead of his peers

a na egbu achara o ma na awaa
no attempts made to stop can prosper

iga na egbu ode
the masquerade that hails

igiligi
showers
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by obiem(m): 2:09pm On Jul 07, 2009
ata kata a gbuo

something that u cannot chew successfully

ene ne be ejeghi olu

Impassable beauty
Re: Igbos: List Your Favourite Igbo 'otimkpu' Hailings : And Meaning If Possible by otele(m): 7:56pm On Jul 24, 2009
otele bekee cheesy . . . embarassed

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