Heard this proverb by an Ngwa woman:

"Hwe l'enwegh otu l'eme, otu l'eme ngasi idi."

I suspect it means: "Everything must have a solution even if it doesn't seems so at first."

Could someone confirm this for me?

I thought this thread was closed...
Anyway, yea. It's pretty common, and more like an idiomatic expression than a proverb per se.

Okwu gi kwu oto ka ciga.

Ikwutere ya.

Ihe enweghi ete eshi eme ya, ete eshi eme ya no (orlu dialect of that statement)

odumchi:
Heard this proverb by an Ngwa woman:

"Hwe l'enwegh otu l'eme, otu l'eme ngasi idi."

I suspect it means: "Everything must have a solution even if it doesn't seems so at first."

Could someone confirm this for me?

Thanks, guys. I actually came across that statement while watching a particular scene of an old Nollywood movie set in what was implied to be an Ngwa village. I was actually surprised by such great attention to the minutest of details, something that today's Engli/Urban Igbo films fail to get right, but that's a story for another day....

Since we're on the matter, could you guys, being southern Igbo, help explain these idiomatic expressions that I've heard from the Owere area?

1) "Onye apari amaa shi ada nne ya wu obia"

(I'm guessing it has something to do with how daughters are married off and are this "temporary" visitors).

and

2) The story about all the animals asking Akiri to show them "ihe eji awu eze" and he replying "tum n'ohia tum n'uzo"; and the animals asking Awoli and his reply being "daruo ala rie nka".

(I think "tum n'ohia tum n'uzo" means being well-travelled while "daruo ala rie nka" is pretty self-explanatory.)

Onye na azu nwangwe na azu onye iro ya...

what does flavour means by this statement 'when money no dey umu nwanyi agbaa oso' when money no dey owite na bad thing

Na oso aburo osor bu na nwanyi efiodo aka n'obi....maka osor bulu osor nwanyi na agba ala ana agba...lol

deanantony:
what does flavour means by this statement 'when money no dey umu nwanyi agbaa oso' when money no dey owite na bad thing

Success has many friends while failure doesn't . In his case women were used to illustration.

chai...biko nu ndi igbo m ji eme onu, kedu nu etu m ga esi soro na ife ana eme ? dika o si gbasara ilu igbo, na ihe unu na ekwu ebe a masiri m ofuma

Okuko kwuru si, na be ha, anaghi eji ego alu nwaynyi...kama na o o bu ma ike oso adikwa gi (((( Foul said in his land, they dont marry with money, rather its if you have strength
to run)))))

YOUNGDICEs:
@babyosisi

igbo is a bad word u should said nymuri is better.

MORE LIKE IGBO PEOPLE COME SHOW YOUR 419 SKILLZ

When will Nigerians learn? You can cry a bucket full of tears, you can be a keyboard gangsta all you want, you can even burn our properties, insult us, we will still rise and shine while jealous ones keep hating loool. Igbo Kwenu! Where's ur village? Beg us to come develop it for you instead of the childish tantrums you're throwing here.

great

Ndị be anyị dalu nu ..
Anam ekene Igbo ndị oma

Umunnem na umunnam, a'nam ekele unu o! A bum onye Isuikwuato n'ala Abia. Biko gee nu'm nti.

Owû mû a mepûta nke'a.

Mmiri enweghî agba.
Water has no colour. This is an idiom meaning all people are the same and are capable of same successes and stupidity.

Ugo anaghi egwuria n'unyi.
Eagles don't play in dirt.

call and whatsapp me on 08080909706. email: babawealth9@gmail.com fo spiritual assistance, like money invocation, love spells political power, protections, fruit of the womb, and spiritual powers , power to move your church, commanding tone and much more.

ofu onye sie nri ora, ora ga erisi ya… mana ora sie nri ofu onye… o ma siri ya - if a person cooks for the crowd, the crowd will finish it… but if the crowd cooks for one person… he/she won't be able to finish it

ana agba puta nkita akpi ana egosi ya, ka o yali iwu na o mbo ka ana atu ya - when removing fleas from the dog's skin, show it to dog so it won't seem like you're pinching it

cuteass1:
Ô na nwanyi eke amaghi akpu, ka ô bu na aguba ya adighi nkô
Is it that the market woman does not know how to barb, or her barbing instrument aint sharp enough?

It's nwa mgbeke not nwanyi eke. By the way, you guys were phenomenal in this thread. Daalu nu rinne!

youngies:
Cutiee remember that our people says that,

[color=#000099]A[color=#990000][/he arrows were made for the bridge.

Hello sir

Okeke nwanyi di nti njo

Ihe nile nguru ebe a, dim obi mma. Ka anyi Jisie ike Mee ka asusu igbo di uto.
Igbo si na; ilu but ihe ndi igbo ji arachi okwu onu.

Obi dim uto na Ihe nile nguru ebe a. Now a gosiputara na asusu igbo agaghi efu. Ndi nne na nna anyi ugbu a amaghi ihe ha na eme. Soso asusu oyibo (English language) ka ha na-akuziri umu ha, aha onyibo ka si aha Igbo mma ugbu a. Mana ihe nguru ebe atogbula m. Igbo agaghi efu.
Maka na igbo kwuru si na o bu n'uto ahuru ka esi ama isi ( smell) nsi.

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Ukpana is Grasshopper

I don't know what animal Okpoko is but it does make a loud noise

Igbo ndi oma, ekele m unu!!

So this thread exists on Nairaland and I've been spending all my time in the politics section.

Ndi Igbo si na " ịchu Nta dị mma n'ụbọchị mbụ, a chụchaa, a chụkwa ọzọ"

It is only when the first hunting expedition proved successful that a second one can be undertaken.

Nghota m: Constant failure can occasion despair and discourage hardwork.

Ndewo

W W!

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