Hi, If anyone could help me with some translations I would be very grateful, may solve some mysteries for me lol!

ok the first one Timme Ka ke yem mbakara kiet do, iniehe si ba mi o

^^^ I'm not very good at reading Igbo, but are you even sure that's Igbo ?

OgidiBoy:

^^^ I'm not very good at reading Igbo, but are you even sure that's Igbo ?

she's asking for someone to translate it from Ibibio to english not Igbo to english. That's not Igbo bro.lol

yeah its Ibibio I'm pretty sure, well whatever, I need some help lol. I guess all the Ibibio people are busy

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ok the first one Timme Ka ke yem mbakara kiet do, iniehe si ba mi o

Go back and look for the white man/woman there, there is nothing here o

Baby.me Thank you so much for your reply

I got more can you help? Mbakara eyie ma mkpodo mbok nyemme owo di mwot

I appreciate.

'abasi nbok' which i have an idea but not sure thanks again

chyz:

she's asking for someone to translate it from Ibibio to english not Igbo to english. That's not Igbo bro.lol

I thought Igbo and Ibibio spoke the same language Tells you how much I know

star* no vex abeg.

@ OgidiBoy No wahala

I can help! What do you need to be translated!

Finally someone has some use of my Ibibio language.

hi

Mbakara eyie ma mkpodo mbok nyemme owo di mwot

thank you

and

abasi nbok

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Baby.me Thank you so much for your reply

I got more can you help? Mbakara eyie ma mkpodo mbok nyemme owo di mwot

I appreciate.

This isn't coherent.

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and

abasi nbok

I think u wanted to write Abasi Mbok, meaning "God please"

@star¤ my ibibio is awfully pathetic but i think you said something like "white people like banana, find someone to show him"
or something vaguely close to that. Otherwise , i don expose my flat nyash! Lol!
@baby.me, wow! I didnt know that you're ibibio. Lordy me! Lol!

haha!! White people like banana?! Well if thats it I've been called worse lol! Thank you for your reply

so what then does 'da mbakara imemme' mean?

I guess it means " guy, white people aint easy o!" or "it aint a peice of cake, rolling with them o!"
as i said before, my ibibio is goddamn-awful! Lol! That banana explanation is the best i can muster under the peculiarlly funny circumstances i've found meself. LOL!

On 2nd thought, the banana explanation ought to be " whitey likes banana, i dont want anyone to show him where it is.", But i dunno whether banana is mkpodo and vice versa.

hmmm as baby.me said, its incoherent, I mean whitey likes banana? what would that even mean unless im missing something, anyway. The mysteries are still unsolved, think I need a miracle to know whats up

again thank you for replying

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Baby.me Thank you so much for your reply 

I got more can you help? Mbakara eyie ma mkpodo mbok nyemme owo di mwot

I appreciate.

Mbakara is the Efik/Ibibio version of 'Cracker' (offensive term for white people)

lol!!

@ star*, Hey! It was nothing, Im here whenever u need me.

@ ezeagu lol! Why doesn't that surprise me, Thank you for your reply.

@ Kannymoore hmmm really? Whenever I need you? Nice

ezeagu:

Mbakara is the Efik/Ibibio version of 'Cracker' (offensive term for white people)

That is incorrect. Mbakara means European in Ibibio, not Efik and it is not an offensive word.

Your translators are wrong and the spellings of what you wrote is also wrong. Use the link below for better translations and spelling
http://coral.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/Courses/Summer04/Lexicography/IbibioDictionary/ibibio_dictionary01.pdf

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hi

Mbakara eyie ma mkpodo mbok nyemme owo di mwot

thank you

The best i can interprete your statement is "Oyibo you enjoy this so much, i don't want someone to kill me". And you have to understand that mbakara is also used an an endearment in Ibibio,it does not necessarily mean whiteman.

If my interpretation is correct,then what you wanted to write will be: " Mbakara amema mkpo ado,mbok nyemme owo adi iwot

margaritav:

That is incorrect. Mbakara means European in Ibibio, not Efik and it is not an offensive word.

Of course it's an offensive word used by the Efik as well, the word comes from Efik and Ibibio and they are not very different. Maybe now the word has been normalised to mean 'Europeans' but it originally meant evil (cruel) white spirit because of the slave trade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbakara

@baby.me, you are too much. Your explanation make sense die! See as i just murdered ibibio language with a double edged akøbø! LWKMD!

@ ezeagu Wikipedia isn't really a true source of information, it has many inaccuracies.

@ margaritav Thank you for your link, I have been using that for reference.

@baby.me thank you once again, that makes much more sense

ezeagu:

Of course it's an offensive word used by the Efik as well, the word comes from Efik and Ibibio and they are not very different. Maybe now the word has been normalised to mean 'Europeans' but it originally meant evil (cruel) white spirit because of the slave trade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbakara

Mbakara is not an offensive word. It's a term that is used to describe the white and it literally means "those that rule" maybe from the fact that the white ruled Africa. It's worthy to note that it's NOW used as an endearment,to describe beauty,love,affection etc (i even call my boo mbakara )

If my instinct is right, the person that called Star Mbakara used it as an endearment.

margaritav:

That is incorrect. Mbakara means European in Ibibio, not Efik and it is not an offensive word.

Yes,it's not offensive. Efik is a dialect of Ibibio therefore mbakara means the same thing in both