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ow11 (m)
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Please can any one tell me the correct english word for 'longathroat' or 'akpiri ogologo' in igbo or 'poko ba te tuwo' in Kalabari  |
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uyai (f)
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greedy
lack of temperance
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mymspecial
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wrong- ow11, longathroat in kalabari is 'pokosolisoli' - pronounced por-kor-saw-lee-saw-lee.
i think if called a 'foodie' or 'foody'. another possible word is 'gourmet'.
look it up in your dictionary.
glutton does not really fit into the longathroat context very well.
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lovemajek (f)
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i think throat that is long,
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naijacutee (f)
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@ ow11 - I thought "poko ba te tuwo" literally translates to mean "throat-itching child" or something like that. . . . We have long-throat as "pokobo" or like mymspecial said "pokosolisoli".  I can't think of any English translation, man. That's the beauty of our languages.
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ghettochyk (f)
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I don't think "longathroat" means "longer throat" (for a long throat or length), but "longer" as in "want" or "desire". So if I'm right, then I don't see what's wrong with "longa throat". I guess it's just da accent and Nigerian English. Go figure. Greedy works too.
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ow11 (m)
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@naijacutee and mymspecial thanks for the correction unfortunately, i am one of those who can't really speak my language  I was always called that as a child so i thot that was what it meant. |
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mymspecial
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So, ow11, u were a longathroat as a child?  |
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Eyohimself
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longer throat in Nigerian has got multifarious meaning depending on the context.
It can mean Covetous
Desirous
Avaricious
Yearning
Rapacious
Penny-Pinching and much more.
check out the contect it is being used then the meaning will be blatantly glaring.
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mymspecial
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longer throat in Nigerian has got multifarious meaning depending on the context.
It can mean Covetous
Desirous
Avaricious
Yearning
Rapacious
Penny-Pinching and much more.
check out the contect it is being used then the meaning will be blatantly glaring.
@Eyohimself Avarious and Rapacious are synonyms for Very Greedy which is out of context when refering to longathroat. Covertous, Yearning and Desirious, don't quite cut the meaning while penny pinching is way way off meaning a miser. longathroat deals more with food, someone whats to eat what you are eating because they saw you eating it. |
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Eyohimself
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Who is a "longathroat" then? While the words I posted may not be perfect synonyms
which is rarely the case in plebeian diction, I do believe that contingent on the content in which
they are used, they could synonyms.
I posted those words based on the assumption that "longathroat" transliterated, means
-to eagerly want something;
-to want to get everything you are giving to the last piece ( often in a waggish and grotesque manner);
-to be stingy, in that you always want people's things.
I hope I have cleared any doubt whatsoever you had. If not, we can etymologically reason out why
those words fit probably not perfectly but certainly within the gamut of the word's grammatical use.
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zinni
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 I think its just being ambitious, maybe to get more woteva
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Purist (m)
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I think the most appropriate English word for "longathroat" is "COVETOUSNESS".
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creamkele (m)
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Hey mymspecial 'foodie' is the correct english name for 'longathroat' ,
Dem get another one , ABC
A- ajeku
B- bouncing
C-club
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