maestroferddi:
Ogiri abd egusi/egwusi are exclusive Igbo words.

Any language using them loaned them from Igbo...

baby124:

Igbos call Egusi melon. Go and ask your elders. No one is arguing Ogiri. It’s not a Yoruba food item. However, Egusi is. It’s not Egwusi either, that will make it the Igbo pronounciation, like how Moin Moin has been bastardized to mai mai.

scholes0:


Spelling is not the crux of the matter but pronunciation.

Nothing like Kpomo spelling in Igbo form, because the word isn’t even Igbo to begin with.

BabaIbo:

you're confused, yorubas pronounced kpomo as ponmo, don't say what you don't know... you are so pathetic, gele yoruba word for scarf, scarf has been with man from time immemorial, every region has their own word got scarf.. so don't claim it as a yoruba word pls

somegirl1:


Cow skin was not considered to be food by the Igbos until fairly recently. It's no surprise that there's no popular word in it Igbo language for cow skin.
To this day, it's not as popular a delicacy in the east as it is in the West.

scholes0:


Spelling is not the crux of the matter but pronunciation.

Nothing like Kpomo spelling in Igbo form, because the word isn’t even Igbo to begin with.

baby124:

Igbos call egusi melon. Egusi is not an Igbo word or food. Stop misinforming. Even the way you cook Egusi is very typical of Yoruba soups. We cook soup differently from others with a palm oil and pepper base.

scholes0:


Soso is Yoruba 101% , go and ask anywhere.

RedboneSmith:
'Imu oso' is not a Jamaican patois expression. The post where you got this from misinterpreted the source material.

'Akara' is also not Igbo. It is Yoruba.

Other Igbo words in Jamaican Patois that could have been added are:

Attoo (chewing stick) from Igbo 'atu' and chinch/chink (bedbug) from Igbo 'chinchi.'

MummyIMadeIt:
@ the bolded only 250 igbos conspired to kill all the whites, though the failed but history never forgets them

Seems igbos have been known to be brave men all along.... Hmmn, no wonder the likes of Ojukwu, and of recent Nnamde Kanu,...

BabaIbo:

Argue with your sense na,

tell me any yoruba word that has kp in it please but I will tell yiu Igbo words with kp e.g okpa and so... that should tell you something or send a signal to you

MrNigeria2018:
Akara is a Yoruba word borrowed and used by Igbos.

Here is the fact

RedboneSmith:


No. Borrowed word.

BabaIbo:


Argue with fact and not as a pained tribalist
for your info Yoruba borrowed more words from other major tribes than they borrow from yoruba due to shortage in their letters( e.g letter C)

words that yorubas borrowed are: Alubosa, originally alibasa in hausa, ireke(sugarcane originally reike in hausa (sugarcane), rodo(a specie of pepper) is originally a hausa word, egusi, akara and others

scholes0:


Stop beating around the bush of Igborance pls.

Is Kpomo an igbo word?

Say yes and let me know how much of a “cultural vulture” you are.

BabaIbo:

I think you should answer that question yourself because you are the one that claimed it is a Yoruba word?

baysol:


Brainless, borrowing is revolutionary in all advanced languages like Yoruba. Even English borrow from French with renaissance, restaurant,....also from German Italian Arabic etc as influence of people they trade and do other business with.

maclatunji:


I have always said it that there was no great Igbo civilization before colonization. It was the weaker communities that were being captured and sold into slavery. The implication of this is that the Benin Empire and its auxiliaries dominated the Igbo region during the 17th-18th century and in all likelihood a longer period before then.

scholes0:


Thank you jare my sister.

That is how one Igbo guy was arguing with me the other day that “Nko” is an Igbo word because they now use it.

I was like.... Jesu!

aljharem:
So many false statement here. Alaia and moi moi are borrowed words from Yoruba. Until the amalgamation of Nigeria there was nothing like bean in igbo land. The demography does not favour such!!!!. So how did they get food made from beans. Haha!!!!!

Probz:


Ogiri and egusi are shared.

Probz:


Ogiri and egusi are shared.

somegirl1:


Cow skin was not considered to be food by the Igbos until fairly recently. It's no surprise that there's no popular word in it Igbo language for cow skin.
To this day, it's not as popular a delicacy in the east as it is in the West.

BabaIbo:


slowpoke, nobody is arguing that... the argument is that you guys fail to agree that you also borrowed words rather you claim others borrowed from you

Probz:


Nothing like beans in Igboland? Nothing like akidi ani, okpa and fiofio? It just so happens that black-eyed and brown oloyin beans are the most readily available in Nigeria.

And you talk like all of Igboland’s green rainforest. Have you been to Enugu?

Why is it okay for you to open your mouth and talk about Igbo things you don’t know anything about but not the other way round, hm?

RedboneSmith:


One of those shared words. Around Anambra it is 'soso', too. In much of Imo it is 'naani'.

BabaIbo:


you're so ignorant that I don't even know how to correct you. Go to the nothern side if Nigeria, check who patronized them most when it comes to cow skin... it has variety if names in igbo e.g kanda, tinko, kpomo... to burst your brain, whenever you check beer parlours owned by yorubas for cow tail peppersoup, will you get cow tail there?

That's not the case for beer parlours or bars ownef by igbos, but you typed that igbos don't consume it

somegirl1:


He must not know his language.

somegirl1:


It wasn't considered to be decent food in Igbo culture.
I don't even understand why anyone would to own consumption of cow skin which civilised groups discard or use for other non-food purposes.

BabaIbo:


both of you are daft, nko as a word exist in igbo language... you should have asked him what is the meaning of the "nko" is, not argue like a fo.o.l... jide has a word exist in igbo and yoruba but with different meaning... what do you expect him to say if you argue with him that jide is a yoruba word... I hate arguing with some people, they are too daft

baysol:


You are so dumb like your Kanu in your hastiness without thorough examining truth. The fact remains that all advanced languages like Yoruba borrows especially with people they have common interest with. Go and study the history of Yoruba Language and make sure you educate kanu your disabled, uninformed leader who infected yall with mumuism.