o'boy:
the bolded sounds Idemili,is It?

cantell: @all,
Anambra people do not use "isala chi" or "ibola chi", instead we use something like "ututu oma" or "itetago/itetana" depending on the area.
In my village, adults of the same age group also use "ndee one unu mere" or "Unu aputakwara ura"as a form of greeting in the morning.
Some towns in Enugu on the other hand, use an entirely different way of greeting in the morning.

cantell: @all,
Anambra people do not use "isala chi" or "ibola chi", instead we use something like "ututu oma" or "itetago/itetana" depending on the area.
In my village, adults of the same age group also use "ndee one unu mere" or "Unu aputakwara ura"as a form of greeting in the morning.
Some towns in Enugu on the other hand, use an entirely different way of greeting in the morning.

J12: Just as "kachifo" means goodnight and not "abali oma".

J12: as ezeagu said, ututuoma which is the literal igbo translation of good morning is a new igbo term. "Good morning" is an english kind of greeting.

Eze Promoe: One thing in Anambra is that we all want to speak like Awka and Onitsha. In our typical Idemili dialect, if you want to say 'o gini k'ebu' for example is translated as 'odeni k'apa.

achi4u: Nne "ututu oma" is as old as Igbo language sef...just that people find it difficult to coin it when speaking... while others may see you as trying to speak differently.Infact,people tend to make use of it in writing it than in speaking.

J12:


But ndi anambra have said that they use ibolachi, abi fa maro ife fa na ekwu?

J12:

Nwanne, i don't think ututu oma is an ancient igbo term. I go ask sha.
Btw, i'm not an "nne". . .

cantell:
Bro, na people wey no sabi their left and right.
"Ndi oheke amaghi oke ana nna ha"

cantell:
Bro, na people wey no sabi their left and right.
"Ndi oheke amaghi oke ana nna ha"

achi4u:
*educate me more on that your last statement because I see "f" on your profile name?*

J12:

I'm a dude

lepasharon: ooooh nice thread ...wat does iyamiri mean?(sp)

achi4u: "oheke" abi "ofeke"


igbos get many version oo!

o'boy:
Ndi banyi,what do southern Igboist mean when they call somebody "omenneji" [hope i got d spellings)

o'boy:
Somebody answer me, please answer me,i hear it alot in Owerri songs

some-girl:

some-girl:

never heard that. You sure it isn't "ome mb'oji"?

J12:

huh?

some-girl:

J12(f)

o'boy:
no i know what i heard,its "Omenneji"

J12:

Whats surprising or confusing about that? People who know me well here know that I'm (m)

odumchi:

"Omenneji" is a name used to call someone who treats everyone like a brother.

Broken down, it's:

"Ome-ka-otu-nne-ji" - someone who treats another like they come from the same mother. In many southern and eastern dialects, "nneji" also means "brother/sister".

some-girl:


well, onye amahu agaghi ama na iwu nwoke

J12:

Ele ote e ga ma onye bu nwoke ma nwanyi na nairaland a?