Mayany: Languages too plenty 4 9ja sef which state is Isi izu again?To d topic the Urhobos call Black»Obiebi
White»ofuanfo
Red»Obara{blood}etc

obara na blood while owaware na RED

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[size=30pt]IGBO[/size]
Red:Obara obara
Black:Ojii or Itiri
White:Ocha
Yellow:Oyibo or ododo
Blue:Elu igwe or
Grey:Anwu anwu
Gold:Oloegbo or ola edo
Indigo:Ere
There is a color called 'yoruba' in Igbo language, I mean more like 'yorooba'. ....lemme ask my grandma

Eze Promoe: Look no further, I come here with the answers to your question.
IN IGBO,

Red - Uhie
Orange - Oroma/uhiedo
Yellow - Edo
Green - Ndu Ndu
Blue - Anunu
Purple - Ugo
Pink - Uhie ocha
Brown - Uri
Black - Oji
Grey - Ucha nzu
White - Ocha
Gold - Olaedo
Silver - Olaocha

Yhu so ON POINT!

Lionbite: In yoruba we say
red- pupa
black- dudu
white- funfun
i dont know the rest o.....but we do improvise sha so..
Blue- bluuuu
Green- griiini
purple- popu......
wait let me go and check my beans on the stove.

blue-ami aro. Green-ami ewe.I don't no d yoruba name of purple

toluxa1: Indigo - I no know ooo ...lol
Ok.. In Yoruba

White - Funfun
Black - dúdú
Blue - àwö sánmà
Brown - àwö ara
Yellow - ìyèyè
Gold - wúrà
Silver - fàdákà
Grey - àwö eléérú
Pink - pupa fêêrê
Red - Pupa
Purple - àwö elésè àlùkò

Green - àwö ewéko / aligà

ha bros che you be Cele pastkor abi babalwo this one wey you sabi all colors??

webdezzi:

God bless ur local government

Lolz, Amen oo - Ifelodun

Hopez456: You really tried, you must have got a B.A in Yoruba

hahaha, not really o. I have a B.Tech in Mathematics/Computer Sci.... they are kinda related sha

felifeli:

Well done O kare!
Indigo - aro

Ese gan sirr! Aro! Had no idea o

ayobase:


Ooooooooooose!

ola@NL:
i am just feeling your yoruba we need more people like you in the society.

Thanks bro

sanb: Wa gbayi!!!You nailed it......

Abi ooo

Godson201333:


ha bros che you be Cele pastkor abi babalwo this one wey you sabi all colors??

Hahaha, cele boo? I no be cele oo.

Talking about cele, I took this pix about 4 years ago, just found it today

Igbo

I don't know anything about dat..

Eze Promoe: Look no further, I come here with the answers to your question.
IN IGBO,

Red - Uhie
Orange - Oroma/uhiedo
Yellow - Edo
Green - Ndu Ndu
Blue - Anunu
Purple - Ugo
Pink - Uhie ocha
Brown - Uri
Black - Oji
Grey - Ucha nzu
White - Ocha
Gold - Olaedo
Silver - Olaocha

What is the tone for brown ("uri" ) and what do you call indigo (I call it uri)?

In Ibibio:
White- Afia
Black- Abobed
Green- Awawa
Red- Ndaidad
Mak I c my grandma,I d com

In Ebira
White-Ovuovu
Black- Ojioji
Red- Ovivi
Orange- Oromi

in Tiv of Benue;
Red - Nyian dindee
Orange - agbedang fuung
Yellow - agbedang
Green - sholshol
Blue - kwer
Purple - fuung
Pink - Nyian
Brown - Nyian fuung
Black - ii
Grey - ikyaren
White - pupuu

Never actually thought of this lool o.o

Wow its been long my mind crossed that. i know about half. i know red (uhe) black (oji) white (ucha) brown (ntu) e.t.c

toluxa1:

Lolz, Amen oo - Ifelodun



hahaha, not really o. I have a B.Tech in Mathematics/Computer Sci.... they are kinda related sha


Ese gan sirr! Aro! Had no idea o





Thanks bro



Abi ooo

Ifelodun tibo niyen se Ipinle Osun tabi Kwara?

red - ara ara
blue - blue
green - nfib nfib
pink - irughu
black - ebidi bede

ORON LANG. AKS

fpeter: red in my native tongue is called ODODO
White is OCHA

are u and Idomalite?

babyosisi:

Red in Igbo is Obara Obara or uhie uhie
Yellow is odo odo
Orange is nmanu nmanu
Black is oji
White is ocha
Green is Akwukwo ndu Akwukwo ndu
Brown is ururo ururo ( mud)
Brown is ntu ntu

That is the much I know
Heard my grandma use those words,confirmed from mom

Good.
Red is also mmee mmee.
Yellow -thought its edo edo
Gery-ntu ntu

Mubby4luv: LOL.
Hausa on point.
1 bak'i-black
2 fari -white
3 ja -red
4 ja-ja- pink
5 kore- green
6 launin jar garura -purple
7 launoni-colors
8 mai ruwan k'asa -brown
9 mai ruwan lemo -orange
10 mai ruwan toka-toka -gray
11 rawaye -yellow
12 shud'i -blue

Atafa maka mutumina, ka gama dasu. ai sai hausa wallahi. banda fari da ja da baki, basu da sunan suran launonin.

Meaning: Standing Ovation man! You've beaten them all! No doubt Hausa is the only language that's got it all. Aside white, red and black, most other tribes don't have local names for other colours and I speak a couple of Nigerian languages apart from my mother tongue (Hausa).

I rep Egun (REPUBLIC DU BENIN)
black -ori
blue - gbogbo
red-won
yellow- ti
indigo- daru
pink- walahi
grey-wannan
violet-Saboda
brown -rashin
gold-aiki

ezeagu:

What is the tone for brown ("uri" ) and what do you call indigo (I call it uri)?

It is pronounced "Ùrí" .
Origin: Brown earth is called ùrí, where cocoyam (ede uri) is cultivated.

ezeagu: Igbo

And ezeagu adds atilogwu colors to the whole exercise
Sweet
You missed out the h in nchara btw

Freiburger: I believe every colour has a name in every language.
Apart from the popular black and white most of us know about, do you know the names of the basic popular colours in your local language?
If yes, please enter the names against this list of these basic colours in your local language. You can add more colours at your own wish.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Pink
Brown
Black
Grey
White

Names for colours in Igbo language are:

Red - Ọbara/uhie
Orange - Mmanụ mmanụ
Yellow - edo-edo
Green - Ndụndụ
Blue - Anunuu
Purple - ódódó
Brown - Nchárá
Black - Oji
Grey - Ntụntụ
White- Ọcha

I have like 3 languages. In welsh (Wales United Kingdom): Red: coch, yellow: melyn, green: gwyrdd, blue: glas, pink: pinc, purple: porffor, white: gwyn, black: du, orange: oren, brown: brown, grey: llwyd, gold: aur, silver: arian.
Those are the basic colours. Its good to bear in mind that most English words have their origin from ancient Wales, therefore, some words colours like brown still maintained its real name and the "k" in pink is replaced with a "c" cheers all.
In the igbo language (Nigeria West Africa): red: mme mme/obara, yellow: edo edo, green: akwukwo ndu, blue: ocha elu igwe, pink: no idea, purple: ocha ka ube, white: ocha, black: oji, orange: mmanu, brown: uro uro/apiti, grey: awo, ash: ntu, gold: ola edo/anyanwu, silver: ola ocha.
Another person has posted in yoruba, so I need not do that anymore.

Mubby4luv: LOL.
Hausa on point.
1 bak'i-black
2 fari -white
3 ja -red
4 ja-ja- pink
5 kore- green
6 launin jar garura -purple
7 launoni-colors
8 mai ruwan k'asa -brown
9 mai ruwan lemo -orange
10 mai ruwan toka-toka -gray
11 rawaye -yellow
12 shud'i -blue

Mu sha hannu Jare! Kai uban uban su ne fa o!
Sannun kwu jama'a.
I also speak hausa and this man is indeed a Sheikh, a maestro in the language.

JMOI: I'm Igbo so let's do it this way:

Red -- Obara obara or mme mme or uhie uhie or ufie ufie
Orange -- oroma oroma
Yellow -- edo edo
Green -- ndu ndu
Blue -- anunu
Purple -- n/a
Pink -- n/a
Brown -- Ulo ulo
Black -- Oji
Grey -- ntu ntu
White -- ocha

nice one

Kokolett:

Names for colours in Igbo language are:

Red - Ọbara/uhie
Orange - Mmanụ mmanụ
Yellow - edo-edo
Green - Ndụndụ
Blue - Anunuu
Purple - ódódó
Brown - Nchárá
Black - Oji
Grey - Ntụntụ
White- Ọcha

good but what about pink ?

ezeagu: Igbo

good

Eze Promoe: Look no further, I come here with the answers to your question.
IN IGBO,

Red - Uhie
Orange - Oroma/uhiedo
Yellow - Edo
Green - Ndu Ndu
Blue - Anunu
Purple - Ugo
Pink - Uhie ocha
Brown - Uri
Black - Oji
Grey - Ucha nzu
White - Ocha
Gold - Olaedo
Silver - Olaocha

correct one here Ezigbo Nwa afo Igbo ,
Oga- diri gi Mma