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What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by sammyjay3(m): 7:46am On Aug 02, 2014
Please i've been trying to know the translation of "cup" in my native language but i can't remember so nairalanders what do u call cup in your native language?
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by FruityLass: 7:51am On Aug 02, 2014
Iife imu omi in Yoruba

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by Nobody: 8:02am On Aug 02, 2014
Ncup grin

pronounced as "incup"
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by Jennydoris(f): 8:31am On Aug 02, 2014
'IKO MMIRI' In Igbo Language.

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by sammyjay3(m): 8:32am On Aug 02, 2014
FruityLass: Iife imu omi in Yoruba
haaa that's too long now
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by sammyjay3(m): 8:33am On Aug 02, 2014
KiddaBlingzz: Ncup grin

pronounced as "incup"
eeeh which language is that?
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by FruityLass: 8:39am On Aug 02, 2014
sammyjay3: haaa that's too long now
lol........iife omi grin
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by sammyjay3(m): 8:49am On Aug 02, 2014
[quote author=FruityLass]lol........iife omi grin[/quoteyea this better
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by sammyjay3(m): 8:49am On Aug 02, 2014
[quote author=FruityLass]lol........iife omi grin[/quoteyea this sound better

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by Nobody: 8:51am On Aug 02, 2014
sammyjay3: eeeh which language is that?
Boki in Cross River State

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by bigfrancis21: 9:01am On Aug 02, 2014
Iko.

Or Iko mmili.

Popular Onitsha Igbo adage: Raanu m ka m laalu yi mmili togbolu yi iko...leave me let me drink water and drop the cup for you. smiley

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by bigfrancis21: 9:02am On Aug 02, 2014
FruityLass: lol........iife omi grin

Similar to ife mili (water thing) in Igbo...hmmm...Yoruba borrowed that from Igbo?? wink
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by macof(m): 1:26pm On Aug 02, 2014
bigfrancis21:

Similar to ife mili (water thing) in Igbo...hmmm...Yoruba borrowed that from Igbo?? wink

Not at all. We didn't borrow words from each other rather our languages were once the same

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by Antivirus92(m): 4:42pm On Aug 02, 2014
macof:

Not at all. We didn't borrow words from each other rather our languages were once the same
never the same
Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by macof(m): 5:49pm On Aug 02, 2014
Antivirus92: never the same
when u see the amount of similarities that exist in both languages you would think again

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Re: What Is "Cup" Called In Your Native Language? by Antivirus92(m): 11:00am On Aug 03, 2014
macof: when u see the amount of similarities that exist in both languages you would think again
there are similarities in almost all the human languages.

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