OdenigboAroli:


You are right...Its like rejoicing not just being happy....my uncle will say "ona afa ufala",meaning he is rejoicing or making merry. I believe its one of those archaic Igbo word that is going extinct. Like "ulu" which mean stealing but is rarely used nowadays. Even okongwu,onye uri/uchi which all means and elderly person. Also "zezelize" which means beating around the bush,being confused or indecisive. These are all archaic,at least in Idenmili.
My mother will never say nwanne nnyaa which means two days ago,rather she will say nbosi toor nnyaa. Igbo na asu nonu-nonu. But if Ukwuani say they dont want to be a part of the nation,so be it. But they cant stop being Igbo because its in their Dna...the modern Ukwuani will name their kids chioma,chidinma,ifeanyi,emeka,chukwudi,ndidi....lol. They cant run away from being Igbo,its only gonna get stronger.

euromilion:
No Igbo's are ukwuani.

Until an IBO's tell me what this words mean,ukwuanis are ukwuani and Igbo's are Igbo.

What does these words mean in English?

nbuuka
Ntune
Opkalaosa

tonychristopher:

@ tony christopher must u insult someone before u try to make a point. We are trying to educate people not fight. One u are not from my place dat u would know more than me. Bros we no dey quarrel so don't insult me. Like my husband is an isoko man but is name sound iboyish but have another meaning. Some philipinos have share d same surname with my hubby d same spellings cos I have plenty of dem on my facebook but different meaning. So let's end dis argument. God bless u

Ishilove:
'Basket' in ukwuani language is 'apeere' or 'myiyo'. Apere is basket in Yoruba. 'Myi' or 'nnmiri' is water, 'yo' is 'come out' in yoruba language. Myi+yo=basket.

You can imagine my shock.

Well, it shows that the Bini influence in Ukwuani history may be stronger than we imagine.

Ishilove:
'Basket' in ukwuani language is 'apeere' or 'myiyo'. Apere is basket in Yoruba. 'Myi' or 'nnmiri' is water, 'yo' is 'come out' in yoruba language. Myi+yo=basket.

You can imagine my shock.

Well, it shows that the Bini influence in Ukwuani history may be stronger than we imagine.

Radoillo:


Myiyo could also mean sieve in Igbo. And a basket is basically a sieve.

Ishilove:

I'm not disputing that. I'm just making known my observation.

'Alubosa' is 'onions' in ukwuani and yoruba. 'Albasaal' is onions in arabic.

Nti is 'eti' in Yoruba.

It makes me wonder at the patterns of migration back then.

Radoillo:


Yea, it is all interesting. In the East, onions is Yabaasi or (in my own dialect) Alubasa.

It is interesting. Are u Ukwuani, by the way?

Ishilove:

Yes I'm Ukwuani.

I've been considering with the idea that there might be actually a 'mother tongue'. Eastern religions believe Sanskrit is the mother tongue from whence all other tongues originated.

I wouldn't stretch it so far, but I think there might be a central language humans spoke before 'tower of Babel'.

Radoillo:


Well, linguists believe that 4,000 to 6,000 years ago, all the people who make up the ethnic groups if Southern Nigeria (with the exception of the Ijaw, the Ibibio-Efik and a few others) spoke a common ancestral language which then grew apart until the present day languages appeared.

Ishilove:

And where did this common ancestral language emanate from?

Ishilove:

And where did this common ancestral language emanate from?

Radoillo:


It is a complex scenario, actually. I doubt if anyone has an absolute answer yet.

MrPresident1:


From the 'East'

Ishilove:

Sanskrit

Radoillo:


Doubt it! Sanskrit may be the mother of Hindu and Gujarati and other languages of Northern India. but the language is way too 'young' to be the ultimate mother language.

Ishilove:

East of...?

MrPresident1:


Genesis 2:8
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Eastward of the world. Asia.

Ishilove:

Very interesting... Tell me more.

Ishilove:

I know. Jes kidding.

Sat Guru Maharaj Ji thinks otherwise though. It was from him I first heard that Sanskrit is the Mother tongue of creation.

I guess we will find out eventually what this common language is. I'm very interested in knowing.

Ishilove:
'Basket' in ukwuani language is 'apeere' or 'myiyo'. Apere is basket in Yoruba. 'Myi' or 'nnmiri' is water, 'yo' is 'come out' in yoruba language. Myi+yo=basket.

You can imagine my shock.

Well, it shows that the Bini influence in Ukwuani history may be stronger than we imagine.

obuus:
it is obvious plenty of us are illiterate in Igbo language. if we can channel our energies on this blog to even compile a volume on igbo synonyms, it will do a lot of good. Everyday i realize the language is so deep and diverse,yet with a thread underpinning it. But our people are so mis-educated and the dialects spoken in western igbo had so much deletions. Which really is a mark that it is indigenous and not borrowed!

@Ishilove, pls which clan are you from, that translates "apeere" as basket! i grew up in the Delta and had lived in Enuani, Ukwuani and Ika areas.

Ishilove:

Yes I'm Ukwuani