Ndigbo, Umunnem na Umunnam, Ndewo unu o.

This is a post stating some Igbo words and phrases and expressions that have gone popular. A chôm nsogbu biko. I no want problem abeg. Trolls shall be prosecuted swiftly and mightily. Only constructive contributions please.

Ngwanû, ka'anyi bido.

1) Pôtôpôtô (also Apįtį) - Mud.
2) Torototro/Tolotolo - Turkey
3) Gwongworo - Truck
4) Ôgbanje - Witch
5) Chai/Choi - Exclamation of surprise
5) Ewo/Ewe - Exclamation of unpleasant surprise or awe
6) Tufia'a/Tufiakwa - Exclaimation, 'hell no!'
7) Aka gum - Engli-Igbo phrase meaning stingy person.
7) Iyanga/Inyanga - To form
8 ) Dey (from Dį) - as in 'e dey'.
9) Una (from Uno) - as in 'una make sense'
10) Biko
11) Obodo/Obodo a -Town/City
12) Odogwû - Mighty person, hero
13) Odeshi (from O dighi eshi) - E no enter/e no paass/e no leak. Popularized by the Bakassi boys then and used in the movies.
14) Ebeanô - literally means 'where we dey', colloquially means 'the latest'.

Ihe mmadû na eji si ofe na ihe mmadu na eri. (Things wey person dey use cook soup and things wey person dey chop)
15) Ûgû
16) Okazi
17) Utazi
18) Okporoko
19) Acha
20) Ûkwa
21) Aki
22) Udara
23) Achįcha
24) Ôka
25) Ûbe
26) Isi ewû
27) Nkwôbi
28) Abacha (The food, focus!)
29) Ûgba
30) Osû orji
...

Ike'm a gula biko. Ka'm ga rie nri. Okpala ala na'm bû. Ka o di.

In pidgin:

1. Oyibo (white person/westerner)
2. Obodo oyibo (white man's land/abroad)

You missed the blatantly obvious two that have been debated to the core on this very forum 1001 times. And tey, na, nwantinti, gbam.

Food:

Okpa
Goat meat pepper soup
Ngwo-ngwo
Point and Kill (Catfish Pepper Soup) - na Igbo abi?
Agidi jellof
Ora
Onugbu
Ofe nsala
Akpu
Okro
Ogbolo
Egwusi
Ehu (na calabash nutmeg)
Snail



And I'm pretty sure it was Igbos who introduced the concept of concoction rice (it does actually exist in Igboland as a traditional version of standard jollof rice).

Igbo contributed alot to pidgin english well e.g-the pidgin way of adding "go" in some sentence is definitely of igbo origin,go in igbo language is "Ga"
In igbo-A ga'm aga
Pidgin-i go go
Igbo-A ga'm eri
Pidgin-i go chop

agadez007:
Igbo contributed alot to pidgin english well e.g-the pidgin way of adding "go" in some sentence is definitely of igbo origin,go in igbo language is "Ga"
In igbo-A ga'm aga
Pidgin-i go go
Igbo-A ga'm eri
Pidgin-i go chop

I've noticed. There's also similar structure in Jamaican patois and I know there's plenty numerous loanwords in their pidgin of Igbo origin (I know they use the correct Igbo form for you-plural, unu, and de for di, and plenty others). It was also them who introduced proverbs and certain concepts (dibia-obiah/obeah). They even call potopoto for mud sef.