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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by odumchi: 3:42am On Feb 08, 2015 |
Heard this proverb by an Ngwa woman: "Hwe l'enwegh otu l'eme, otu l'eme ngasi idi." I suspect it means: "Everything must have a solution even if it doesn't seems so at first." Could someone confirm this for me? |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by ChinenyeN(m): 7:40am On Feb 08, 2015 |
I thought this thread was closed... Anyway, yea. It's pretty common, and more like an idiomatic expression than a proverb per se. 1 Like |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Nobody: 10:27pm On Feb 09, 2015 |
Okwu gi kwu oto ka ciga. Ikwutere ya. Ihe enweghi ete eshi eme ya, ete eshi eme ya no (orlu dialect of that statement) odumchi: 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by odumchi: 3:06am On Feb 10, 2015 |
Thanks, guys. I actually came across that statement while watching a particular scene of an old Nollywood movie set in what was implied to be an Ngwa village. I was actually surprised by such great attention to the minutest of details, something that today's Engli/Urban Igbo films fail to get right, but that's a story for another day.... Since we're on the matter, could you guys, being southern Igbo, help explain these idiomatic expressions that I've heard from the Owere area? 1) "Onye apari amaa shi ada nne ya wu obia" (I'm guessing it has something to do with how daughters are married off and are this "temporary" visitors). and 2) The story about all the animals asking Akiri to show them "ihe eji awu eze" and he replying "tum n'ohia tum n'uzo"; and the animals asking Awoli and his reply being "daruo ala rie nka". (I think "tum n'ohia tum n'uzo" means being well-travelled while "daruo ala rie nka" is pretty self-explanatory.) |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by okezuoemmanue(m): 8:26pm On Feb 14, 2016 |
Onye na azu nwangwe na azu onye iro ya... |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by deanantony(m): 8:58am On May 25, 2016 |
what does flavour means by this statement 'when money no dey umu nwanyi agbaa oso' when money no dey owite na bad thing |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:53pm On May 26, 2016 |
Na oso aburo osor bu na nwanyi efiodo aka n'obi....maka osor bulu osor nwanyi na agba ala ana agba...lol 3 Likes |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by OdenigboAroli(m): 8:56pm On May 26, 2016 |
deanantony: Success has many friends while failure doesn't . In his case women were used to illustration. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Tazozie(m): 1:09am On Jun 01, 2016 |
chai...biko nu ndi igbo m ji eme onu, kedu nu etu m ga esi soro na ife ana eme ? dika o si gbasara ilu igbo, na ihe unu na ekwu ebe a masiri m ofuma |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Tazozie(m): 1:22am On Jun 01, 2016 |
Okuko kwuru si, na be ha, anaghi eji ego alu nwaynyi...kama na o o bu ma ike oso adikwa gi (((( Foul said in his land, they dont marry with money, rather its if you have strength to run))))) |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by MansaPiye: 1:26pm On Oct 17, 2016 |
YOUNGDICEs:When will Nigerians learn? You can cry a bucket full of tears, you can be a keyboard gangsta all you want, you can even burn our properties, insult us, we will still rise and shine while jealous ones keep hating loool. Igbo Kwenu! Where's ur village? Beg us to come develop it for you instead of the childish tantrums you're throwing here. 1 Like |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Emmanuel950(m): 10:38pm On Oct 26, 2016 |
great |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Viktor1983(m): 11:53pm On Dec 14, 2016 |
Ndị be anyị dalu nu .. Anam ekene Igbo ndị oma 1 Like |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Lsofdk(m): 6:08pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
it's nice to see this thread hasn't faded with time… let me drop mine Obele mmanwu na-akpa ike maka na ijele anoghi nso - a small masquerade is showing off his might because the big masquerade isn't around 1 Like |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by MozartianDreams(m): 11:42pm On Jan 14, 2017 |
Umunnem na umunnam, a'nam ekele unu o! A bum onye Isuikwuato n'ala Abia. Biko gee nu'm nti. Owû mû a mepûta nke'a. Mmiri enweghî agba. Water has no colour. This is an idiom meaning all people are the same and are capable of same successes and stupidity. Ugo anaghi egwuria n'unyi. Eagles don't play in dirt. 1 Like |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by wealthtemple(m): 9:00pm On Jan 17, 2017 |
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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Lsofdk(m): 10:14am On Jan 24, 2017 |
ofu onye sie nri ora, ora ga erisi ya… mana ora sie nri ofu onye… o ma siri ya - if a person cooks for the crowd, the crowd will finish it… but if the crowd cooks for one person… he/she won't be able to finish it ana agba puta nkita akpi ana egosi ya, ka o yali iwu na o mbo ka ana atu ya - when removing fleas from the dog's skin, show it to dog so it won't seem like you're pinching it 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by DeeMain(m): 6:51pm On Apr 24, 2017 |
cuteass1: It's nwa mgbeke not nwanyi eke. By the way, you guys were phenomenal in this thread. Daalu nu rinne! |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by yanmiri(f): 12:50pm On Aug 19, 2017 |
youngies: Hello sir |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jnrbayano(m): 8:08pm On Jan 23, 2019 |
Okeke nwanyi di nti njo |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ikem92(m): 7:10am On Nov 01, 2019 |
Ihe nile nguru ebe a, dim obi mma. Ka anyi Jisie ike Mee ka asusu igbo di uto. Igbo si na; ilu but ihe ndi igbo ji arachi okwu onu. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Ikem92(m): 7:34am On Nov 01, 2019 |
Obi dim uto na Ihe nile nguru ebe a. Now a gosiputara na asusu igbo agaghi efu. Ndi nne na nna anyi ugbu a amaghi ihe ha na eme. Soso asusu oyibo (English language) ka ha na-akuziri umu ha, aha onyibo ka si aha Igbo mma ugbu a. Mana ihe nguru ebe atogbula m. Igbo agaghi efu. Maka na igbo kwuru si na o bu n'uto ahuru ka esi ama isi ( smell) nsi. |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Scienza: 6:58pm On Apr 02, 2020 |
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Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by jnrbayano(m): 9:30pm On Apr 02, 2020 |
[quote author=Scienza post=88032731][/quote] Ukpana is Grasshopper I don't know what animal Okpoko is but it does make a loud noise |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by igboamakaaa: 2:05pm On Jul 30, 2020 |
Igbo ndi oma, ekele m unu!! So this thread exists on Nairaland and I've been spending all my time in the politics section. Ndi Igbo si na " ịchu Nta dị mma n'ụbọchị mbụ, a chụchaa, a chụkwa ọzọ" It is only when the first hunting expedition proved successful that a second one can be undertaken. Nghota m: Constant failure can occasion despair and discourage hardwork. 4 Likes |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by docjuli(m): 12:10pm On Sep 16, 2022 |
Ndewo |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by Uzland: 2:40pm On Sep 23, 2022 |
W W! |
Re: Igbos come show your proverbs skills by killsmith(f): 7:10pm On Oct 23, 2023 |
Bump |
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