yorubakid:
No difference same meaning..just that different igboland pronounce and spell it differently.
Onuora or onuoha simply means he who speaks for the whole community

We have Ezeh and Eze
Chidimma and chidinma.there many names like that in igboland

wordcat:
The Igbos have only Eze, there's nothing like Ezeh,

Igbos have Chidimma, nothing like Chidinma.

Please look for "Mbido Igbo" book 3, 4 & 5 for more details.

As for Onuora and Onuha; they're both the same just like Ahamefuna and Afamefuna, Ifeoma and Iheoma, Orie and Oye, Onyebuchi and Onyewuchi, Ahia and Afia and so on

wordcat:
The Igbos have only Eze, there's nothing like Ezeh,

Homeboiy:

FallenShitHole:

BKayy:

Will you shattap there. There is nothing like "universal" when writing someone's name.
Both are correct. They will just set music and you people will start jumping up and down.
Can you exert this same energy if it was 1.Muhammad and Mohammed?
2.Abraham and Avraham?
3. JESUS and YESHUA?

chiefobdk2:
please stop talking nonsense..

Awkabigboy:

Anambra and others , nothing like imo here, imo falls under others

maestroferddi:
You are a big disgrace.


Una go die on top Igbo matter.

We know better now...The Igbos are one indivisible nation.


The more you try to sow seeds of division, the higher we soar as a special people favoured by the Almighty!

You go figure ...

MelesZenawi:


Stephen is a total misnomer.

Steven is the right word

Usonkwu:


No really. I have listened to Igwe Orizu pronounce his name. He said 'Ohizu'. You Nnewi indigenes(espescially those sojourning in Lagos) should pay more attention to what is left of your old tongue and preserve it.

MelesZenawi:


You don't know what you are saying neither do you hear clearly what he is pronouncing. Even Theresa Onuora is from Nnewi south, Unubi to be precise. It is Orizu not Ohizu. The r factor is there as even their cultural organization is Nzuko Ora Nnewi and not Nzuko Oha Nnewi.

Stop talking nonsense.

Fejoku:
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A slimy snake like you shouldn't be allowed in any Igbo thread. You know nothing and should learn to shut up in such discussions.

MelesZenawi:


I don't discuss omambala ethnic issues with strangers.

Next.

MelesZenawi:


You don't know what you are saying neither do you hear clearly what he is pronouncing. Even Theresa Onuora is from Nnewi south, Unubi to be precise. It is Orizu not Ohizu. The r factor is there as even their cultural organization is Nzuko Ora Nnewi and not Nzuko Oha Nnewi.

Stop talking nonsense.

cheruv:

When you give example to back up your point, be sure that your examples when analysed doesn't counter your argument.
For the name "MHMD", which is an Arab name the correct form is Muhammad, bkos in Arabic language there are only three vowels viz a, i, u
For the name "’BRHM", which is a Hebrew name, Abraham is biblical Hebrew bkos unlike modern Hebrew, biblical Hebrew doesn't have v consonant
For the name "YSHW‘", which is a Semitic name, Yeshua is Aramaic(the Hebrew form is Yoshua). Jesus is the Greek form of Yeshua, kos Greek doesn't have the sh sound, and all Greek names must end in s, which Latin also borrowed too.

Usonkwu:


I want to respond to you but don't know how. Anyway, prove to me u are truly Nnewi son of the soil by replying in core Nnewi dialect.

Usonkwu:


I want to respond to you but don't know how. Anyway, prove to me u are truly Nnewi son of the soil by replying in core Nnewi dialect.

Usonkwu:


I want to respond to you but don't know how. Anyway, prove to me u are truly Nnewi son of the soil by replying in core Nnewi dialect.

AjaanaOka:


Nnaa, with time you might discover that it is not everybody you should engage in arguments on this platform. Some know next to nothing about what they are saying, but will argue and fight with you who are actually far better informed than them on the subject.

Much of Anambra South actually uses 'h' instead of 'r' in many words, in their original dialects. It is the rise of Onitsha dialect as a prestige dialect and a dialect that came to stand for sophistication and advancement, that led to many communities that fell within the orbit of Onitsha re-writing and sometimes even mispronouncing words to conform with the 'Onitsha standard'.

Apart from Orizu being Ohizu in the Nnewi dialect, I have been informed by a man from Uruagu-Nnewi that the name of the quarter is actually Uhuagu when pronounced in the dialect of the Nnewi people. The nearby town of Oraeri is also pronounced Ohaehi by the older generation.

Theresa Onuora's surname is Onuora, but going by the fact that she comes from Unubi, near Nnewi in Anambra South, I won't be surprised if this is yet another example of 'Onitshanization', and it won't surprise me if the name in true Unubi dialect were Onuoha.

fergie001:



He was criticising the guy that there is nothing like Ezeh. Don't read meanings into his meanings.

I wasn't talking about meanings but that there is something like Ezeh.


I know him up to his father's house in Uturu and know his 82-year old father answers Ezeh.

I don't see Ezeh having a different meaning from Eze but know that people answer the name.

BKayy:

He is an Aboki. Everybody knows him here.
His own mission on Nairaland is to instigate statetism among Ndigbo by claiming Anambra but when matters like this arise, he gives himself out because it requires deep understanding to participate in.
Almost all of Anambra South use "h" instead of "r"

BKayy:

Please, you people should not confuse yourselves with spelling.
Let me explain with examples
1. Awkuzu---Ọka Ụzụ
2. Orji----Ọjị̀
3. Ezeh--Eze
4. Udeh--Ude
5. Nzukor--Nzụkọ
6. Amawbia---Ama Ọbịa
7. Ubah---Uba


Do you people get where I am driving at?

Unlike Onuora and Onuoha, the pronounciations of what I listed above are the same just that spelling differed. The difference in spelling is as a result of how well the writer knows the Igbo language.
Technically, it is very rare for a consonant to end Igbo word.

Let me explain further.
Look at the names below and notice if there is any difference
1. Onuoha---Onuohah
2. Onuora---Onuorah

Any difference in pronounciations of the two dialects?

If "Ezeh/Ezeh" being the same in all dialect is to be written in Igbo Language, the spelling will be "Eze"

So Ezeh, Ubah, Udeh are all wrong spellings.

cc Homeboiy, wordcat and Fallenshithole

Usonkwu:


Well, I believe in giving people benefit of doubt, this being a faceless forum and all. I know him well. Can't imagine throwing IDENNA a similar challenge and he runs. Really, I hope Meleszawani(sounds Arabic?) redeems his bad reputation.

Usonkwu:


Well, I believe in giving people benefit of doubt, this being a faceless forum and all. I know him well. Can't imagine throwing IDENNA a similar challenge and he runs. Really, I hope Meleszawani(sounds Arabic?) redeems his bad reputation.

MelesZenawi:


This rubbish "onuohah doesn't exist"

Fullstop.

MelesZenawi:


Yo haven't really thrown any questions but kudos for carpeting that bkayy with your response.

It shows a sound is on the thread and not emotionally wrecked idiiotts.

BKayy:

Aboki, you are too dull to be in this propaganda business.

For the Igbo people that don't understand the part.
It is an illustration to show that I can add "h" to the back like other Igbo names with wrong spelling like Ubah, Ezeh, etc and they will sound the same as the one with correct spelling like Uba, Eze etc

MelesZenawi:


Well I have no business with the Onuoha of a thing...next.

My interest is in Onuora. Case closed.

BKayy:

AjaanaOka:


Nnaa, with time you might discover that it is not everybody you should engage in arguments on this platform. Some know next to nothing about what they are saying, but will argue and fight with you who are actually far better informed than them on the subject.

Much of Anambra South actually uses 'h' instead of 'r' in many words, in their original dialects. It is the rise of Onitsha dialect as a prestige dialect and a dialect that came to stand for sophistication and advancement, that led to many communities that fell within the orbit of Onitsha re-writing and sometimes even mispronouncing words to conform with the 'Onitsha standard'.

Apart from Orizu being Ohizu in the Nnewi dialect, I have been informed by a man from Uruagu-Nnewi that the name of the quarter is actually Uhuagu when pronounced in the dialect of the Nnewi people. The nearby town of Oraeri is also pronounced Ohaehi by the older generation.

Theresa Onuora's surname is Onuora, but going by the fact that she comes from Unubi, near Nnewi in Anambra South, I won't be surprised if this is yet another example of 'Onitshanization', and it won't surprise me if the name in true Unubi dialect were Onuoha.

fergie001:

Noted.......I am not on wrong or right.

Just that there is something like Ezeh.

SlayerForever:
People who are arguing the difference are not Igbos.

BKayy:

I don't doubt that. The spelling exists but me and you know that the "h" at the back means nothing.