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@Ikomi

I feel ya

@poster

ziddy is right

@topic

Nwata na-ata akara na-ata ego ya
The child that is eating bean balls is eating his money

Ejighi akpata atufoo aba ogaranya
You don't get rich by wasting the resources you've gathered _{makes a whole lotta sense 2 me}

, and here's a long one

Mbe si na agha suu, ozogbue nwanyi di ime, O rue ka agha suru, onye ozo zogbue nwanyi di ime, emechaa aga kpuru mbe!
The tortoise said he will trample the pregnant woman to death at the onset of war, when the war started, another person trampled the woman to death, afterwards, the tortoise was arrested.

_{morale: mind ya tongue}

@ibrahiem

Aboki na, yaya dai? antashi lafiya

@topic

Onyebuchi = who is God? (as in no human is God)

Onyeso = who is following?

Onyedikachukwu = who is like God _{reminds me of d song: who is like unto thee,} 

Onyinye = Gift/Offering

toshmann:
and a man with a lazy wife should call her daughter obiagelli

LOL. very funny indeed

toshmann:
translation ya bu. . . . . hapurum nwa ahu o gini n'emedi gi sef o maka ino texasi mere agaghi m anuru gi nti hapuru m nwa ahu o, otherwise nairalandi ga anu olu mu na gi taa. heeeee m

Don't Mess With Texas! = Anwala texasi

Egg

toshmann:
@jo-z

heheheheheeeeeeeeeeeee. . . . . ha abiakwala o. heheheheeeeeeeeeeeee nke a, a na, ana gi number gi. . . . . heheheheeeeeeeeeee

@echelon,
enyi a, biko hapuru m nwa ahu. o gini n'emedi gi self

@toshmann
Hapuru gi nwa ahu aka? Nke na i bu di ya ka obu enyi ya nwoke? Agbara aka na-azo ala, onye ji ji ana akonye akonye

Can you translate that?

Wings

Einstein

Electricity

[quote author=jo-z link=topic=43635.msg1438094#msg1438094 date=1188262825]@echelon
u think u getting interested in what?[/quote]I'm interested in meeting you. is it ok by you?

@topic
Okuku anaghi echezo onye foro ya odu n'udummiri

The fowl does not forget who removed its tail feathers in the rainy season

_{this reminds me of the song: shake ya tail feathers}

Electronics

krazzee:
kwezonu!!!
I'm from Akabo, Ikeduru in Imo state as well, very proud I am of my background. It aint no lie that we be the creme of society!

ur welcome! nnooo, ibialawee (ikwerre igbo).enjoy

[quote author=+osisi link=topic=11383.msg1434282#msg1434282 date=1188175423]A woman with a lazy husband should give her kids those 3 names[/quote] ur funny. actually d names are great names. optimistic i would say. i dont see any semblance to laziness. whad do you think?

@topic

Onyemaechi= Who knows tomorrow?

Echidime= Tomorrow is pregnant

Ogadimma= e go better

[quote author=jo-z link=topic=43635.msg1434067#msg1434067 date=1188165649]@echelon
am inn houston[/quote]Could you give me your cell? I'll give you a buzz if I breeze into houston. Could be coming there for a jazz concert at the Verizon theater.

My email:echelon@engineer.com

_{i think i'm getting interested}

@offtopic

For those interested in learning/improving their Igbo, there is this yahoo groups dedicated to Igbo studies:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/uwandiigbo/

[quote author=jo-z link=topic=43635.msg1432855#msg1432855 date=1188103327]@everyone
una dey try for this igbo proverb thing oooo. ji sie nu ike [/quote]Obu ife anyi na-emelu onwe anyi

Where are you in Texas? I'm in Fort Worth

@topic

ọkụkọ siri n'ala felie bere na mkpumkpu aja, n'ala ka ọ ka nọkwa.

The chicken that flew up from the ground to the short wall is still on the ground

[quote author=+osisi link=topic=11383.msg1430325#msg1430325 date=1187992611]NO.
Obi signifies royalty.
So adaobi means daughter of royalty.[/quote]Really? now I know

toshmann:
eeeh? so turu means giving orders? hmmn. i've always wondered what it meant

hey, nne, i'm born again now. no more women

please what does ude mean? e.g udechukwu?

Udechukwu=God's fame

@ topic

Ada = Daughter

Adaeze=King's daughter=princess

Adaobi=man's daughter

Adamma=fine daughter

Adanna=father's daughter

Adanne=mother's daughter

_{were diri gabazia=et cetera}

[quote author=cute-ass link=topic=43635.msg1428913#msg1428913 date=1187967989]Teacher isi agbo ncha, igbo teacher ndewo

there are two meanings to ô bulu na-emeghi ka ana-anyu nsi anyu

one could be the one you wrote (infact i now get what you were trying to say) . . but the other meaning if u put a different tone to the pronounciation would be if you don't put effort to it

Try and practise them . .just like "akwa" which could either go for "a bed" or "an egg" or even the verb "to cry" , depending on the pronounciation [/quote]because of the different dialects of igbo, there are nuances.

for the word "akwa", we use what we call "Udaolu" to differentiate the different meanings of the same word since Igbo is a tonal language.

Finally, Mu nwa isi agbo ncha? 

MyPeace:
You GUYS ARE FUNNY

Why only names with Nnas, what of the Chis

Chidimma=God is good

Chiemelie=God is victorious

Chinenye=God gives

Chinenyenwa=God gives children

Chika=God is greater

Chioma=Good God

Chinonso=God is near

Chinedu=God leads

Chibuzo=God is the first

Chikaodili=its left for God

_{ad infinitum}

@topic

nnamdi=my father exists

nnaemeka=the father has done great

nnanna=fatherfather=grandfather

nnaji=the father has it

nnaoji=the father of the iroko

[quote author=cute-ass link=topic=43635.msg1427543#msg1427543 date=1187951986]But that was a bad translation jare

let me try

If you don't try/put effort to get the sh*t out, it won't come out

@ echelon (i like the name BTW)

As i was saying, continue the good work, soon, very soon, you'll be grown enough to eat with the rest of us elders on this proverbs thread.

Keep it coming, don't give up like the rest oo [/quote]for it to mean that, your origingal igbo sentence shld hv been: Obulu na achighi nsi achi, o gaghi a puta (achighi shows force/effort)

elders? where are they?

wendymanda:
I deh say it loud mi be Igbo and mi be proud. I wish I could write in Igbo.

You could. nothing is impossible.

wendymanda:
how about
Chinagozi - God is blessing
Sobechi- Follow God

ur intrprtation is right for Chinagozi but may be taken for Chibungozi? how about Chinagozi=God blesses



more:

Chigozie=God bless (my 2nd name )

Chimdumaga=My God is leading me ahead

Chimdindu=my God is alive

Chiemelie=God has won

Chikaodili=its left for God

@topic

Okpa ike anaghi akpa n'ulo
The strong does not show his strength in d house

Anaghi agwa ochi nti na agha esu! O hu ibe ya ka ha na-agba oso, o soro ha gbaba
You dont tell the deaf that the war has begun, when he sees others escaping, he'll join them

Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe
Anyone that believes, his god will agree

Ejighi ihe a na-agba na nti agba n'anya
You dont poke into your eyes that which is poke into the ears

@topic

nneamaka=a mother is very good

nnejiaku=a mother has wealth

nneoma= good mother

nnenne=mothermother

nwanneka=a sibling is greater