₦airaland Forum

Okay, so the only thing I can guess for Kamalu is that the lụ is fighting, which is why it is also nụ in other places. I thought about it being Ka ma a lụ, as in perseverance, but that would be ka na a lụ, isn't it? Or is it kam a lụ, [N]ka ma a lụ, or kam mma à lụ. Confusion! i've seen a suggestion that kamalu are actually two names, Kalu Akanu.

odumchi:
I suspect that the "l" originated from southern Igboland while the "n" originates from northern and western Igboland. For example Wawa people say "Enugwu" where as my people would say "Elugwu". Ukwuani people say "Anioma" whereas my people would say "Alioma".

Most Igbo words in the west are Nri-Oka, actually, the 'Westerners' speak something like an Oka dialect with Bini, and maybe Ishan and Igala influence, but sometimes Ika can sound like Igbo spoken in Abia state.

ifyalways:
@Odumchi,you got that but what about within same town?what explanation wud you give for the L/N variants?

Arochukwu uses both

Maybe it's modern influence? Or maybe some people prefer one over the other, like a place which uses Ihe for thing may use Ife like Ifeanyi for a name.

The website doesn't work, where's the evidence of this bible person being linked to the word Biafra, what is the significance of "Come Effraim". Also, is Biafra used traditionally in any of the places inside the place name Biafra.

I just found out that Kalu, Kamalu, Kanu, and Akanu is the same name.

Politically correct FAIL.

Okay, I was looking for the break down of the words. I'll take the advise and check the words out with Aro and Afikpo people (I don't know when that will be).

It will always amaze me how people allow their envy to be blatantly seen. If I'm envious and I show it (by being a stroppy mess) then I feel even worse about myself, lol.

That "Abadi" state in the Ijaw map is going to be one of the hotest places during the disintegration of Nigeria.

Igbo has ruined somebody's drug trade. Try harder next time.

What does Akanu mean, Ibiam, and Kamalu? I can guess, but I want the specific meaning.

He looks. . . . .Jamaican.

People shouldn't rubbish what they believe just because of some cheap 'benefit' that's due to expire in 4 years.

Where is the bin?

. . . .forever as Nigeria exists, which is until 2015 (hopefully).

ak47mann:
According to him, not minding the issues of the civil war, Igbo strongly believe in the Nigerian project and have not only sacrificed heavily for its realisation, they were still faithfully doing so today while the other ethnic groups are holding back and doing nothing because they are still very skeptical about the future of the British creation called Nigeria.

To put it simply, Igbo people are dumb? If they believe so strongly in the Nigerian project then they should scrap Igbo day for Nigeria day, and they should imprison Ojukwu for leading them into a war against their beloved country, and they should make sure MASSOB disbands.

abes:
This story get k-leg o. .
The mother had enough time to compose that message on her cellphone? during an earthquake?  hmmmmmm
Secondly, that baby does not look like a 3-month old to me, abi na my eyes dey deceive me?

And it's written in Chinese. Yeah, this story is made up, but it's still a good story about motherhood.

afam4eva:
When someone says Hausaland,it simply means the north. That's the ignorance that southerners have been living with.

The funny thing is that this "Hausaland" is probably Benue, the northern neighbour of Enugu state.

Beaf:
IMHO, parts of the SE has the most fertile land in the South. I'm talking from a laymans point of view based on the massive sizes of fruit in areas like Nsukka, Ogidi, Npkor etc.

I wonder why much is done toward commercial farming in the area. We could export banana's, mango's, cashew nuts etc.

Anioma land (Delta) is also VERY fertile, especially with yams.

velo10:
Okija nko?

Actually, the bodies at Okija are does of people who committed suicide and criminals who are said to have been killed by the spirits. There's an Ajọfia in many Igbo villages where criminals and suicide victims are thrown.

Much of the military and police in the southeast are of Northern origin.