₦airaland Forum

rosieluv:
she ws jxt spoilt n wayward guess dats wat he wanted,afta dat she calld me to stay away frm "er bf',hehehehehe my dear i park well for d babe. i cannot com n kil myslf for man n he is an ibo guy

optional1:
Tnx dear, I personally dump him in a trash. Cos he is not worthy to take care of my crown.

Funkybabee:
don't twist the word if u live with yoruba indigenes,a times if they want to say oun sako,shakara will follow it.e.g shey oun sako si mi abi shakara wo leleyi.Am not twisting anyword,av explained how the word shakara came to be,av read early yoruba text pre 60s and there is nothing like shakara in it,i dont live with yorubas I am Yoruba pure and simple.

benji93:
Mr macmillian, as much as 'knack' is an English word it is not in anyway connected to the word 'knack' in pidgin, i only used the word 'knock' as a reference due to its close connection to the usage of 'knack', moroever, 'knack' is not a word that is normally used in colloquial conversation, so logically, it is most likely not the root of the pidgin word 'knack'. I rest my case.

oboy3:
the examples i gave are more accurate than this trash you wrote,i didnt argue kuku or mama or wahever cos i aint sure of those
pls,dont ever claim these conc Igbo words,for your sake

optional1:
He lost his phones a night b4 valentine nd wasn't able to call or send a txt to me 4 val but he was able to do welcum back on sunday after valentine.

rosieluv:
i love u n e ws straffin my bestfriend

benji93:
cool, but i disagree on the origin of knack , it is probably an adulterated form of 'knock', 'knock' sounds like an unstressed version of 'knack in the british accent, moreover the meaning of 'knock' actually relates to the usage of 'knack'

FanYogo1:
Yawn.

FanYogo1:
Too much talk, Nkem.

FanYogo1:
Everybody wants to claim Yoruba. He's one lost igbo boy who grew up in Lagos claiming Yoruba.

FanYogo1:
Another Nkem in the making. Like I said, keep pointing at your father's compound with your middle finger.

FanYogo1:
The same 'Yoruba' that asked seun to reconsider rule 9 even though prior to the establishment of that rule, Biafrans were destroying your identity online. Just as you're aiding them now. Yoruba ko Fon ni. Keep pointing at your father's house with your middle finger.

FanYogo1:
And where did you look?

It's funny how non-Yorubas now know what is and what is not a Yoruba word. It's like you guys are just realizing how Yorubas have colonized pidgin English and trying to deny it lmao .

And dude, Yorubas are always evolving and making up words that later becomes popular; skelewu, skibobo, badoo, shakitibobo. 50years from now, una go claim these words.

oboy3:
Tey in pidgin english is also Igbo,,,,,,
e.g Guy e don tey oo,,,,
for example an Igbo will say O tena/tela m furu gi

and Owu meaning to be broke,e.g owu dey blow me,,,,remember the song Owu sa gi by wizzboy

Funkybabee:
shakara is derived from soge hope u understand Yoruba language


ologe onishakara. they normally follow each other

Funkybabee:
when Igbo dey claim yeye now and kuku so what about shakara


shakara re po


some people shaaa!!!!

olaitoro:
go back to the comment you quoted and read it again,

since yeye is used to mock or for fun, adeyeye definately will mean funny king's crown

hahahaa

yeye is from Igbo word eyiye which means stupidity or silliness.

Phut:
Yes Una/Unu means You all in Igbo. The slaves took the word to Jamaica. So the origin is Igbo. Masseratti's post is a but confusing because he first attributes it to Patois and then states that the origin is Igbo. The origin is Igbo, plain and simple.

olaitoro:
what is the meaning of yeye in yoruba ?

Have you seen Igbos laughing at the name AdeYEYE before or not?

Be sincere

if you have seen such senerio, why do you think they are laughing ?
Mama in op context does not denote mother but rain 'drenge'

knack is an english word, but its use in pidgin takes shape from Igbo langauge as I explain in the comment you quoted.

GospelNaija:
* UNA: or Unu (Jamaican/Patwa/Patois)

Origin: Igbo

Etymology: Umunna, Nna

Meaning: (these/those) People

*Mama is not a Nigerian pidgin English word. Mama is local parlance in most regions for Mother. Something spelt as Momma, Mamma, Mom



* Knack is German. Meaning "low sounding blow"

Thanks

olaitoro:
mama; it has Igbo origin from the word mara as in 'mmiri mara mu' to englised the Igbo word, folks start saying rain mama me.

knack; this also has Igbo origin. In igbo langauge knack is kuo, for eg
english: it is 12o'clock
igbo: o 'kuo'la 12o'clock
pidgin; e don knack 12o'clock.

yeye: this is Igbo word used to show stupidity, it is used as eyiye eg
english: this child is stupid
igbo; nwata na eyiye eyiye
pidgin; this pikin don they yeye

to further buttress my point, that is why Igbos laugh at yoruba name like AdeYEYE.

TheLegal:
Appeal what? the NJC is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria. Can you appeal against the decision of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and to which court self?

Flets:
Buhari is trying really hard to muscle the judiciary through the NJC. Silencing the judges to play by Buhari's rule is bad for our democracy.

Definitely, I trust the judidciary to fight back. The NJC himself is more corrupt than most, singling out few scape goats to intimidate the judiciary is unacceptable. If there should be a fight against corruption, it should be wholistic.... NJC inclusive.

Tiegarr:
Chai.. What happened? Where did you attend school.. Who on earth did this to you..kids of de 80s and 90s.. No.. I can't take this no more.. Nairaland is full of social and uneducated misfits....God have mercy on the Nigerian youth.. Always talking a lot of nothings..

Abudu2000:
why are these bloggers deceiving the public for Christ sake,the use of dollars for international trade is a policy already made and sealed in the UN, unless the country wants to face sanction no one can change that treaty,so don't get your hopes up....even if you want to import from China you have to convert to dollar since the world bank deals in dollars
smh for Dollards!!!

banki:
You guys make me laugh
He goes to the west you complain
He goes to Arabia you complain
He goes to China you complain

The article above is ridicolous especially the part where you said the bbog suddenly found their voice as if you don't know that this week simply marks 2years

You guys should continue wailing

TPAND:
Why are all exonerating Ameachi. NASS shouldn't be blamed for a ministry's error. Ameachi never included it in the budget. The all uprising in NASS over the missing Lagos-Calabar railway still amazes me.

We should put the blame on Ameachi for such fatal flaw.

mekaboy:
Good question. If you borrow from Nigerians u won't develop that website for 78m you will develop it for 500k and save 77.5m. So paying the double digit to Nigeria won't be an issue if you are serious.

But if u borrow from China, you can do that website for 78m and pay single digit interest. Which is better? to borrow at double digit and save 77.5m or pay over 78m at single digit?

ba7man:
I don't take people like this seriously because where we're they when GEJ was borrowing $1billion only for it to be scammed from him in the name of boko haram amnesty........ or when $2.1billion arms cash was being shared by GEJ and hid cronies.

They were hailing him as the best ever then.

mekaboy:
Nigerians can lend this govt any amount it need for infrastructure if it has a plan to pay back. What is the treasury bills and bonds there for?

Why go outside to borrow? So that they will eat and go free and Nigeria will pay. Borrow from Nigerians if you are serious and don't pay back and watch them burn ur generation.

If things are hard let's see it from those in power first.

The money from oil boom is what APC politicians used to put PMB there.