O nnaa.

O gaghi abu mu ihe itunanya ma o buru na o bu onye Ohafia/Abiriba. Maka o bu ndi Ohafia/Abiriba na azakari "Nnenna".

kreami diva:

Nwanna odi laa Nda l'imere Abu m onye ukwuakwu. Ndi ule inyi mere a? Okwu ala anyi tokwahu eleghe mmanu anu.

Nde ulo mu nonwa nni wo. Inyi nde emekwaran aga ole? Azi o di kwa? M si ka m kele gi maka o dighi aga m za avu onye akuku anyi n'ekwuirighi ya okwu.

I'm loving this discourse.

Chai.

kreami diva:


Ify,ekelela m gi otu i si wee nabata m. Abu m nwa afo Abia steeti. Ututu no na Arochukwu local gomenti. Mana Di m bu onye Imo steeti.

Eji m aka na anyi ga ano nke oma ebe a.

Ekuo ihe nk'a ngen, eh? Nne, ndaa kwan aga I mere? I di kwahu ele onye Ututu n'ezi! M bu onye Arochukwu; anyi na nde Ututu bu nwanne.

I really fear for the future of my people.

ginky: Ds is for d igbo pips...Please what is "ke kosi eje " in english

It can mean: "how is he/she/it going?" or "how is he/she/it doing?".

Can someone help me translate the first 30 seconds of this song? His Owere dialect is very thick.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYkNtHm-yQ&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DecYkNtHm-yQ

What I think he said:
Onye ya na nwanne ya na n'uyo gbakwanuma ari nma ka onye no n'ama. Eji eshi uyo mara nma fuma gbo ari nma ke nde ezhi atugbola mu ujo. Something I couldn't decipher. Amaa onye wu nwanne gi ga so bema."

This is what I think it means:
When you're at home with your brother, act as you would act if you were outside in the presence of others. Because when I come out of a calm household, the trouble I see in others scares me. No one knows who is a brother (something about crying).

Antivirus92: he should ask reasonable question. Simple as that. I don't care about how u feel about it.

You do know that no one is forcing you to respond to my questions, o kwa ya? If you don't like them, simply log off of Nairaland and find something else to do with your time.

Or in the Owerri man's words: onye shi ala Owerri arii ya nma, ya kwara puma. Biri nga m awuu n'ikike.

Ihe bu mkpa m bu odinanma omenala anyi. Ndi okwukwe Kristi emebiela otutu ihe gbasara omenala anyi (ma ndi di nma ma ndi di njo). Okwukwe Alakuba, o bu na o gaghi emebipu nke na foro?

Na uwa ugbua anyi no n'ime ya, ndi Kristi na anabata ufodu ihe omenala: di ka onye Kristi nwere ike ichi Nze ma o bu Ichie; onye Kristi nwere ike ibanye otu Nmanwu; onye Kristi nwere ike ibanye Ekpo na Ekpe. Uka Alakuba o ga ekwere ka umu ihe a diri? Ka o g'eme ka omenala anyi fuchaisia? Umu Igbo ana ga bia muwa asusu Arabic (yekwa ya n'elu Asusu Bekee n'acho iri Igbo?)

O ya bu ajuju m.

Antivirus92: can't u just see that it is a difference in dialect. Just difference of " d" and "z". Or do u want to magnify it as usual?

Who asked your input in this? I kpuru isi? Or could you not see that I did not realize that because I did not know what 'izo eze azo' meant?

Biko, dowe onu gi ndo. Ekuu gi nwa.

Eze Promoe:
It occurs in every language including English.
E.g 'show' means to lead or guide and a concert or airing of a Tv/radio programme.
Same with Igbo,
Izo - to save
Izo - to contest/battle for something.
This is where the suffixes matter.
Now you use
Izo (puta) - to save
Izo (ala/eze/ihe) azo - To battle for land/kingship/a thing unspecified (respectively)

Thank you for explaining the meaning. The reason I asked is because it doesn't exist in our lexicon in my part of ali Igbo.

In my dialect:

Ido (pusa) - to save.
Ido (ali/eze/ihe) - to dispute over something.

Andre Uweh: ^^^
Ụjọ atụla gị. Eze Oguta abụghị onye mbụ mere ya, mana onweghị ihe omere na ala Igbo. Ala Igbo bụ nke ndị ụzọ krịstị. Onweghị ihe ndị alakụba nwere ike ime.

O nwere ka o di, ma I juokwa m o. Ka m koro gi akuko m nuru gbasara udiri ihe a: na afo 1940, otu nze gara obodo Senegal. Mgbe o no obodo ahu ya gbanwuo okwukwe, banye uke Alakuba. Mgbe o lachitere ala ya, o biara gosi ndi obodo ya uka Alakuba mee kwa ka otutu ha gbanwuo. Ya bu nze chodiri ka obodo ya nile gbanwuo okwukwe, mana ha ekweghi. Ihe a biara kpatara ha esemokwu. Udiri ihe a o nwere ike ime na Ugwuta (ka o bu Oguta)?

ChinenyeN: Onye isi omelala gbanwe okwukwe buru onye "Christ", o di iche la onye isi omelala gbanwe okwukwe buru onye Alakuba? Odii. Hne ha abuo mere bu ifu l'omelala. O gwula.

I lee ya anya otu ahu, ha bu otu ihe. Mana o bughi ka ihe si di. Ugbua na ala Igbo, ndi Uka na ndi omenala na ebikota n'enweghi oke nsogbu na mkpotu nihi ndi Uka Kristi ekwerela na ndi Uka omenala nwere ike ikpe otu masiri ha. Eze bia banye Uka Alakuba, o kwa o g'eme ha ewufuo omenala ha ndi Ndi Uka Kristi mebiforo kpam kpam?

How many meanings does the term 'izo azo' have in northern dialects? I've heard it used in so many ways.

Ex:

Izo eze azo - to be crowned king?
Izo nmadu azo - to save someone.

Ndi Igbo, na ndi mba na anu olu Igbo, ekele o.

Ubochi gara aga elere m onyonyoo gbasara otu Eze si Ugwuta na stati nke Imo na otu ya bu Eze si gbanwuo okwukwe na buru onye uka Alakoba. Asi m ka m juonu unu: o nwere onye ma otu udiri ihe a si mee? Asighi m na Uka Alokoba bu ajo uka, mana o di m ihe itunanya na otu onye isi omenala Ndi Igbo nwere ike igbanwu okwukwe otu ahu.

Kedu ka obodo ya si eme ihe omenala ha? Kedu ka ndi okwukwe ya na okwukwe omenala ndi obodo ya si ebikota? Bikonu, onye nwere ike isa mu ajuju mu a bia saa. Onye nwekwanu ihe ozo o mara o ga ekwunye bia kwuo.

ifyalways: Agaba,udo di. Maria,imakwa e,its hard to believe that after all the love nwantiti gi na Tosh kuru na threadia,unu abuo buzi past tense ugbu a
Achi Ofe kedu nke mere last? Odumchi ele aga i di?
Ngbokwu,ndewo

Ify, m dikwa nma o. Ndaa aga umunne m mere? I nanwa elekotazikwara m wo anya?

Igbo m ji aga mba, kedu ka unu mere ooo? Nwa afo na ekele unu nihi ta bu ubochi amuru obodo anyi a bu Naijiria. Nani Chineke bi n'igwe ma ihe mere onodi anyi a ji diri ka o is diri, mana anyi enwela obi ojoo. Ka anyi na ayo Chukwu ka ihe na adiri anyi nma site na aha Jesu di nwenu anyi! Isee! Unu daruo ala rie nka!

In The cultures of the Igbo, titles exist in many dimensions and are not [traditionally] awarded on the basis of wealth but of merit. This being said, you have yet to specify the type of title which you are talking about. Depending on where you are in Igboland, there are yam titles, Ozo titles, and other merit-based title-taking institutions. Although it is theoretically possible for you to [traditionally] acquire a title from a community, it would be very difficult since you are indeed an outsider [to that community]. By outsider I don't mean the fact that you're an African American; I mean outsider in the sense that you are not an indigene of that particular community, since most [traditional] titles are awarded to 'umuafo' (citizens) and in extremely rare cases (which I will soon elaborate); foreigners.

An Ozo title is awarded to individuals who exhibit exemplary character and are well-esteemed by all members of society. Traditionally, these titles are taken very seriously and are not given out lightly. For an individual to be awarded an Ozo title, his history and that of his family would have to be scrutinized extensively in order to make sure that he is indeed fit for the title. That being said, it would be impossible for you to acquire an Ozo title.

Another type of title that exists is Ichie. Like Ozo, the Ichie title is only awarded to men of pristine character who are advanced in age. Being made an Ichie would make you responsible for certain social functions in a community which you, as a foreign-based African American, cannot fulfill.

That being said, the answer is "no". You, in your current form, can't get a real traditional Igbo title. The only way you could get a traditional title would be if you relocated to a community lived there for an extensive period of time, adopted their culture and practices, and participated actively in their communal affairs.

However, the world of today is gradually spoiling. Most of these people that answer "Chief" and "Lolo" simply go and buy a chieftaincy title (the idea of chieftaincy titles were introduced by the British) so that people can call them "Chief" or "Chief Mrs.". If that's what you want, sure. But it's not a legitimate traditional Igbo title.

bigfrancis21: Thank you.

Good morning.

Please did you see my message concerning my interest in being a culture section moderator?

Yes. We are currently discussing.

Kedu kwanu maka Ms. Nigeria?

Done.

pazienza:


Uya for suffering is not peculiar to ika, it's an old igbo word, in idenmili, we use Uya too, names like Uyanwa were common in the times of the old in idenmili.

Oh, thank you. I didn't know that.

I listened to the song "Kimi Rini Uya" by the Ika musician, Philo the Iron Lady, and she referred to "suffering" as "ita afufu". Why is that completely different from what you're saying, Agbotaen?

shymexx:

What's there to answer in your questions? All I saw was an emotions-laden post not worthy of a response - and if I had responded, it would have led to a shouting match.

Anyway, it's better to leave you in your denial than argue against it. And I'd rather debate Igbo culture with Ezeagu than you, to be honest. At least Ezeagu tries as much as possible to post without unnecessary emotions.

The point is that you can't debate what you don't know; you can only hope to learn from those who know. Therefore you can't debate Igbo culture with me [or with Ezeagu].

alj harem: Btw it does not mean the culture you borrowed from is better than yours. Fulanis are not better than Yoruba, nupe and Hausa but we learnt a lot from them and vise versa

Alj Harem, like I said earlier, I don't have time to come and discuss things that don't merit discussion. Neither you nor Shymexx possess any authority to speak authoritatively on anything regarding Igbo people and their culture, tradition and social habits.

Inyi anula (have you heard)?

Radoillo: When someone said precolonial igbos didn't have beans was when I knew I had to quit this thread...

BTW, how does one prove that 'akara' is a more 'advanced' food than 'okpa'?

Is there some sort of food test to prove or disprove that?

Let's not even entertain this idea of "advanced food". Hapu ha.

shymexx: ^^^^Let me keep living in denial till what's left of their culture finally erodes.

Imagine Odumchi claiming that the red and white wooly hat isn't European lol.

Still don't know when Igboland started having winter season.

So you couldn't respond to my simple questions but now have the effrontery to reappear piggybacking on Alj Harem? Lol. You clearly haven't been here [on Nairaland] long enough to know that Alj Harem is among those characters who are not to be taken seriously.

The fact that this guy thinks beans (which originated in Africa and Asia) never existed in Igboland prior to the advent of Europeans kills me even more. I won't even bother.

This is clearly a case of one blind man leading another.

stillwater: Odumchi how do I get in contact with Seun? Does his gmail account still work? It's been a while I've used it.

The best way would be to pm him on his nairaland account.