Leopard :: agu



Locust :: igurube

Lion :: odum

Lizard :: ngwere

Monkey :: enwe

Ok. I'll stop here for now.

If anyone else would like to continue, please do.

wow!
good work!
knew only about 1/2 of these.
Isn't agu - tiger?

Lion is alos known as eze-ohia, i think.

Tortoise - mbe

okwanuzo3: wow!
good work!
knew only about 1/2 of these.
Isn't agu - tiger?

Lion is alos known as eze-ohia, i think.

Tortoise - mbe

Yup you're right, lion is also eze-ohia. Agu originally meant leopard but people also extended it to mean tiger (even though tigers aren't indeginous to Africa). Thanks for the contribution.

fly~ ijiji
snake~ agwo
snail~ eju or ejula
ant~ agbisi or ndanda
pig~ ezhi
scorpion~ akpi
python~ eke
monkey~ enwe
fish~ azu
horse~ inyinya
?hyena~ edi abali
hipopotamus~ enyi mmiri
dove~ nduru

although am not much of an authority, it seems to me like some of your names Dosen't tally with the ones i know so i'll quote you when i think it dosent tally and give what i may call the 'ANAMBRA general name'

odumchi: Ant :: ijere (I think the central version is ndanda, though I'm not sure)



Antelope :: ele

[img]http://1.bp..com/-TWQ8D0G2CYg/TjdhNwB1MEI/AAAAAAAAAEg/rojD387wNXo/s1600/antelope4.jpg[/img]

we generally call ants 'aruru'

cos of difference i dialect, an ANAMBRA man will call the antelope 'ene'

odumchi: Butterfly :: ndudubariba

[img]http://4.bp..com/-YpIiQEOFN00/Tq5mdAnH_4I/AAAAAAAACn0/nIc0cOJcAgU/s1600/butterfly.jpg[/img]

for butterflies we use 'ikukububa' or 'ikukurububa' something like that sha

odumchi: Cat :: nwa mba

i don't know if its the whole of ANAMBRA but i know the cat to be 'nnawuli ede'

odumchi: Chimpanzee :: ozodimgba

i know the gorilla to be 'ozodimgba'
there is 'enwe' and 'adaka' too depending on specie.
Or i think enwe is a general 'monkey' name

odumchi: Duck :: okuko ugbala (I don't know the central version of this)

we call the duck 'obogu' 'obagu' 'obagwu'

odumchi: Frog :: mbara

we call the frog 'awo'
but there is a specie
maybe the toad called 'mbala'

odumchi: Grasshopper :: ukpaka

[img]http://2.bp..com/-m-wKUSSRQaI/TeB8bbch-TI/AAAAAAAAASM/uwhFaA8ki44/s1600/grasshopper.jpg[/img]

we call it 'ukpana'

Ant/Insects :: Aruru, ahuhu, agbisi
Army ant :: Ijere
Donkey :: Jaki
Winged termite :: Aku
Grasshopper :: Ukpana
Frog :: Awo
Toad :: Mbala
Hyena :: Kwura

Golden-backed Weaver :: Asha

odumchi: Kite :: egbe

kite for us is 'nkwo'

while hawk is 'egbe'

Guinea pig :: Oke Oyibo

Hawk :: Egbe

[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSXKfpg906T6HIy-QRhOJ-4FVuWy8L0p2d8qoa-_t6Tq29uyWx2[/img]

Kite :: Nkwo

[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ4VkBNEy-e5QQDeAapfrH8Uwg2BVsIo55F0y9i8HbbNcUvzzFg[/img]

Vulture :: Udele, Udene

[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFgZj1V5wrr460XUQK6389SUGMT6LUJnw4p5--MatSd7S4uEQe1g[/img]

Spider :: Ududo

Rat - 'Oke'

sheep - 'atulu'

ram - 'ebune' 'ebuna'

@OP, I thought Jaki is Donkey? (U said camel)!
Parrot=ichoku
Scorpion=akpi

Lovely thread.
Mosquito :Anwu nta
Housefly :Ijiji
Boa :Eke
Boa constrictor :Eke Ogba
Cat :Nwa ologbo
Cow :Ehi/Efi
Praying mantis :Oku okpo
Bedbug : Chinchi
Earthworn :Idide

ifyalways: Lovely thread.
Mosquito :Anwu nta
Housefly :Ijiji
Boa :Eke
Boa constrictor :Eke Ogba
Cat :Nwa ologbo
Cow :Ehi/Efi
Praying mantis :Oku okpo
Bedbug : Chinchi
Earthworn :Idide

Methink cat is Ologbo in YORUBA language!

You are absolutely right !
I speak a little Yoruba so i tend to get things mixed up.Thanks for pointing that out.

dubem3: although am not much of an authority, it seems to me like some of your names Dosen't tally with the ones i know so i'll quote you when i think it dosent tally and give what i may call the 'ANAMBRA general name'

Thanks, but the names are meant to be centralized.
The central Igbo name for gorilla is 'uzontuzo' while chimp is 'ozodimgba', and monkey is 'enwe'. But you're right for frog. I confused frog 'awo' for toad 'mbara' .

I'm pretty sure kite in central Igbo is 'egbe'.

@ Everyone

Thanks a million for your contributions! I will add pictures of them and make the corrections you guys pointed out asap.

Chimpanzee = Okpangu (Nwa Okpangu)

Gorrilla = Ozodimgba

Frog = Akiri

Toad = Awo

Kite = Ogankwo

Hawk = Egbe

Kite ---------- Agu nkwo
Lion ---------- Agu
Cat-------------Nwa ologbo, busss
Praying mantis-----------------ngbogo
Dove------------Nduru ala
Crocodile------- Agu iyi
Spider------------Udude
milipide ---------- Ariri
centipide-----------gbakuru nwoke gbakuru nwa( If the thing bite a man he turn to a woman na wetin dem tell us then and we beleived)
Bat------------Usu
Ant---------------Ahuhu
Antelope----------------Ele
Goat----------------- ewu
Ram---------------------Ewu awusa
Rabit---------------- Oke bekee
XXXXX----------------chekeleke( that white bed that gives white spot on the nails when wave at it)
Grasshoper-----------Ukpala or Okpoko
He Goat-------------- Mkpi
ETC