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Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Showguyz: 12:00am On Feb 15 |
CatchMeIfUCanMO:Oya mention the 5 cities I dey wait I enter game 2002 that time wey me still dey Italy and u dey cap dust, when them even burn you sef 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Showguyz: 12:05am On Feb 15 |
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Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Keegan: 12:07am On Feb 15 |
thesicilian: Henceforth they should be referred to as "dragists". 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by ponishah: 12:14am On Feb 15 |
Tunechi5:It is not an Igbo word! I am Igbo, the word " Aza" was first used by guys in Benin to code western union "MTCN" or Western union tracking code used in receiving money wired usually from abroad. It later added metamorphosed to also include account number, especially account number of picker abroad, which also gave birth to additional slang - aza-man" . Stop being a bigot with everything. It is an Edo word , which was also made popular by ake-men - " if you know you know" 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by providencia(m): 12:17am On Feb 15 |
LoveLeadsLand: Forget Google or wiki. Aza is a benin word |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Showguyz: 12:18am On Feb 15 |
AkinPhysicist:Is like people for SE dey like argument abi them no install Google for una phone or your opera mini daily bundle has finished? I told you that Bini empire once dominated western Igbo and even discovered onitsha instead of you to Google and verify or go ask your igwe(if you have one) you are crying propaganda EMEKA I EVEN SAW YOU FELLOW CHUWU HERE SAY AZA IS IGBO FOR ACCOUNT NUMBER PLEASE FELLOW NAIRALANDER WASN'T ACCOUNT NUMBER INVENTED IN THIS MODERN ERA BUT IN BENIN IT MEAN A PLACE WHERE YOU SAVE Money EVEN IN ACCIENT TIMES. SO OBI CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by ponishah: 12:19am On Feb 15 |
HNICEARTH:Which part of Igbo speaks that 1 Like |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by DeOTR: 12:19am On Feb 15 |
You people should rest. Igbo people could easily have borrowed the word from Bini people and vice versa. Unless anyone can tell us the meaning of the word syllable by syllable (a, za), it's very hard to tell who owns it, but in my opinion, it sounds Edoid than Igboid. That's my opinion. With many centuries of contacts with each other, we are bound to have similar words. I personally believe most of these ethnic groups were part of a larger group. Till tomorrow, the word for hand/arm in my Yoruba dialect means and is pronounced same way as it is in Igbo. Hausa word for matches is "ashana" which only makes sense in Yoruba. 2 Likes |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by providencia(m): 12:21am On Feb 15 |
Okeoghenerobert: No they don't. It has been in existence before yahoo. They only made it more popular |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:21am On Feb 15 |
ponishah: Does igbo has any part? States were created by the nigerian government. It doesn't define igbo 1 Like |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:22am On Feb 15 |
OKAIGHELE:Ok |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by MallamSpicey: 12:22am On Feb 15 |
Showguyz: You once "ruled" parts of Igboland yet na Igbo dey among one of the most spoken languages in Africa, what happened to the so called dominant Edo/Benin language/culture? dey whine yourself |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Madups(m): 12:24am On Feb 15 |
Ok!! + your papa sef? Nor vex i hear you now. JohnAOne: |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:25am On Feb 15 |
oaktown101: You know bini but you dont know igbo. You can say aza is bini, you are right. But when you say aza is not igbo, then you are wrong. Just because you dont know that aza is also igbo does not mean it is not igbo. Rather it is your ignorance, and your ignorance does not equate something being right. |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Showguyz: 12:26am On Feb 15 |
MallamSpicey:When British destroyed kingdom 1849 at least we help you discover onitsha(if you like argue when we you can Google) in 17th century so at least that one is evidence that we were there so cry more 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by airsaylongcome: 12:26am On Feb 15 |
CatchMeIfUCanMO: Lol! A young man in his thirties dey call me "omomo"! Person wey I sure nor know wetin "essenco" mean. Person wey nor follow line-up when Buhari soldiers dey flog Nigerians up and dan for milk and sugar. Person wey fit nor know Fred Ajudua or Monday Osunbor. NL na real see finish 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by MallamSpicey: 12:27am On Feb 15 |
Showguyz: Anyway I love my Bini people so no wahala, last last we're all the same people from the same root. Stay blessed bro 1 Like |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by airsaylongcome: 12:28am On Feb 15 |
HNICEARTH: Today, there is a word in Igbo called "ashebi". Is that an Igbo word? |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:30am On Feb 15 |
KosiGee: "but this word doesn’t sound Igbo" and your proceeded to use the word as an igbo word in an igbo sentence as example. Even though it has another meaning in that example. Dont you think you are contradicting yourself? Below is an igbo dictionary that states the meaning of aza in igbo with also an example. I think you should try and study your language very well.
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Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Showguyz: 12:32am On Feb 15 |
MallamSpicey:One love gee ❤️ 1 Like |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:32am On Feb 15 |
konvicted77: Ok. You can now go to bed. Wake up and engage when you have something logical to comment |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by ponishah: 12:34am On Feb 15 |
HNICEARTH:Igbo has parts, dialects that are distinct to geo-- locations . What part of Igbo are you from? We don't speak same diallect 2 Likes |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:36am On Feb 15 |
Feldie: Yeah, that's what I have been trying to explain to folks here but people just have a one-way-traffic-mindset borne out of ignorance. Seems languages borrow words from each other. For this one, I cant say who borrowed from who. |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:41am On Feb 15 |
ponishah: I am conversant with Anambra and enugu igbo. But I dont know which of the igbos use aza. But I have known that word to be an igbo word for more than 20yrs because i read it in an igbo text book. Check the attached example from an igbo dictionary
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Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:43am On Feb 15 |
airsaylongcome: There is no igbo word called ashebi. |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by HNICEARTH: 12:50am On Feb 15 |
KosiGee: Again I just checked the dictionary, sieve and sweep are known as za in igbo not aza. However, when you want to make a sentence, instead of using za which is a noun, you use aza which is a verb. Check attached below
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Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by idomytin(m): 1:04am On Feb 15 |
Aza is an Axemen slang. Originally from the Igbo people ,but Aye's use it for Treasurer position. Technically numbers/ digits. |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by LOVEGINO(m): 1:12am On Feb 15 |
LoveLeadsLand:if u don't get it, forget it |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by shonepa(m): 1:30am On Feb 15 |
See as 17's just dey clap. Funny enough this matter dey sweet some people. 1 Like |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Ologbo147: 1:31am On Feb 15 |
idomytin:why is aye using it for treasurer position, that is what you should ask yourself. On whose soil was aye founded? This very same Benin city in 1977. What is the meaning of aza in Benin language? The truth is that there are many Bini lingo that gain entrance into Aye cult lingo and modus operandi. Korofo,Egede, Aza etc these are Edo wordings 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by SpatialKing(m): 1:40am On Feb 15 |
Uyi168: Is not a Benin word |
Re: Why Are Bank Accounts Called 'aza' In Nigeria? by Okada691: 1:42am On Feb 15 |
SpatialKing:it is 1 Like |
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