₦airaland Forum

galserv:
Where is the Igbo diction/word

ExAngel007:
https://guardian.ng/news/japa-eba-agbero-other-nigerian-words-enter-oxford-dictionary/

galserv:
Proudly Yoruba

Umuinyioku:
Japa

galserv:
Ja - bolt/run

Pa - completely

How is that Igbo?

I thought Pa is written as Kpa in Igbo language?

Umuinyioku:
Hmmm

Different interpretations!

galserv:
The Yoruba interpretation is the one that best suits the phenomenon

What is the Igbo one?

galserv:
Ahhhh...Baba agbalagba owamudia leleyi o!!!!
Odun tuntun la wa yi,emi o se pigidi mo,o

Eku orire pelu pigamaka yi ooo!!!!

tolugar:
As 419 and yahoo no favour me for Naija, na to japa before agbero and area boys wey full Edo go cross-carpet me thinking I'm a yahoo boy and collect the last kobo I won use chop suya as a Kanuri guy I be.


Go and check your dictionary

MadamVanessa:




I saw one clown above gloating over this. I don't see these words as Yoruba words anymore, these words are used virtually by all Nigerians , even in other African countries too. These words are more like Nigerian creole language (pidgin). Those words were not added to oxford dictionary because it's Yoruba words but because of high percentage of speakers using it daily.

Please don't let your inferiority complex makes you think that you've achieved anything on this. It's just a normal thing. I cant even count the numbers of Swahili words and other languages words that have made it way to oxford dictionary yet the speakers don't make a fused.

I expect the land of PhD holders to behave more maturely.

Umuinyioku:
Ja kpa

Greenback:
pigsamaka

galserv:
What does it mean in Igbo?

Umuinyioku:
Run,run to a safer place.

galserv:
You are a liar

Jakpa in Igbo means jackfruit according to google translate

Also, it's not the same pronunciation

Umuinyioku:
Can google know better than indigene who is on ground?

You could chose to believe google than me. But note. We write and teach the language.