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How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Chillext(op): 10:44pm On Oct 06, 2014

How do you call these colours in your local dialect?

* Green
* Pink
* Purple
* Brown
* Blue
* Red
* Grey
* Orange
* Violet
* Indigo

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by MykLANNY(m): 11:00pm On Oct 06, 2014

Just add 'i' to the end of it e.g Red-Redi
Green-Greeni and so on.. Abi na lie ma fellow yorubarians

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Sard(m): 3:40pm On Oct 07, 2014

Yoruba
____
green - awo ewe
red - pupa
blue - awo aro
white - funfun
ash - awo eru
orange - alawo osan
I don try.

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Justeenaleo(f): 11:41pm On Oct 07, 2014

Green.... Akwukwo ndu akwukwo ndu
Red.... Mmee mmee
Nawaoooo *covers face in shame*
Igbo sad

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Obinoscopy(m): 11:59pm On Oct 07, 2014

Justeenaleo:
Green.... Akwukwo ndu akwukwo ndu
Red.... Mmee mmee
Nawaoooo *covers face in shame*
Igbo

You even tried, mine is a lot worse embarassed

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Justeenaleo(f): 12:09am On Oct 08, 2014

Obinoscopy:

You even tried, mine is a lot worse .

Lol don't mind op, he did not put blackand white that I know oo grin

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Obinoscopy(m): 12:29am On Oct 08, 2014

Justeenaleo:
Lol don't mind op, he did not put blackand white that I know oo

Forgive me, but what's black and white in Igbo?

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by itstpia1: 1:33am On Oct 08, 2014

MykLANNY:
Just add 'i' to the end of it e.g Red-Redi
Green-Greeni and so on.. Abi na lie ma fellow yorubarians

na true.

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Justeenaleo(f): 6:42am On Oct 08, 2014

Obinoscopy:
Forgive me, but what's black and white in Igbo?

Black... Oji
White... Ocha
grin

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Chillext(op): 8:34am On Oct 08, 2014

Justeenaleo:
Lol don't mind op, he did not put blackand white that I know oo

almost every one knows black and white, that's why I didn't add

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Abbey2sam(m): 12:30am On Oct 09, 2014

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by iheanyi40(m): 12:30am On Oct 09, 2014

Chai I no even sabi any1 oh sad

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by naughtylagosguy(m): 12:30am On Oct 09, 2014

* Green - àwö ewéko / aligà
* Pink - pupa feere
* Purple - àwö elésè àlùkò
* Brown - àwö ara
* Blue - àwö sánmà
* Red - pupa
* Grey - àwö eléérú
* Orange - awo osan

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by morbid: 12:31am On Oct 09, 2014

Grey -- Isi awo isi awo.

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Nobody: 12:31am On Oct 09, 2014

Unfortunately, yoruba has pure translation for only..

White -funfun

Black -dudu

Red/orange/yellow -pupa

Others are ede ayalo..

Blue -buluu

Violet -fioleeti

Indigo -idi igo (bottle ya*nsh)

Grey -giree (or awo eeru)

Purple -poopuu

Atibeebeelo

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by devigblegble: 12:31am On Oct 09, 2014

Yawning

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by chibwike(m): 12:31am On Oct 09, 2014

obyno goan sleep.. Its past midnite

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by creamy1990(f): 12:33am On Oct 09, 2014

Sard:
Yoruba
____
green - awo ewe
red - pupa
blue - awo aro
white - funfun
ash - awo eru
orange - alawo osan
I don try.

you are damn correct! Yellow is pupa too while black is dudu

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by jnrbayano(m): 12:34am On Oct 09, 2014*

Chillext:
How do you call these colours in your local dialect?

* Green
* Pink
* Purple
* Brown
* Blue
* Red
* Grey
* Orange
* Violet
* Indigo

*Green: Akwukwo ndu Akwukwo ndu
* Pink: mmee mmee na ocha a gwokoro onu grin

* Purple: nwanne oji nwanne oji grin

* Brown: aja upa aja upa
* Blue:?
* Red: ughie or Mmee mmee
* Grey: ntu ntu
* Orange: Oloma Oloma grin

* Violet: same as purple
* Indigo: ?

You go fear Igbo... cheesy

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Kajiang02(m): 12:34am On Oct 09, 2014

How would I know?

Chillext:
How do you call these colours in your local dialect?
* Green.......... No idea
* Pink.......... No idea
* Purple.......... No idea
* Brown.......... No idea
* Blue.......... No idea
* Red............sheshel, something like that
* Grey.......... No idea
* Orange.......... No idea
* Violet.......... No idea
* Black............piampiam
* White...........kparadad.

I'm not getting it right though.
* Indigo

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by creamy1990(f): 12:35am On Oct 09, 2014

itstpia1:
na true.

funny you

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by blemon44(m): 12:35am On Oct 09, 2014

* Green
* Pink
* Purple
* Brown
* Blue
* Red
* Grey
* Orange
* Violet
* Indigo[/quote]op tell me what you call this colour in your local dialect

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by merit12(f): 12:35am On Oct 09, 2014

Let me goask my mama

Colour trending

After types of people you meet

Cming. Back got to. Wake mom

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by lonelydora: 12:36am On Oct 09, 2014

Got work to do. I will comment in the morning.

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Tobetoe(m): 12:36am On Oct 09, 2014

#yawns
@op pls go to bed..... Abi u get another plan dis midnite....
#touches my babe's bum..... Hope am safe here

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by creamy1990(f): 12:36am On Oct 09, 2014

MykLANNY:
Just add 'i' to the end of it e.g Red-Redi
Green-Greeni and so on.. Abi na lie ma fellow yorubarians

you got me laughing

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by kenbee(f): 12:37am On Oct 09, 2014*

* Green = Akwukwo Ndi.
* Pink. = Ûtû Ocha
* Purple
* Brown. =
* Blue. = Uhie
* Red. = nmee nmee
* Grey. = Anwu Anwu
* Orange. = Edo
* Violet
* Indigo

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Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by cooltobex(m): 12:38am On Oct 09, 2014

You want to cause a tsunami, op

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Nobody: 12:39am On Oct 09, 2014

If I hear! only black, white, yellow and red have translations in yoruba

black- dudu
white- funfun
red- pupa

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Nobody: 12:39am On Oct 09, 2014

kenbee:
g

g ko, q ni

Re: How Do You Call These Colours In Your Local Dialect? by Nobody: 12:40am On Oct 09, 2014

I don't think that we the Igbos have name for colors.But my nanny call bright colors ocha and dark colors nji

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