Joshuaiwe:
[b][/b]
Oh I know that song!

Are you from that side?

Good song right. Zoro is fire. Can you understand the meaning?

MrsPhyno:
Phut
Did you ever end up listening to that Zoro song 042

And 'icholiya' na slang be dat abi na proper Igbo?

Nnunu in the context Phyno used it in is slang too sha. He's really popularizing a lot of slang

Icholiya is just phyno saying do you want it it's not really slang
And nnunu is definitely slang

MrsPhyno:

Are you from that side?

Good song right. Zoro is fire. Can you understand the meaning?

I'm not from Enugu but I understand it

Joshuaiwe:

Wait i dont get kupu too well is it like telling some one to get out?
Cuz like in phynos song nnunu phyno says nnunu machawa Akwa anyi ga kupu there
What does kupu mean in that instance
But thanks a ton daalunu!

I can't hear that part clearly, but I think what he said there is 'anyi ga akuput' ya' not 'anyi ga akupu there'.

Literally, it means 'we'll beat it out', but I'm unaware if it has any special slang meaning. That entire line sounds to me like Phyno's talking about 'landing' a 'flirtatious, but evasive' girl.

[flirtatious and evasive are the best translation I can come up with for 'mmacha'. These things are not always easy to translate]

Joshuaiwe:

I'm not from Enugu but I understand it

When he was listing all the artists like Mr Raw Bracket Flavour etc, why was he saying 'na 042' when not all of them are from Enugu

Joshuaiwe:

Icholiya is just phyno saying do you want it it's not really slang
And nnunu is definitely slang

After saying icholiya there was another word he used just repeating those two words for the whole chorus. Do you know it?

If you say nnunu will people automatically assume your talking about hot chicks or can it still be used as 'bird'

Sorry for all the questions

MrsPhyno:
Phut
Did you ever end up listening to that Zoro song 042

And 'icholiya' na slang be dat abi na proper Igbo?

Nnunu in the context Phyno used it in is slang too sha. He's really popularizing a lot of slang

Although 'icholiya' is not really a slang ('Do you want it?') just know that if you're standing alone in a derelict part of Enugu or any urban center in Enugu/Anambra looking fidgety, and a rough-looking dude walks up to you and asks 'Icholiya?', he's trying to sell you weed --- and this is what Phyno was alluding to in that song.

Radoillo:


Although 'icholiya' is not really a slang ('Do you want it?') just know that if you're standing alone in a derelict part of Enugu or any urban center in Enugu/Anambra looking fidgety, and a rough-looking dude walks up to you and asks 'Icholiya?', he's trying to sell you weed --- and this is what Phyno was alluding to in that song.

Loool amazing

Funny enough from the way the song was going I thought he was alluding to something worse when he said 'do you want it'

He was just repeating do you want it, do you want it? I got it, I got it the whole chorus or so. Hope that's the meaning.

MrsPhyno:

Loool amazing

Funny enough from the way the song was going I thought he was alluding to something worse when he said 'do you want it'

He was just repeating do you want it, do you want it? I got it, I got it the whole chorus or so. Hope that's the meaning.

Yea, you got the meaning.

I think a double entendre was intended with 'icholiya',that much is clear from the lyrics. So whatever you thought it meant, they wanted you to think that, too.

Joshuaiwe:


Is odieshi like when people joke about bullets can't do them anything they say they have odieshi?

Odieshi means that it's not leaking. So yes it can be used to refer to the fact that they are not going to bleed since your bullet can't do them "nathing"

OdenigboAroli:
Onye ngbu is an Anambra slang meaning a weakling...Guy ayi anaro azu ndi mgbu.
Arubam is an Anambra slang meaning my "G" or my Nigga.
Nkolo is Anambra slang meaning my hood,or my end.
"Ofego aka" means he is gone.
"Opia nkpulu" means gunslinger.
"Umu mma" means bevy of beauties.
"Wusa aru" means relax or chill out.

I like wusa aru and kpasa

Radoillo:


I can't here that part clearly, but I think what he said there is 'anyi ga akuput' ya' not 'anyi ga akupu there'.

Literally, it means 'we'll beat it out', but I'm unaware if it has any special slang meaning. That entire line sounds to me like Phyno's talking about 'landing' a 'flirtatious, but evasive' girl.

[flirtatious and evasive are the best translation I can come up with for 'mmacha'. This things are not always easy to translate]

Ima akwa is to tie a wrapper. So I believe he is say that even if imacha akwa they will untie it

MrsPhyno:
Phut
Did you ever end up listening to that Zoro song 042

And 'icholiya' na slang be dat abi na proper Igbo?

You used 'anu' to mean beast. I thought anu means meat ? Double meaning?

Nnunu in the context Phyno used it in is slang too sha. He's really popularizing a lot of slang

Anu means meat but it also means beast/animal. That is why we have anuofia = wild animal/bush animal. Anumanu also means animal

Phut:


Ima akwa is to tie a wrapper. So I believe he is say that even if imacha akwa they will untie it

Um... Honestly, I'm not sure that's what he said/meant. I had to play the song again, and he said: Nnunu machawakwa, anyi ga a kuput' ya

The colloquialisms 'imacha' 'machawa' 'machawakwa' are very familiar to me. English equivalents are what I'm finding hard to come up with. But it isn't 'macha akwa' (which has to do with tying a wrapper).

In fact, the whole line makes literal sense; it's just the use of 'kuputa' (beat out) that I find puzzling. Maybe he was just looking for a word that best rhymes with 'turapu ya' (drop it) in the next line, and didn't care too much about making sense.

Radoillo:
A few I remember from my old hood (Enugu):

Ikpa owa -- to drive (especially expertly)

Ikpu Uzu -- bodybuilding, especially if it involves weight lifting (Literally ikpu Uzu refers to blacksmithing)

Gbawa door -- get out (Literally meaning: Kick down the door)

Kupu -- same meaning as 'Gbawa door'.

Ndi Asai -- mad people (Asai comes from assylum) 'Kupulu ndi Asai (as Phyno said on the track) means 'Stay away/Get away from mad people'.

Ndi Eke -- The police (literally 'python people' --- I don't know how they got that name)

Oringo - means 'fun'.

Ita mgbe/iñu mgbe -high school slang that means 'playing truant' or 'skipping classes'. Literally means 'eating/drinking time'.

Iku olu - to stop one's plans from succeeding. ('Ha cho k'olu m kuo' - they want my plans to fail [Phyno's line])

Ito isi - Means 'giving a girl oral'. (Literally sounds like 'undoing braids')

What about Oyolima. Does it mean the same as Oringo?

And you are right. Its year to year. They said it on Naalu Ekene by Illbliss

Phut:


What about Oyolima. Does it mean the same as Oringo?

And you are right. Its year to year. They said it on Naalu Ekene by Illbliss

Oyolima/Oyorima loosely translates as dance/dance music.

Phut:


I like wusa aru and kpasa

Good.
I have more.
bulu egwu...to leave. nwanne,ka ayi bulu egwu.
ndobi...to be dead. nwanne,odobigo.
nko...insane....nwanne,ibu onye nko.

Joshuaiwe:


In Nkolo is it the o as in toe or o as in o
And can I use the Ofego aka for inanimate things
And what does wusa literally mean

Thanks a lot!

Ok.the o in nkolo is same as the o in Onicha.
No,you cant use Ofego for inanimate things because they are lifeless and ofego has to do with movement of things. For instant,you can say nkita m' efego aka but you cant say your table efego aka or your car efego aka, because they are lifeless.
Wusa means to drop something.
I hope I was of help.

OdenigboAroli:


Good.
I have more.
bulu egwu...to leave. nwanne,ka ayi bulu egwu.
ndobi...to be dead. nwanne,odobigo.
nko...insane....nwanne,ibu onye nko.

Is this another o as in one ha for Nko
Because if so ask you self how do you say sharp in Igbo
It's Nko so if they are pronounced the same tell me

MrsPhyno:

When he was listing all the artists like Mr Raw Bracket Flavour etc, why was he saying 'na 042' when not all of them are from Enugu


After saying icholiya there was another word he used just repeating those two words for the whole chorus. Do you know it?

If you say nnunu will people automatically assume your talking about hot chicks or can it still be used as 'bird'

Sorry for all the questions

They were born in Enugu that was his point we all know phyno and favour are straight from anambra immediately u listen to their music
But illbiss is truly an nkweree boy
And phyno is from Akwa while flavor idk and wait lmao. Mr.raw used to say ABIA
in his music

Joshuaiwe:


Is this another o as in one ha for Nko
Because if so ask you self how do you say sharp in Igbo
It's Nko so if they are pronounced the same tell me

The o in nko is pronounced as the o in Obosi or Ogidi town in Anambra.
sharp in Igbo is also spelt nko but the o in this nko is same as the one in Owerri.

Mr Raw is from Bende in Abia.

ntu..cocain...nwanne,ka ayi kuo ntu...hommie,let snort some you know
nalie...to take off or disappear...guy,onaligo...di guy,weluu egom nalie.
nwa...babe.
asa..fine chic.
gbachaa mu aru....drop some money for me.
Gbado anya...be careful.


More than 90% of slangs used in Igbo land originated from the streets of Otu Nkwor....Today I hear people trying to claim Arubam aka Alobam as Enugu invention,while we all know Enugu boys are mostly school boys without street intelligence.
nwanne,umu Otu ga anapu gi ife n'etiti ndi eke,ma fee aka.Jekwaa juo ese maka adi ama-ama Onicha gwalu Obosi. Otu anaro azu ndi NGBU!

Radoillo:


Um... Honestly, I'm not sure that's what he said/meant. I had to play the song again, and he said: Nnunu machawakwa, anyi ga a kuput' ya

The colloquialisms 'imacha' 'machawa' 'machawakwa' are very familiar to me. English equivalents are what I'm finding hard to come up with. But it isn't 'macha akwa' (which has to do with tying a wrapper).

In fact, the whole line makes literal sense; it's just the use of 'kuputa' (beat out) that I find puzzling. Maybe he was just looking for a word that best rhymes with 'turapu ya' (drop it) in the next line, and didn't care too much about making sense.

"Machawakwa" in that contest should be " Elusive" in English or so I think.

My mother will always tell me when I was younger: I na fu amachaghali, Okwa mgbe ndi police wudei kita, akpobam.

I see "mmacha" as not staying in one place, trying to claim too clever.

pazienza:


"Machawakwa" in that contest should be " Elusive" in English or so I think.

My mother will always tell me when I was younger: I na fu amachaghali, Okwa mgbe ndi police wudei kita, akpobam.

I see "mmacha" as not staying in one place, trying to claim too clever.

Yes. This is as close a translation as we can get, in this context. I used the synonymous term 'evasive' in a previous comment.

OdenigboAroli:
" Onye isi okanga" means a trend setter.
"Nwanne mulu anya" means to be alert.
"Icha anya" means to get stoned...guy ichagokwa anya? Nwanne,isegokwa ife? Phyno comes to mind.
"Onye okuku" money spender....guys na aku-aku.

What of Negodu?

Blastfinito:

What of Negodu?

u see

Blastfinito:


What of Negodu?

Negodu. - look at

Eg: Just negodu meaning just look at

Nnunu machawakwa, anyi ga a kuput' ya
It has nothing to do with tying wrapper.
Mmacha is an Anambra slang that means showing yourself as in bragging or playing hard to get.
Nnunu is a slang for chics.
Anambra guys like Phyno, Flavour & co who lived in Enugu usually mix Anambra and Enugu slangs.
Phyno is saying that after the chic plays hard to get him and his guys will still have their way with her with her consent Ofcourse lol.

Joshuaiwe:



They were born in Enugu that was his point we all know phyno and favour are straight from anambra immediately u listen to their music
But illbiss is truly an nkweree boy
And phyno is from Akwa while flavor idk and wait lmao. Mr.raw used to say ABIA
in his music

Flavour is a native of Umunze in Anambra.

pazienza:


"Machawakwa" in that contest should be " Elusive" in English or so I think.

My mother will always tell me when I was younger: I na fu amachaghali, Okwa mgbe ndi police wudei kita, akpobam.

I see "mmacha" as not staying in one place, trying to claim too clever.

Close enough but it's means more than elusive , it's basically a slang for any behaviour that you don't like so when you're showing yourself thinking you're a bad man, or when a girl is playing hard to get. Phyno is saying that when she's done playing hard to get, him and his guys will still get her.

my favs

EKE TUO
akanchawa
nnunu

bosalin, phyno, zoro slangs