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22/05/2024

Omenala bụ ụzọ eziokwu na ndụ

18/05/2024

"Ekwensi" is not Ekwensu: A Peep into the Igbo Naming System.

Ekwensi is an Igbo name. A shortening name. It's not Ekwensu as some people erroneously assume.

You know of Cyprian Ekwensi, the great novelist, pharmacist, journalist and diplomat. A man of many colours.

Some Igbo people often assume his surname Ekwensi to be Ekwensu, especially when they want to discuss the concept of Ekwensu in Igbo worldview. No, it's different.

For years, I have been researching on various Igbo names, and indeed, there are many names we bear today without knowing their meanings. They are Igbo names but we don't know their meanings at all. It doesn't matter how deep, educated or exposed you are. You will just be swimming in confusion and postulations.

The reason for the confusion is because we have shortened our names without calling them in full. As generations come and go, new people are being born, the nucleus of those names would disappear. Getting their actual interpretations prove abortive.

The name "Ekwensi" is a shortened form of "Anịekwensimeem". How do we use loose English translation to understand this?

May the "Anị" (earth) protect me from p!oison/evịl inflicted by human. May Anị not permit or allow evịl befall me.

"Nsí" means evịl/p0ison. Something destructive. What can kîll one or inflicts evịl on one.

Anị is earth. In Igbo worldview and spirituality, anị is the strongest, and goddess. Everything about life of human happens on the land. Earth.

Ekwe= is a verb to mean "don't allow", "don't permit."

Mee = happen

M= this is a first person singular pronoun, meaning "me".

Anịekwensimeem is a sentential name in Igbo language. It can also be categorized as compounding name.

In a shortening form, we say: Ekwensi. This is the name and still the meaning of Cyprian Ekwensi's name, the author of An African Night's Entertainment, Burning Grass, Jagua Nana, Iska, Juju Rock, The Leopard's Claw, Jagua Nana's Daughter, People of the City, etc.

04/05/2024

Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ sitere na mpaghara dị iche iche nwere nkwenye dị iche iche banyere Chukwu (almighty GOD), ụfọdụ kwesịrị ike na otu Chi dị, ebe ụfọdụ kwenyere na Chi abụghị otu.

Kedu nkwenye gị? 🤷🤷🤷🤷

20/04/2024

🐓Ilu Igbo e ji enye ndụmọdụ

✅Oké soro ngwere maa mmiri, mmiri kọọ ngwere, ọ kọọla oké.

✅Ewu na-anaghị eri ji sowe ewu na-eri ji ya eriwe ji.

✅Ukpala okpoko gburu, ntị chiri ya.

✅Ukpala ntị ike na-ezu ike n'afọ nnụnụ

✅A tụọrọ ọmara, ọ mara, ma a tụọrọ ofeke, o fenye isi n'ọhịa.

🖋️Tinye ilu nke gi ma ọ bụrụ na ị bụ ezigbo nwa afọ Igbo

12/04/2024

Chi Eke Ekele m ooooooo

Ndụ anyi dikwa oooooo
Ahụ isi Ike Nwoke, ahu isi Ike Nwanyi
Ụba na agamnihu
Ụzọ anyi bụrụ anyi ụzọ mmiri oooo

Iseeeeeee

Ihe anyi ga-eri ga abia, nke ga-eri anyi gbatee aka ooooo
iseeee!!

Ọ biara egbu anyi gbuo onwe ya ooooo
iseeeee!!

Anyi ga-eje anyi ga-ala...

Ọ kwa ọfọ na ogu ka ide ji awa ala,
M mere gịnị bụ isi ogu,
Onye na-enweghị ihe o bu enweghị ihe ọ ga-akụwa.
Ogbu onye ari ihe o mere ya, aka kpọkwa ya ogwu ooooh,
Iseeeeeeeh!!!!

KA ỤBỌCHỊ TAA MAARA ANYỊ NIILE MMA 🙌🙌🙌🙌

Iseeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

08/04/2024

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08/04/2024

Tonight marks officially the new 🌙moon of our "Onwa Mbu/Nge/Izizi" Of the ancient NdiGboo calendar year.

Today is the last day of the 13th month in our Igbo constellation and also a powerful Eclipse.

Today is Also an Eke market day

And today is also the New Year Eve.

So Happy New Year,

Happy New Month/Moon

Happy Eke day (And may brightness never leave your household)

Happy Eclipse day.

Today is a powerful day packed with 4 blessings.

Enough will be for merriments.

08/04/2024

Abịdịị ( Igbo Alphabet)

The Igbo alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet, and has 36 letters. The Igbo term for alphabet is abịdịị. The Igbo term for letters of the alphabet is mkpụrụ edemede. There is no C, Q, X in the Igbo language (there is CH which is a single letter in Igbo. See digraphs below). There are eight vowels and 28 consonants in the Igbo alphabet.

Capital Letters
A B CH D E F G GB GH GW H I Ị J K KP KW L M N Ṅ NW NY O Ọ P R S SH T U Ụ V W Y Z

Small Letters
a b ch d e f g gb gh gw h i ị j k kp kw l m n ṅ nw ny o ọ p r s sh t u ụ v w y z

Igbo Vowels
The Igbo vowels are A E I Ị O Ọ U Ụ. The Igbo term for vowel is ụdaume. Igbo vowels are divided into two groups: the light group (A Ị Ọ Ụ) and the heavy group (E I O U). The Igbo term for light vowel is ụdamfe, and heavy vowel is udaarụ.

Igbo Consonants
There are 28 consonants: B CH D F G GB GH GW H J K KP KW L M N Ṅ NW NY P R S SH T V W Y Z. The Igbo term for consonant is mgbochiume.

Igbo Pseudo-Vowels
Two of the Igbo consonants M and N can appear as vowels in some instances. When used in that manner, they are pseudo-vowels. The Igbo term for pseudo-vowel is myiriụdaume.

Igbo Digraphs
When there are two Latin letters combined to form an Igbo letter, it is called a digraph. There are nine digraphs or blends in Igbo language. They are CH GB GH GW KP KW NW NY SH. The Igbo term for digraph is ụdamkpị.

Igbo Diacritics
Igbo alphabet also has letters with dot above or below them. There are four diacritics in the Igbo alphabet: Ị Ṅ Ọ Ụ.

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