Onomastics TRADITIONAL TITLES AS IGBO PROPER NAMES In a narrative by the reverend Prof. Chinua Achebe, he opined that because of the natural apprehension to creating an all powerful individual as evinced in the name "Ezebuilo", the process of acquiring traditional titles by the Igbos had been deliberately made expensive for
Onomastics Why We Do This. WHAT IS A NAME? George Redmonds defines names as “…special words that we use to identify a person, an animal, a place, or a thing, and they all have a meaning. In many cases that meaning will lie concealed in the name’s history;
ONWU: WHY "DEATH" IN IGBO NAMES? "Onwu" expressed as "Ọnwụ" in the Igbo orthography and pronounced /Aw-nwu/ means death in the Igbo language. Typically, Ọnwụ as a name could be a shortened form of any of the Onwu inspired names. Onwu names commonly appear as surnames suggesting an older origin
Onomastics UGO IN IGBO NAMES- A FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP As no one would carry live eagles about to make the point, Eagle feathers symbolically feature prominently in Igbo social and religious activities.
translate from Igbo to English IGBO VOCABULARY OF THE BLACKSMITH VOCATION I foraged a little and found a few things Akpụtaakpụ/Chikereguru/Chikelụagụlụ/Ọgadazụ/Anya Ụzụ= god of the smith Agụlụ= Smith Ụ́zụ́= Smith Nsó= Chisel Mkpà mvolo= Big vice Mkpà áká= Hand held vice/pair of tongs Mvolo= Screw Ísí-ka-àrụ́= Screwdriver Okwanka= Master
Igbo names MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF OFOR IN IGBO NAMES There is an Igbo saying re-echoed in a song by a popular Igbo highlife group: “Onye ukwu siri na ya ji Ọfọ, onye nta siri na ya ji Ọfọ. Mana Ọfọ maara onye ji ya”, meaning, “Both the high and the low claim to
ENYI: THE ELEPHANT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN IGBO NAMES In a song 'Ka esi lee onye isi-oche' from the album 'Akụkọ n'egwu', Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, sings about the story of Mbe (Tortoise) and Ényí (Elephant) [not to be confused with Ényì- "friend"] which I would attempt to summarize: