igbo

Naija

Pronunciation1

• ìgbò

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Etymology

From Igbo: ibo a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family; spoken in Southeastern Nigeria.

Noun

• Name of tribe for Nigeria for East.

1. • Igbo language.  — (WAZL_11_Kabuchi_DG__110, Igbo language.)
   • Things fall Apart talk about di life of Igbo people.  — (NSC_2022, Things Fall Apart was themed around the life of the Igbo.)

2. Name of language people dey speak.

   • Some people dey wey be sey dem fit speak Igbo, Hausa, and Yoruba.  — (NSC_2022,There are people who can speak Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba.)
   • If de want use kolanut pray for Igboland, de go use Igbo take pray, because de dey talk sey kolanut no dey hear English.  — (NSC_2022, If they want say prayers with the kolanut in Igboland, they pray in Igbo because they say the Kolanut does not understand English.)

Translations

• English: Igbo

Pronunciation2

• ìgbó

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Etymology

From: Yoruba igbo (weed)

Noun

• Wetin people dey take wey dey make dem high.

• If you smoke igbo, dem go arrest you.  — (Egbokhare_2020, If you smoke marijuana, you will be arrested.)
• No dey smoke ciga, igbo or take snuff  — (jw__27101, Do not smoke cigarette, marijuana, or or take snuff.)
• But you fit spend 15 years for prison if dem catch you wit igbo.  — (bbc__23792, But you could be sentence to 15 years in prison for the possession of marijuana if caught with it.)

Synonyms

• weewe, gbana, grass

Translations

• English: marijuana