Chigold101:
Ikwere is igboland so they wont have different names from the ones OP mentioned, however there might be variations in pronouncement, so it is in all Igbo communities.

cheruv:

Dee Paz, I marakwarala ma Dee olileanyadinsō oma aha ikwerre ha

pazienza:


I know, I want to see those little variations, it's the beauty of the Igbo language.

LovelyLilac: you wan use am cook soup?

okoyemike:
Lion is Agu

Leopard is Odum. not the other way round

bigfrancis21:
Who says Igbo language isn't a beautiful and complete language?

2 more animals and their Igbo names to complete the list 100!

J3nnyluv:
Bush rat-ewe, dat one of my favourite meat. Today is sunday pls who ll buy ewe for me wit a bottle of fresh palm wine?

pazienza:
HopeAthand, wune come and give us Ikwerre versions of these names for animals.

kingstony2k:


wild rat= ewi.

baby lizard. = nwatiti/nwantiti

monitor lizard = Ulor/Uloh

kingstony2k:

Lion = Agu
leopard = awolo.
Tiger = Odum
As my great grandma told me during folk tales

Radoillo:
I do not think the swallow answers to the description of Eneke Nti Oba. The most marked physical feature of Eneke Nti Oba was said to be it's prominent ears. As birds don't generally have external ears, I'm thinking the large ears may be refer to the prominent ear tufts observed in many species of eagle-owl.

I propose that Eneke Nti Oba could be the eagle-owl.

anselm791:


17) Hyena = Edi /Nkita Ofia is wolf. People always confuse this

22) Lion = Agu / Odum is tiger. Odum na egbu agu explains it

23) Leopard = Agu/Awolo Agu Owuru

90) Wolf = Agu Owulu / Nkita Ohia/Ofia

91) Sparrow = Nza

92) Parrot = Icheoku

93) Viper = Ajuani/Ajuala Ajuala is a kind of spotted snake known as leopard snake



Edited by: bigfrancis21
Last Edit: 10pm, March 8, 2015

Enegod:
You are wrong..Odum is Lion

tonychristopher:


correck

eneke nti oba will be a kind of ikwikwi



but what is the basic different between uze and osa

i know they are both rodents but the uze and osa is what i cant differentiate l


just like ewi and nchi


both are rodents



what of barger that rodents

i need these info cos i did not grow up na village so i did not hunt, i missed that, now my 7 year old daughter will ask me what do they call hippo in igbo, what do they call whale etc in igbo, she assumes that i am a walking igbo encarta encyclopeadia

Plus234:
Tiger......Odum

anselm791:
1) Goat = Ewu (Male = Mkpi, Female = Nne Ewu)

2) Fowl = Okuko (Male = Oke Okpa, Female = Nnekwu)

3) Guinea Fowl = Ogazi

4) Chicken = Nwa Okuko

5) Turkey = Tolotolo/Torotoro

6) Duck = Obogwuma/Obogwu

7) Pigeon = Nduru/Nduli

8.) Ostrich = Enyi Nnunu

9) Antelope = Mgbada

10) Deer = Ene

11) Cow = Efi

12) Horse = Inyinya

13) Rat = Oke

14) Guinea Pig = Oke Bekee

15) Squirrel = Osa

16) Dog = Nkita

17) Hyena = Nkita Ofia

18) Cat = Nwonogbo/Buusu/Nwamba

19) Sheep = Atulu

20) Ram = Ebune/Ebule

21) Pig = Ezi

22) Lion = Odum

23) Leopard = Agu/Awolo

24) Elephant = Enyi

25) Monkey = Enwe

26) Chimpanzee = Adaka

27) Gorilla = Ozodimgba (Ozo, the king of wrestling)

28) Snail = Eju/Ejune/Ejula

29) Snake = Agwo

30) Python = Eke

31) Lizard = Ngwele/Ngwere

32) Wall Gecko = Agu uno

33) Crocodile = Aguiyi

34) Toad = Awo

35) Frog = Mbala/Mbara/Nte/Akiri

36) Tortoise = Mbe/Nabe

37) Vulture = Udene/Udele

38) Eagle = Ugo

39) White Ant = Aruru

40) Black Ant = Agbisi

41) Mosquito = Añu Nta

42) Grasshopper = Ukpana

43) Kite = Nkwo

44) Spider = Ududo

45) Praying Mantis = Okongono

46) Earth Worm = Idide

47) Worm = Okpo

48) Scorpion = Akpi

49) Butterfly = Ilokolo Ibuba

50) Cockroach = Uchicha

51) House Fly = Ijiji

52) Cricket = Mbuzu/Mgbaja

53) Bed Bug = Chinchi/Ogii

54) Bee = Añu

55) Crab = Nchiko/Nshiko

56) Bat = Usu

57) Millipede = Esu

58) Centipede = Ogbakuluu

59) Rabbit = Ewii

60) Grasscutter = Nchi

61) Owl = Ikwikwi/Iyi Ochi

62) Wood Pecker = Otu Kpokpo

63) Chameleon = Ugwumagana

64) Fox = Nyanwuruede

65) Fish = Azu

66) African civet = Edi Ura (a nocturnal animal known to sleep all day during the day. Used to refer to anyone who sleeps a lot)

67) Wasp = Ebu (Isi kote ebu, O gbakasia nya aru )

68) Taylor Ant = Akpolide (Usually found on mango trees)

69) Porcupine = Ebi Ogwu

70) Shrew = Nkakwu/Nkapi (Mole-like rat that is known for its pungent smell.)

71) Eneke Nti Oba = Swallow (A type of bird that hardly perches on trees when in season to avoid being gunned down by human hunters)

72) Hawk = Egbe

73) Beetle = Mbuzu/Ebe

74) Periwinkle = Isam

75) Bush Fowl/Goose = Okwa

76) Stork = Okpoko

77) Boa Constrictor = Eke Ogba

78) Camel = Inyinya Ibu

79) Hippopotamus = Utobo/Akum

80) Iguana = Ngwele aghu

81) Tilapia = Azu asa

82) Eel = Ebi Iyi

83) Crayfish = Isha

84) Turtle = Mbe mmili

85) Egret = Chekeleke

86) Donkey = Jaki

87) Dragon Fly = Tatambeneke

88) Maggot = Ikpuru

89) Buffalo = Atu

90) Wolf = Agu Owulu

91) Sparrow = Nza

92) Parrot = Icheoku

93) Viper = Ajuani/Ajuala

94) Locusts = Igwulube

95) Galago/Bush baby = Ikili/Ikiri

96) Hog = Ezi Ofia

97) Bird = Nnunu (Generic name)

98) Gaboon Viper = Echi Eteka

99) Weaver bird = Egule

100) Cod fish = Okpoloko

101) Dove = ńdò


Edited by: bigfrancis21
Last Edit: 10pm, March 8, 2015

pazienza:
HopeAthand, wune come and give us Ikwerre versions of these names for animals.

Plus234:
Sport the different


Lion--agu
Tiger--odum
Leopard.. agụ owuru/agu ogbu

HopeAtHand:



Except a few, the vast majority of the names are the same..This lays credence to my earlier analogy that Igbos speak Ikwerre language.

tonychristopher:



LEAVE HOPEATHAND, ONA AGBA OSO, AND PLS IF I MAY ASK, IS IKWERRE NOW IGBO?

Cammo:

Lol! Ur wrong. Odum is tiger while Agu is lion

pazienza:


Nwanne, ajuju gi a, bu nno, question for the gods o! Haha!

Ikwerre is whatever they choose to be.

Plus234:
Sport the different


Lion--agu
Tiger--odum
Leopard.. agụ owuru/agu ogbu

HopeAtHand:



Except a few, the vast majority of the names are the same..This lays credence to my earlier analogy that Igbos speak Ikwerre language.

zendy:


Igbos speak Ikwere language?? What's that nonsense supposed to mean? So the 5 Igbo states came down to your tiny Ikwere kingdom to 'borrow' your language? Look,I don't know if you're just another Ikwere man who chooses to deny being Igbo because of the politics of oil but don't insult Igbos with such insinuation because of your "identity crisis"

Radoillo:


Me sef, that uze/osa thing is confusing. Don't know which is which. Nchi appears to be grass cutter, and ewi rabbit.

Badgers? Do we have actual badgers in Igboland. I don't know oo.

bigfrancis21:


@bold...there's actually nothing like 'more igbo' terms. 'enya', 'enye' and 'anya' are merely dialect variations of the same word just as we have humour/humor, flavour/flavor, doughnut/donut, Anaemia/Anemia in British and American Englishes. 'Igbo' is a generic word used to refer to any bia-speaking group that speaks an Igboid dialect as first language. No clan speaks 'Igbo'. If everybody is to go individually, then you would have people speaking 'Owerri language' and not 'Igbo' (after all it is owerri language they are speaking and it is different from what you call 'Igbo' which is central Igbo made up from several Igbo dialects), 'Awka language', 'Nkanu language', 'Ohaozara language', 'Ngwa language', 'Idemili language', 'Onitsha language' etc. Among people who identify as Igbo, they recognize there are numerous Igbo dialects under the 'Igbo' umbrella, hence when they hear a speaker speak, they identify him/her as from 'Onicha', 'Owerri', 'Nnewi', 'Awka', or 'Etche' part of greater Igboland, same way for Ika or Ukwuani or Ikwerre. There is a difference between 'dialect' and 'language'. Dialects are merely variations of the same language. Meanwhile, two spoken speeches can be called languages (different from each other) when there is, at least, 95% incoherence between both speeches. Thus, French and English are 2 different languages but Nigerian English and Ghanaian English are merely dialects of the same language, English.

In the past, and till today, bia-speaking Igbo clans didn't and still don't have a colonialist mentality to colonize others and impose their language on others. Rather, as a community, family unit or village grew in numbers and expanded, some members left to uninhabited areas to establish themselves, carrying with them the parent dialect, which became modified in certain words with time, to create a different sub-dialect of the original one. Thus, any bia-speaking person today who speaks an Ibo dialect as first language is authentically Igbo. His forefather wasn't forced nor oppressed into speaking the language, but was born by birth into the language, which was in turn passed down generation to generation and to the modern-day speaker.

This is not to start a 'Ukwuani are Igbo vs Ukwuani not Igbo debate', but I thought I'd give you a linguistic view of the issue and why researchers and authors still continue to classify 'Ukwuani' as an Igbo dialect despite some Ukwuani refusing to acknowledge they speak an Igbo dialect and are under the 'Igbo' umbrella, by linguistic terms.

Etumgbe:
cat is buusu