NEW NIGERIAN WORD: .........Ebola...... (Meaning: White - TopicsExpress



          

NEW NIGERIAN WORD: .........Ebola...... (Meaning: White skinned person leave) Origin: This word is coined from a combination of Edo (ebo - white skinned person) and Igbo (la - leave) and has a graphological similarity with the newest disease rocking the nation. PS: The two words ebola and Ebola are pronounced differently. The Igbo word ebola is transcribed /eib3ula:/ phonetically (according to the Igbo dictionary to be published in future), while English Ebola is transcribed /eb3ula/ phonetically. Signed: Prof. Covenant Chimnonso (B.A English Language and Literature, M.A Literary Romanticism and Ph.d Nigerian. Langwej) Professor of Naija Pidgin and Igbo and H.O.D. Language Studies, Wazobia University, Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:56:03 +0000

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