Nnyocha mmebemusoro aha ebe n’ Owerre-Ezukala Igbo

Abstract

Igbo

Nchọcha a lebara anya n’aha ebe n’olu ndị Owerre-Ezukala Igbo site n’ịgbado ụkwụ na mmebemusoro. O nyochara aha ebe n’olu ndị Owerre-Ezukala iji kpebite na nghọta aha ebe n’asụsụ na-esite na mmetụta mmebe okwu, usoro okwu na echiche n’ebe ọ dị ukwuu. Atụmatụ ọnọmastik metụtara ọmụmụ aha aka na aha ebe. Ụfọdụ aha ebe n’olu ndị Owerre-Ezukala Igbo na-esite n’usoro a haziri ahazi iji chekwaa nghọta ya. Nchọcha ji atụmatụ nkenụdị aha ebe Tent & Blair rụọ ọrụ iji nyochaa ndokọ mmebe okwu na usoro okwu ụfọdụ aha ebe. E ji usoro sampụl tụmbọm tụmbọm wee nweta data site n’ajụjụ ọnụ. Dị ka okwe si gbaa, a chọpụtara na ntụcha mmebe okwu ụfọdụ aha ebe n’olu ndị Owerre-Ezukala Igbo nwere ike ịbụ otu mọfịm dị ka ‘ozu’ (ugbo/ubi), ama dị ka ‘Ishiahọ’ (isi ahịa), mgbakwunye ụtọ asụsụ dị ka ‘Ụmụndam’ na myịabụọ dị ka ‘Ishishi’ (onye kachasị mee okenye). Nchọcha chọpụtakwara na ụfọdụ aha ebe dị ka Obunagụ, Ọgbanelu, Ụmụerum, n’ogo ahịrị okwu nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ dị ka ahịrị nkwusa, ajụjụ na ntimiwu. Ọrụ a kwadoro atụmatụ nke kwuru na e nwere ike ịgbaso usoro mmebemusoro mụọ aha iji gosi aha ebe, akụkọ gbasara ha na ntụcha kelingwistiiks.

English

The paper studies toponyms in Owerre-Ezukala lect of Igbo from a morphosyntatic perspective. It examine place names in Owerre-Ezukala lect of Igbo to establish the facts that some toponyms are given in a particular language whose morphology, syntax and semantics inform their meaning to a great extent. Given that Onomastic framework involves the study of personal names and place names. Some toponyms in Owerre-Ezukala lect of Igbo are formed through systematic processes to preserve their meaning. The paper adopts the theoretical framework of Tent and Blair’s toponymic typology to examine the morphological and syntactic structures of some place names. Random sampling technique is employed to gather data through interviews. The results reveal that morphological analysis of some place names in Owerre-Ezukala lect of Igbo can be single root morpheme like ’ozu’ (farmstead), compound like’Ishiaho’(head of the market), inflection like ‘Umundam’(children of Ndam), and reduplication like’Ishishi’(eldest). The study also ascertains that some place names such as ‘Obunagu’,’Ogabanelu’,’Umuerum’ at the sentential level can function as  statements, interrogatives, and imperatives. The work supports the theory that names can be studied through morphosyntatic perspective to show place names, their history and linguistic analysis.