Fumnanya
From Igbo hụ (heard as fụ in some speech), "see", m, "me", and anya, "eye": read together as a request, "love me".
Meaning and origin
Fumnanya takes the Igbo verb hụ, "to see" (pronounced closer to fụ in the speech this spelling reflects), and joins it to m, "me", and anya, "eye", using the same eye-based idiom Igbo uses generally for love.
How to pronounce Fumnanya
| Igbo (Nigeria) | foom-nah-NYAH /fumnaɲa/ |
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