Ifunanya
From Igbo hụ (heard as fụ in some speech), "see", and anya, "eye": the ordinary Igbo word for love, given directly as a girl's name.
Meaning and origin
Ifunanya is built on the verb hụ, "to see" (reflected here as fụ), joined to anya, "eye", the same eye-based idiom Igbo uses generally to speak of love.
How to pronounce Ifunanya
| Igbo (Nigeria) | ee-foo-NAH-nyah /ifunaɲa/ |
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