iHustle:

Some investigators have revealed that the Ancient Egyptians were blacks. Antiquites tell the same story. The human family is ONE BLOOD. Myopia makes us racists/tribalists.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used) | YORUBA

KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior) | Ga (high,tall), Oga (master, superior)
Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill) | Ku (to die), Iku (death)
Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell) | Imu (nose)
Bi (to become) | Bu (to become) | Bi (give birth)
un (living being) | Ndu (life) | Eni (person)
Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away) | Fo (fly)
Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place) | Ibi (here), N'Ibo? (where?)
Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person) | Dudu(black,dark)
Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house) | Ile (house)
Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please) | Bebe (to plead)
Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak) | Enu (mouth)
Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle) | Duro (wait)
Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep) | Isun (sleep)
Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise) | Dide (stand up, rise)
Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise)
In- n (negation) | nh-n (negation)
Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know) | Mo ( to know)
Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw) | Se (to do)
Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice) | Jo (to dance)
Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside) | Omi (water), Jina (far)
Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother)
Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk) | Oro (word, speech), S'oro (talk)
Penka (divide) | Panje (break it) | Pin (to share)
Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary) | Ile (land), Ilu (land of, town, country)
Amu (children) | Umu (children) | Omo (children)
Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below) | Ni (to own)
Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above) | Ga (greater, higher, stronger, above)
Pa (open) | Meghee (open) | Fa (pull, stretch), Faya (tear)
Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: "Isioma" | Ori (head)
Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City)
Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power) | Iki (greeting, salutation), Ki (to greet, to salute, to hail)
Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast)
Miri (water) | Miri (water) | Omi (water), Mimo (holy, pure)
Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night) | Ale (night)
Ak (man) | Ok-a (man) | Okunrin (man)
Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head) | Ehn Ehn? (really?), Ehn (yes)
Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly) | Fo (fly)
Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night)
MM (among) | Imme (inside, among) | Inu (inside, among)
W (they) | Uwe (they, them) | Awon (they, them), Awa (us)
| Ewu (goat) | Ewure (goat)
| Nti (ear) | Eti (ear)
| La/Lawa (go) | Lo (go)
| N'Ebee (where) | N'Ibo (where)
| N'Eban (here) | N'IBibai (here)
| Kele (greet) | Ki (greet)


Igbo, Albanian: mua
Edo: me
Yoruba: emi
English: me
French: moi
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese: me
German: mir
Swahili: mimi
Czech: mě
Danish: mig
Dutch, Icelandic: me
Croatian: mene
Finnish: minua
Serbian: meHe
Romanian: mă


Igbo: gini
Edo: vbo khin
Yoruba: kini
Ga (Ghana): mini
Swahili: nini
English: what
German: was

iHustle:

Some investigators have revealed that the Ancient Egyptians were blacks. Antiquites tell the same story. The human family is ONE BLOOD. Myopia makes us racists/tribalists.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used) | YORUBA

KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior) | Ga (high,tall), Oga (master, superior)
Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill) | Ku (to die), Iku (death)
Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell) | Imu (nose)
Bi (to become) | Bu (to become) | Bi (give birth)
un (living being) | Ndu (life) | Eni (person)
Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away) | Fo (fly)
Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place) | Ibi (here), N'Ibo? (where?)
Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person) | Dudu(black,dark)
Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house) | Ile (house)
Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please) | Bebe (to plead)
Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak) | Enu (mouth)
Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle) | Duro (wait)
Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep) | Isun (sleep)
Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise) | Dide (stand up, rise)
Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise)
In- n (negation) | nh-n (negation)
Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know) | Mo ( to know)
Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw) | Se (to do)
Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice) | Jo (to dance)
Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside) | Omi (water), Jina (far)
Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother)
Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk) | Oro (word, speech), S'oro (talk)
Penka (divide) | Panje (break it) | Pin (to share)
Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary) | Ile (land), Ilu (land of, town, country)
Amu (children) | Umu (children) | Omo (children)
Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below) | Ni (to own)
Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above) | Ga (greater, higher, stronger, above)
Pa (open) | Meghee (open) | Fa (pull, stretch), Faya (tear)
Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: "Isioma" | Ori (head)
Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City)
Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power) | Iki (greeting, salutation), Ki (to greet, to salute, to hail)
Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast)
Miri (water) | Miri (water) | Omi (water), Mimo (holy, pure)
Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night) | Ale (night)
Ak (man) | Ok-a (man) | Okunrin (man)
Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head) | Ehn Ehn? (really?), Ehn (yes)
Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly) | Fo (fly)
Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night)
MM (among) | Imme (inside, among) | Inu (inside, among)
W (they) | Uwe (they, them) | Awon (they, them), Awa (us)
| Ewu (goat) | Ewure (goat)
| Nti (ear) | Eti (ear)
| La/Lawa (go) | Lo (go)
| N'Ebee (where) | N'Ibo (where)
| N'Eban (here) | N'IBibai (here)
| Kele (greet) | Ki (greet)


Igbo, Albanian: mua
Edo: me
Yoruba: emi
English: me
French: moi
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese: me
German: mir
Swahili: mimi
Czech: mě
Danish: mig
Dutch, Icelandic: me
Croatian: mene
Finnish: minua
Serbian: meHe
Romanian: mă


Igbo: gini
Edo: vbo khin
Yoruba: kini
Ga (Ghana): mini
Swahili: nini
English: what
German: was

gst101: becos few words are similar does not mean two tribes are related. It is important to note that there are thousands of dissimilar word in the two languages. If few similar word draw two tribes together, then thousands of dissimilar words should also make clear the difference.

Maawitemi: Saturday Tribune Sunday Tribune
Thursday 16th July, 2009

Arts and Reviews

How Yoruba and Igbo became different languages
Updated: Tuesday 14-07-2009

Cover of the bookA review of Bolaji Aremo’s book, How Yoruba and Igbo Became Different Languages, by Adewale Oshodi.

No one who has read Bolaji Aremo’s new book, How Yoruba and Igbo Became Different Languages, would be left in any doubt that Igbo and Yoruba were at some time in the past the same language and that the Yoruba and the Igbo were members of one and the same ethnic group.

The revelations are simply staggering!
The main text of the book, some 200 pages, and published by SCRIBO Publications Ltd, Ibadan, is divided into six chapters. As would be expected, Chapter One is a general introduction that provides brief notes on Yoruba and Igbo and their native speakers. The chapter also discusses the main objective of the book: to report the findings from a study aimed at searching (through books and among fluent speakers) for examples of words that are similar in sound and meaning in both Yoruba and Igbo and could, therefore, give further support for the claim by linguists that the two languages descended from the same ancestral language.

The next three chapters list, often with very interesting and informative “clarificatory” notes, the hundreds of examples the author has found of Igbo/Yoruba cognates, i.e Igbo and Yoruba words that are similar in sound and meaning by reason of having been inherited by the two languages from a common Igbo/Yoruba parent language.

The list is divided into rough and ready subsections: Body Parts, etc; Common Medical Conditions, Medications, etc; Relations and Usual Members of the Community; and so on. It is intended that by considering the examples, the reader will be able to form a good impression of how the languages have diverged over time. And the items listed include: agba (or akpÍ, akpå)/agbÍn (= ‘chin’), awÍ /ewu (= ‘grey hair’), aga (or Ëga)/agan (= ‘barrenness, infertility, a barren woman’), Ígwå/oogun (= ‘medicine, poison, charm’), dimkpa/ igiripa (or giripa) (= person in prime of manhood, strong man, man of strength and courage’), Ëra (or Íra, Íha, Ísa)/ara (or ira (CY)) (= ‘the citizenry, the people, the masses, the public’), onye/ eniyan (or Íniyan(CY)(= ‘person, anyone, someone’), agå/ ¹kun (= ‘tiger, leopard’), enyin/ erin (= ‘elephant’), anwå /oorun (= ‘sun, sunlight’), ifufe (or ifufu)/af¹f¹ (or efuufu) (= ‘wind, breeze, air’), ogbodo/ogberi (or ogbere (CY)) (= ‘person not yet initiated into a masquerade or similar secret cult , a novice’), and akårËkÍ /iharihÍ (or ihaahÍ) (= ‘charred part of food which adheres to the pot or sauce pan’). Very many examples, and not a few from even the deeper recesses of traditional life!

Chapter Five discusses some observations that are more or less of general interest concerning the examples. Perhaps the most important of the observations (at least from the historical point of view) is the one relating to the finding that the Central Yoruba (CY) variants of the cognates (used in such Yoruba towns as Ile-Ife, Ilesa, Ado-Ekiti and Akure) are generally much closer in form (and sometimes in meaning as well) to the Igbo cognates than their standard Yoruba counterparts are. Could it then have been the case, the author wonders, that the aboriginal population of the Central Yoruba area had in prehistoric times migrated from Igboland? Or could it have been the case that it was the first settlers in Igboland (in the Northern Igbo area) that had migrated from the Central Yoruba area? The questions are left, and rightly too, to historians to try and ponder.

At the end of Chaper Five, attention is drawn to the similarities between the age-old cultures of the Yoruba and the Igbo that may be inferred from many of the examples.

Thus, for instance: “In their homes (ulÍ/ile (or ule (CY)), the back-garden or yard (mgbala/agbala), the mud bed or mud seat (ÍkpåkpÍ/ pepele ( or upepe (CY)) and the drainage hole (Ínå ntu/ojuto (CY)) are among the regular features. The common tools and implements include: agbada/agbada (= ‘flat frying pot’), agbe/agbe (= ‘gourd’), akpara/ap¹r¹ (= ‘basket’), anyËke/aake (= ‘axe’), mkpÍ/ipÍn (or åpÍn (CY)) (= ‘calabash or wooden ladle’), mpata/Ítita (CY) (= ‘stool’), ågba/igba (or ågba CY)) (= ‘calabash’), udu mmiri/odu omi (= ‘large water pot’). (p 196)

The final chapter, a very short one, summarises the work, and states the quite obvious conclusion that there is overwhelming evidence from the examples supporting the linguists’ claim that Igbo and Yoruba are sister languages, i.e languages that have descended from the same common ancestor. The chapter is rounded off with a suggestion that similar studies be carried out on the various other Nigerian languages which, according to the linguists, are members of the same family. And why that suggestion at this point in the history of Nigeria as a nation? In the author’s view: “…it should be good – reassuring – to be reminded in quite concrete terms that in spite of what many would regard as “the mistake of 1914”, speakers of our different, mutually unintelligible languages today were originally speaking one and the same language, and that for us, there has always been a sure basis for national unity which could be nurtured by justice and fairness everywhere in the land”. (p 203)

In short, Bolaji Aremo has written an important book, in his usually simple, readable style. Already an author of considerable repute, he has once again produced a work of outstanding scholarship, one that should prove of abiding interest to linguists, historians and, indeed, the general public.

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Findingmyroots: Some of the Yorubas are igbos. Such as the Egba people from Abeokuta and the Akure people.

I once heard that YORUBA is actually a Hausa word

And that the origin of Yoruba actually come from Kwara state.

Like one said in an earlier post. It's time for tribes to start discovering their connections. It will only bring us closer.

EzeCanada: Yoruba                     Igbo                                       English

Orisa                           Olisa                                   God
Esu                             Ekwe nsu                             Devil
o mi /miri                    n miri                                  dazzle(of water)
enu                              onu                                        mouth
eti                                nti                                       ear
okuta                          okute                                   stone
Ase                               Ise                                       amen
ifa                                ofa                                   to cast lot
orun                            onu                                        neck
erin                            eyin                                     elephant
ile                               ulo                                       home
ogun                            ogu                                    twenty
ogun                           ogwu                                medication/drug
emi                              n mi / n mu                           me
Ako                               Oke                                    male
Abo                              Abogho                                 lady
I-re                                Ire                                     Original /Good

There are many more, these are the few I can remember for now.
The fact however remain that Yoruba's and Egyptians have more words in common and share similar belief. As do Igbo's and Jews. Visit: Igbofriendsofisrael.com for more information

In Yoruba, Agogo  does not mean secret o. Correct me if I'm wrong.

macof:

Orisa refers to Yoruba gods/deities or what is better placed as angels of God tho worshipped in traditional Yoruba religion called aborisa, the Yoruba name for supreme God is Olodumare or Olorun who is the creator of everything and Baba Awon Orisa(father of all orisa).
Esu is not the devil, he is an orisa that is very important to Yoruba people, people just call him devil for greedy and selfish desire to downgrade Yoruba and uplift foreign religion but now so many Yoruba who don't know the religion use his name badly. Ase means command and life energy tho used to empower prayer. Ifa is not mere casting of lots it is a way to interact with the god of wisdom and prophecy(orunmila)

Findingmyroots:
Some of the Yorubas are igbos. Such as the Egba people from Abeokuta and the Akure people.

I once heard that YORUBA is actually a Hausa word

And that the origin of Yoruba actually come from Kwara state.

Like one said in an earlier post. It's time for tribes to start discovering their connections. It will only bring us closer.

iHustle:
Some investigators have revealed that the Ancient Egyptians were blacks. Antiquites tell the same story. The human family is ONE BLOOD. Myopia makes us racists/tribalists.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN | IGBO (Onitsha and Uburu dialects used) | YORUBA

KAKA(God) | Ka (greater, superior) | Ga (high,tall), Oga (master, superior)
Khu (to kill, death) | Nwu/Gbu (die/to kill) | Ku (to die), Iku (death)
Em (smell) | Imi/Emi (nose, associated with smell) | Imu (nose)
Bi (to become) | Bu (to become) | Bi (give birth)
un (living being) | Ndu (life) | Eni (person)
Feh (to go away) | Feh (to fly away) | Fo (fly)
Budo (dwelling place) | Obodo/ubudo (country, dwelling place) | Ibi (here), N'Ibo? (where?)
Dudu (black image of Osiris) | Mmadu (person) | Dudu(black,dark)
Un (living person) | Ulo/Uno (living area, house) | Ile (house)
Beka (pray/confess) | Biko/Beko (to plead, please) | Bebe (to plead)
Aru (mouth) | Onu (mouth) & kooh/Kwue (to speak) | Enu (mouth)
Dor (settlement) | Dor-Nor (sit down, settle) | Duro (wait)
Ra -Shu (light after darkness) | La -Shu (sleep) | Isun (sleep)
Aru (rise) | Anu/Kulie (up, rise) | Dide (stand up, rise)
Wu (rise) | KWu-ni/Kunie (rise)
In- n (negation) | nh-n (negation)
Ma (to know) | Ma, Ma-li (to know) | Mo ( to know)
Se (to create) | Ke (to create) & Se (to draw) | Se (to do)
Hoo (rejoice) | Goo, ta-Goo (dance, rejoice) | Jo (to dance)
Omijener (deep water) | Ime-me (deep inside) | Omi (water), Jina (far)
Nen (the primeval water mother) | Nem (mother)
Ro (talk) | Kwo (to talk) | Oro (word, speech), S'oro (talk)
Penka (divide) | Panje (break it) | Pin (to share)
Ala (Land of) | Ala (Land of, ground, boundary) | Ile (land), Ilu (land of, town, country)
Amu (children) | Umu (children) | Omo (children)
Ani (ground land below) | Ani (ground land below) | Ni (to own)
Ka (higher) | Ka (greater, higher, stronger, above) | Ga (greater, higher, stronger, above)
Pa (open) | Meghee (open) | Fa (pull, stretch), Faya (tear)
Isi (leader) | Isi (leader, head (body part), female name as in igbo: "Isioma" | Ori (head)
Oni (AE City) | Oni-tsha (Igbo City)
Ikhenaten (name of a Pharaoh) | Ikh-em (Igbo name for a male representing high power) | Iki (greeting, salutation), Ki (to greet, to salute, to hail)
Au-nu (Crocodile) | Anu/Anu-Ma-nu (animal, beast)
Miri (water) | Miri (water) | Omi (water), Mimo (holy, pure)
Nahasu (other Blacks) | Ahasi/Ani-hasi (Evening, night) | Ale (night)
Ak (man) | Ok-a (man) | Okunrin (man)
Ehn/Hen (yes, nod head) | Eh (yes, nod head) | Ehn Ehn? (really?), Ehn (yes)
Paa/Faa (fly) | Feeh/Faa (fly) | Fo (fly)
Utcha (dawn) | Uchi-chi/Utchi-chi(night)
MM (among) | Imme (inside, among) | Inu (inside, among)
W (they) | Uwe (they, them) | Awon (they, them), Awa (us)
| Ewu (goat) | Ewure (goat)
| Nti (ear) | Eti (ear)
| La/Lawa (go) | Lo (go)
| N'Ebee (where) | N'Ibo (where)
| N'Eban (here) | N'IBibai (here)
| Kele (greet) | Ki (greet)


Igbo, Albanian: mua
Edo: me
Yoruba: emi
English: me
French: moi
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese: me
German: mir
Swahili: mimi
Czech: mě
Danish: mig
Dutch, Icelandic: me
Croatian: mene
Finnish: minua
Serbian: meHe
Romanian: mă


Igbo: gini
Edo: vbo khin
Yoruba: kini
Ga (Ghana): mini
Swahili: nini
English: what
German: was

olawalebabs:
Arabic                      Yoruba                            Meaning
ad-dua                       Adura/adua                  supplication
al-amr                        Alamori                        matter
All
hu rabb                  Alau rabi                      My Lord Allah
Khil
fah                        aleefa                          Ruling
al-barakah               alubarika                        Blessing
ar-ra                        ara                                Thunder
ar-rizq                      arisiki                            Wealth

’darr laluri Necessity
sabab sababi cause