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Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by wowcatty: 10:59am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Right on! Ijeshaooduaman: |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by wowcatty: 11:01am On Oct 17, 2018 |
ogunnoikitaiwo: |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Iseoluwani: 11:03am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Earthbound:so savage. you can't make heaven with this |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Raydos: 11:08am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Awesomefred32: It's Ramota not Ramotu, and besides its an Arabic name not Yoruba, you can never see a Christian Yoruba that answers that name |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Mbediogu(m): 11:08am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Shelloween:There is but without the h |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Raydos: 11:12am On Oct 17, 2018 |
ninodaniel: It's "O ti to" there must space because they are 3 different words,, ,, while "Otito" means "Truth" in Yoruba |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Mbediogu(m): 11:12am On Oct 17, 2018 |
speaktome:It can also mean one who does anal sex. Olasofunwa in Igbo means a man who who has only on sex partner. |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Raydos: 11:14am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Mbediogu: there's nothing like "Olasofunwa" in Yoruba nah, |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by porthouse7(f): 11:16am On Oct 17, 2018 |
MyVILLAGEpeople:go and ask ur father and great grandfather's how go to Ibadan all d way from east to watch TV 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by vindisick: 11:21am On Oct 17, 2018 |
miraclea:That's a lie. "ADA" in igbo means the first girl child of a family. First born |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Nobody: 11:21am On Oct 17, 2018 |
FakeAccount: ollaxworld Ndi Ndi is collective word for group of people, it's always followed by group of people. it can also be ''The'' Ndi Igbo,= Igbo people Ndi Yoruba Yoruba people Ndi Calabar = Calabar people Ndi Ocha = white people Ndi a = these people Ndi ahu= those people Ndi ara= Mad people Ndi mmuo= spirits Ndi mmehe= sinners Ndi eke = slang for Police |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by seanbaba23: 11:26am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Ayo. Means onions in igbo but it means joy in Yoruba |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Sima04: 11:28am On Oct 17, 2018 |
miraclea:nop ADA means first daughter in Igbo and also If u put signs on top of the two A(s) like ÀDÀ it now meas to fall down to the ground. |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Nobody: 11:28am On Oct 17, 2018 |
ninodaniel: And ''something'' in Igbo unless you differentiate them with those signs |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Swagahyk(m): 11:29am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Dmec: Are you OK?? Are you Igbo at all?? Ezimorah is a family name in my kindred, am from Anambra |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Sima04: 11:33am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Oluwamoney:it means "f**k my p*say" hope u are now satisfied even tho in igbo it is not one word. its more like a sentence |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Kcdojoto(m): 11:35am On Oct 17, 2018 |
foyeks2001:person that bleeps is the head |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by vindisick: 11:35am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Swagahyk:With the "h" at the back? |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Nobody: 11:36am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Gangster1ms: Ututu means ''morning'' in Igbo while Otutu means ''many'' in Igbo |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Sima04: 11:45am On Oct 17, 2018 |
YorubaMuslims:Bro,its not rubbish... If u did Igbo language in sec school, u will be taught about tones and signs u will put on top those words O, K & E to give u the required words especially in writing. Oke rat is more like ÒKÉ O=low tone k= normal tone E=High tone Thanks |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by OduduaDefender(m): 11:46am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Akuko: meaning Cockerel or male chicken in Yoruba. I know it's also an Igbo word but don't know what it means. |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Sima04: 11:50am On Oct 17, 2018 |
OduduaDefender: it means "story" or "news" |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Nobody: 11:56am On Oct 17, 2018 |
Sima04: U didn't understand me, I meant Oke as in Oke nwa or Okeokpa |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Mbediogu(m): 12:02pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Raydos: OK but I was at UI. What Yoruba name sounds similar to that? What matters most is the real meaning to the owners of the language not how outsiders like us on Nairaland understand it. If Olaniyi was the have the same igbo meaning to Yoruba's am sure they won't bear it. I shout out to my great Yoruba friends wherever they may be ! |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by daviscoal(m): 12:16pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
"Ike" is another word which in Yoruba language means "bucket or plastic" but in Ibo language, it means "Power". Also, "were" means mad/madness/mad person in Yoruba while in Ibo, it means take |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by speaktome(m): 12:24pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
wowcatty: Oshi ni ni
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Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by eallstar: 12:26pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
igbo girl in yoruba means bush girl |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Konquest: 12:26pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
gbemishile:^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ [1] Ajumobi is a popular family name in Yoruba. Ajumobi is coincidentally also used as a name by some Ibos. [2] Ajah area of Lekki Peninsula in Lagos State. Ajah is a name in Ibo language [3] Okuta means stone in Yoruba. "Okute" means stone in Ibo. But I think because of the Igala landbridge that EXISTS between the Yoruba of Kogi and Anambra axis [where Igalas are also indigenous] Some common Yoruboid words that Igalas and Yorubas share have found their ways into central Ibo language which was actually created by the British colonialists. Read more here about the IGALA ROOTS derived from the Jukun/Igala/Yoruba/Edo/Ibo ancestral connection as told by the current Attah of Igala [His Royal Majesty, Dr. Michael Idakwo Ameh Oboni]. ===> https://punchng.com/im-first-attah-in-igala-history-with-one-wife-ameh-oboni/ Would you mind telling us the origin of the Igala people? "Talking about the origin of the Igala people, a sizeable group migrated from Wukari in Taraba State from where they came to Benue along the River Benue and continued very close to the confluence at a place called Amagede by River Benue and slightly down from Amagede downwards to Idah and they settled there. And there, they met a sizeable population of the Yorubas and the Benins and to some extent, some Igbo. So the migrant population from Wukari merged with them and produced a language called Igala as a people." Also the Olukumis of Aniocha North in Delta State [which shares direct boundaries with Esan in Edo State] and whose ancestors are of Yoruba ancestry via Usen in Benin. Usen in Edo State was founded by Ife immigrants and have Edo/Yoruba cultural influences. Some words may have found their way from the Olukumis into there Ibo speaking neighbours in Delta North and across the River Niger into Onitsha Ado axis. The Obi of Onitsha said this year when the Ooni of Ife came for the 2018 Ofala Festival that he is a mixture of Edo, Igala, and Ibo ancestries as a result of the migration of his people from Edo to then mix with the Igalas and Ibo in Onitsha Ado. The Obi of Onitsha said his ancestors were able to CROSS RIVER NIGER when they left Benin with the help of the Igala boat men who usually crossed the River Niger. The Igalas are the original aborigenes of Onitsha before being joined by others from Benin and elsewhere . [4] Olowu is a popular Yoruba aristocratic family name but I was stunned to see an Ibo man who heads a professional body in Nigeria bearing Olowu as a surname too! [5] Obi [Kolanut, Parent, etc in Yoruba] "Igbobi" in Lagos State is a word contraction that is derived from Igbo Obi [Kolanut Plantation]. [I read this from a first-hand source who is now an Oba in Ekiti State. He is a retired Nigerian Army General in the Finance Corp of the Nigerian Army. He saw the Kolanut Plantations around the 1920s when he first came to what is now Lagos State]. Obi is a name in Ibo and also it means a dwelling/house. [6] Ewure [Goat in Yoruba]. Ewu[Goat in Ibo]. [7] Akuko[COCK in Yoruba]. Alakuko means a cock seller, Just like you have Alausa [which means WALNUT seller/Plantation which used to be located where Oluwalogbon Motors is now located in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State]. Okuko[Means Cock in Ibo]. [8] Oyediya [Oye and Diya are Yoruba words!] Oyediya is an Ibo name used by females. [9] Uwaleke [Leke is a Yoruba suffix] Uwaleke is an Ibo name. [Uwa is also a Bini-Edo name]. [10] Okoro is a Yoruba name. Okoro is an Ibo name. Okoro is an Urhobo name. Okoro is an Itsekiri name. [11] Oko means farm in Yoruba. [It has up to 5 meanings in Yoruba language but with the same spelling]. Oko is an Ibo word. Oko is an Itsekiri word. Oko is an Urhobo word I'll add some more soon. Cc: Olu317 |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Konquest: 12:31pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
speaktome:^^^^ ^^^^ "...dying suddenly?" Incredible! Olanike [Wealth has care, or Wealth has/needs doting]. Source: http://yorubaname.com/entries/Ọláníkẹ́ Source: https://www.names.org/n/olanike/about |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by chaberry(m): 12:33pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Earthbound:It's actually Adimora not Ezimorah |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by Elebiju1: 12:47pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
ChopBellefull:apo can either be bag, sack or pocket. There's nothing like akpo in yoruba language, please stop destroying the language. |
Re: 8 Words You’d Find In Both The Igbo And Yoruba Languages, But Different Meaning by ladilawalopen: 12:50pm On Oct 17, 2018 |
Elebiju1: Does Negative Thought Lead To Bad Things Happening? https://nanrai..com/2018/10/does-negative-thought-lead-to-bad.html |
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