4 yoruba, una 4get 2 put 'a' for 'agberó' meaning 'tout' and 4 Hausa, 'd' 4 'dan iska' meaning 'son of breeze'

booblacain:

I think the habit of repeating words in pigin came from the Niger Delta, among the Urhobos/Isokos to be precise. It is naturally in their language to repeat words.

♈όϋ re on point my brother.. Such weird way to express one's self.

nyt3237: Nice thrend op. very educational

Educational indeed. #educative

dotmanxp: kai-----ehn-----hausa
wetin-----what------igbo
kpesh-----to f*ck-----italian
palava----problem----portuguese

teeboi73: Akara is Yoruba QED

abi o,i suprised at dose claiming that it is ibo.akara means beanscake and it is yoruba not ibo

Ode......illitrate

Nice one op


Am bad at language though

Ladystewie: My mom always sings that

Lol.

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wot is vhis one saying

The research is not in anyway accurate. So many flaws and wrong matches.

Nice one. This could be a research topic for a Linguistics student.

kekakuz: [size=16pt]
origin of pidgin in Nigeria can be traced to when the Igbos migrated from their land due to erosion dirt and poverty to lagos
they needed to communicate and do business but they lacked education so they just mumble the little English they can hear e.g
give me food make I chop
a beg make una give me house because poverty dey for our place
your money or your life.
I go shoot you if you no give me your car key
tuface don release new album make we pirate am
etc
that is the origin of pidgin in Nigeria
[/size]

u wicked. oo..lol

kekakuz: [size=16pt]
origin of pidgin in Nigeria can be traced to when the Igbos migrated from their land due to erosion dirt and poverty to lagos
they needed to communicate and do business but they lacked education so they just mumble the little English they can hear e.g
give me food make I chop
a beg make una give me house because poverty dey for our place
your money or your life.
I go shoot you if you no give me your car key
tuface don release new album make we pirate am
etc
that is the origin of pidgin in Nigeria
[/size]

Lion begets lion. Your dad must be a person.

Op please what's the origin of chai!

neuljosh: Naijá Pigin is open to a lot of influences from English and local Nigerian languages, especially from Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and the Edo and other group of languages spoken in the Niger Delta.

While much of the vocabulary of Naijá Pigin is derived from English its major lexifier, the rest of the vocabulary come from its other contributory languages such as Edo, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, as well as a significant contribution from Portuguese. See the following examples.

From English:

chop------------‘to eat/to consume’
domot----------- ‘door mouth area’
doti-------------‘dirt’
pesin------------ ‘someone’
trowe------------‘throw away’
tok---------------‘to speak’
waka-------------‘to walk’

From the Edo:

kpangolo----------'container’
kpekere-----------‘plantain chips’
okada-------------‘motor-bike’
ororo--------------‘vegetable oil’
ozeba-------------‘a big problem’

From Hausa:

dabaru-----------‘to destroy’
dogo-------------‘a tall person’
gworo------------‘cola nut’
koboko-----------‘horse whip’
suya-------------‘spicy grilled meat’

From Igbo:

akamu----------- ‘corn starch /pap’
biko--------------‘please’
obodo------------‘land/country’
okrika------------‘second-handed item’
ogbanje----------‘a water spirit’
ugu--------------‘pumpkin leaves’

From Yoruba:

adire-------------‘tie and dye’
agbo-------------‘herbal medicine’
ashawo----------‘a prostitute’
shakara----------‘show-off’
she--------------‘hope’
shele-------------‘happen/take place’

From Portuguese:

kpalava-----------`trouble’
pikin-------------- ‘child’
sabi-------------- ‘to know’

Compounding

akara-wuman---------- Yoruba/Igbo+English---------------- ‘a women who fries and sells bean cakes’
boku-bai--------------- French + English-------------- ‘wholesale’
egbe-weja------------- Edo + English----------------- ‘a bouncer at a club, a thug or hoodlum’
go-slo----------------- English + English-------------- ‘traffic jam’
ova-sabi--------------- English+Portuguese----------- ‘one who shows he knows too much’

boku∙boku------------- French---------- ‘in large number’
boi∙boi---------------- English---------------- ‘a male household servant’
sabi∙sabi-------------- Portuguese------------ ‘someone who thinks he or she knows everything’
waka∙waka------------ English---------------- ‘someone who about aimlessly or without any destination’ or ‘a prostitute’

Utter nonsense

[quote author=neuljosh]Naijá Pigin is open to a lot of influences from English and local Nigerian languages, especially from Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and the Edo and other group of languages spoken in the Niger Delta.

While much of the vocabulary of Naijá Pigin is derived from English its major lexifier, the rest of the vocabulary come from its other contributory languages such as Edo, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, as well as a significant contribution from Portuguese. See the following examples.

From English:

chop------------‘to eat/to consume’
domot----------- ‘door mouth area’
doti-------------‘dirt’
pesin------------ ‘someone’
trowe------------‘throw away’
tok---------------‘to speak’
waka-------------‘to walk’

From the Edo:

kpangolo----------'container’
kpekere-----------‘plantain chips’
okada-------------‘motor-bike’
ororo--------------‘vegetable oil’
ozeba-------------‘a big problem’

From Hausa:

dabaru-----------‘to destroy’
dogo-------------‘a tall person’
gworo------------‘cola nut’
koboko-----------‘horse whip’
suya-------------‘spicy grilled meat’

From Igbo:

akamu----------- ‘corn starch /pap’
biko--------------‘please’
obodo------------‘land/country’
okrika------------‘second-handed item’
ogbanje----------‘a water spirit’
ugu--------------‘pumpkin leaves’

From Yoruba:

adire-------------‘tie and dye’
agbo-------------‘herbal medicine’
ashawo----------‘a prostitute’
shakara----------‘show-off’
she--------------‘hope’
shele-------------‘happen/take place’

From Portuguese:

kpalava-----------`trouble’
pikin-------------- ‘child’
sabi-------------- ‘to know’

Compounding

akara-wuman---------- Yoruba/Igbo+English---------------- ‘a women who fries and sells bean cakes’
boku-bai--------------- French + English-------------- ‘wholesale’
egbe-weja------------- Edo + English----------------- ‘a bouncer at a club, a thug or hoodlum’
go-slo----------------- English + English-------------- ‘traffic jam’
ova-sabi--------------- English+Portuguese----------- ‘one who shows he knows too much’

boku∙boku------------- French---------- ‘in large number’
boi∙boi---------------- English---------------- ‘a male household servant’
sabi∙sabi-------------- Portuguese------------ ‘someone who thinks he or she knows everything’
waka∙waka------------ English---------------- ‘someone who about aimlessly or without any destination’ or ‘a prostitute’[/quote
Ogbeni OP, you tried but you should do more research.
Akara was a Yoruba invention. Igbos imported it to their domain. You know they have been with us for centuries.
So are ìpínkeré(shed into pieces), pangolo and òróró which you erroneously attributed to Edo.
Also, "Okrika" is not Igbo! Give that credit to Patience Jonathan's village of Okrika and townspeople where that second-hand cloth trade first blossomed.
And again, problem is "problema" in portuguese. The word "palaver" is actually from portuguese' "palavra" which means "word"

I dey game-am in
Golimakpa-skin cut
Lamba-suffering
Limba-cash
I dey charge/i get bar-i have money.
I no charge/i no get bar-i dnt have money.
Yeye-naughty/no do good person.

DikeOha882: How can you say Akara+Wuman is Yoruba + english? Akara is Igbo not Yoruba. It should have been Igbo + English

I seriously doubt this. Akara is a native Yoruba meal and that name should be as old as the dish

macof:

I seriously doubt this. Akara is a native Yoruba meal and that name should be as old as the dish

Tell that to haram.

As you readers can see, this thread is already an igbo bashing one.

When Igbos play tribalistic towards certain groups you all blame them.

But others can say something bad against Igbos and get away with it.

Still watching...

chai-(an exclamation)- igbo

owu-broke,thread - igbo

egwusi -pumpkin seed - igbo

okra-from the igbo word okwuru

obodo oyibo-overseas - igbo

iba-fever- igbo

I mean just take a look at this crap. It already has 4 likes and some other id..iot quoted it in approval.

kekakuz: [size=16pt]
origin of pidgin in Nigeria can be traced to when the Igbos migrated from their land due to erosion dirt and poverty to lagos
they needed to communicate and do business but they lacked education so they just mumble the little English they can hear e.g
give me food make I chop
a beg make una give me house because poverty dey for our place
your money or your life.
I go shoot you if you no give me your car key
tuface don release new album make we pirate am
etc
that is the origin of pidgin in Nigeria
[/size]

neuljosh: Naijá Pigin is open to a lot of influences from English and local Nigerian languages, especially from Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and the Edo and other group of languages spoken in the Niger Delta.

While much of the vocabulary of Naijá Pigin is derived from English its major lexifier, the rest of the vocabulary come from its other contributory languages such as Edo, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, as well as a significant contribution from Portuguese. See the following examples.

From English:

chop------------‘to eat/to consume’
domot----------- ‘door mouth area’
doti-------------‘dirt’
pesin------------ ‘someone’
trowe------------‘throw away’
tok---------------‘to speak’
waka-------------‘to walk’

From the Edo:

kpangolo----------'container’
kpekere-----------‘plantain chips’
okada-------------‘motor-bike’
ororo--------------‘vegetable oil’
ozeba-------------‘a big problem’

From Hausa:

dabaru-----------‘to destroy’
dogo-------------‘a tall person’
gworo------------‘cola nut’
koboko-----------‘horse whip’
suya-------------‘spicy grilled meat’

From Igbo:

akamu----------- ‘corn starch /pap’
biko--------------‘please’
obodo------------‘land/country’
okrika------------‘second-handed item’
ogbanje----------‘a water spirit’
ugu--------------‘pumpkin leaves’

From Yoruba:

adire-------------‘tie and dye’
agbo-------------‘herbal medicine’
ashawo----------‘a prostitute’
shakara----------‘show-off’
she--------------‘hope’
shele-------------‘happen/take place’

From Portuguese:

kpalava-----------`trouble’
pikin-------------- ‘child’
sabi-------------- ‘to know’

Compounding

akara-wuman---------- Yoruba/Igbo+English---------------- ‘a women who fries and sells bean cakes’
boku-bai--------------- French + English-------------- ‘wholesale’
egbe-weja------------- Edo + English----------------- ‘a bouncer at a club, a thug or hoodlum’
go-slo----------------- English + English-------------- ‘traffic jam’
ova-sabi--------------- English+Portuguese----------- ‘one who shows he knows too much’

boku∙boku------------- French---------- ‘in large number’
boi∙boi---------------- English---------------- ‘a male household servant’
sabi∙sabi-------------- Portuguese------------ ‘someone who thinks he or she knows everything’
waka∙waka------------ English---------------- ‘someone who about aimlessly or without any destination’ or ‘a prostitute’

Useless information. Now what, wetin ago do with this info. Waste of time and meaning less. Si ppl dey argue over where pigin word comes from, more division. Comot jor.

whitecat007: Pekere, Akara, Ororo and pangolo are all Yoruba!

yoruba is agolo not kpangolo abeg

Ikebe - Okpe/Urhobo

oboy3: chai-(an exclamation)- igbo

owu-broke,thread - igbo

egwusi -pumpkin seed - igbo

okra-from the igbo word okwuru

Nothing like egwusi, it is egusi and it is Yoruba. Lol. In fact the real bush people, I have heard them pronounce it "egunsi"

naijaguy77: "Origin" of a word and "Meaning" of a word are two different things, and you are mixing them up here.

e.g.

the origin of the pidgin word "Tok" is the english word "Talk". Also, "pesin" has it's orgins in the english word "Person", these are very obvious things.


The origin of "Okada" - from Okada Airline which was owned by Igbinedeon, riding on a bike was jokingly referred to as flying on Okada Air.


etc etc

Thanks o jare. I wanted to make the same correction but no need anymore. Origin and meaning is badly mixed up in this attempt. Then some words like

Kpangolo spelled as (pangolo in yoruba)
Ororo
Kpekere as ipekere in Yoruba Are also standard Yoruba Words. Its incorrect to completely limit the words to Edo.

And to one guy who strongly believes Akara is Ibo word, It is also Yoruba word (and it means bean cake so don't stress over it.

To the OP the intention of ur post is good tho, the presentation is just a bit

oboy3: yoruba is agolo not kpangolo abeg

Pangolo, pankere, ipekere... All Yoruba. Pangolo means empty tin. Agolo means the metal bell used by town criers. Ipekere is dried plantain chips

dotmanxp: kai-----ehn-----hausa
wetin-----what------igbo
kpesh-----to f*ck-----italian
palava----problem----portuguese

ehn is Nt house, dats d only word dat connects everybody bin d world

dotmanxp: kai-----ehn-----hausa
wetin-----what------igbo
kpesh-----to f*ck-----italian
palava----problem----portuguese

ehn is Nt hausa, dats d only word dat connects everybody in d world

Doti is Yoruba ooo, and Palava is actually an English word,it's in the dictionary

AbuMikey: Most Edutaining thread I've read on NL since August 1st.


Nice one OP.
Thanks for sharing.

Bros...