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Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Ithee(m): 8:20am On Mar 15, 2015
Still wondering why the Yorubas can't greet without using the word Ekú (Die)
- Ekú ilé
- Ekú àbò/Ekáàbò
- Ekú òwúrò/Ekáárò
- Ekú òsán/Ekáàsán
- Ekú alé/Ekáalé
- Ekú ìyálèta
- Ekú isé
- Ekú ewà
- Ekú owó lómi
- Ekú òde
- Ekú ìnáwó
- Ekú òuñgbe
- Ekú odò
- Ekú ìjòkò
- Ekú àre/Ekàre
- Ekú odún
- Ekú ìgbéyàwó
- Ekú ìsílé
- Ekú ewu-omo
- Ekú ìkàlè
- Ekú ìdèlé/Ekú ilédè
- Ekú aráférakù
- Ekú ìdárò
- Ekú orìire
- Ekú àsèyìndè
- Ekú ìfé
- Ekú àdúrótì
- Ekú àseye/Ekú ayeye
- Ekú àsekù odún
- Ekú dédé àsìkò
- Ekú ànó
- Ekú ojó méta
CAN SOMEONE HELP WITH THE ENGLISH MEANING PLEASE?

grin Certified Yoruba Boy grin
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by twaintoy(f): 8:32am On Mar 15, 2015
Eku nairalanding oo..

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Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Trinxie(f): 8:35am On Mar 15, 2015
lol....Yoruba is a language with a lot of complications... if u don't really understand, u'll get lost. E ku (is u died) Ku (means died) E ku irole(means good evening/How is your evening) A word can have different meaning and used for different things...one good example is Oko.
Oko means Car
Oko means hoe
Oko means husband
Oko can mean farm with a different tone tho
E ku(long uu(as in oo in woo) is different from E ku (short u)
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Ithee(m): 8:47am On Mar 15, 2015
twaintoy:
Eku nairalanding oo..
awa niyen jare!
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Ithee(m): 8:50am On Mar 15, 2015
Trinxie:
lol
this your face they scare me o
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Trinxie(f): 9:14am On Mar 15, 2015
Ithee:
this your face they scare me o
How na
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by axeman10(m): 9:24am On Mar 15, 2015
Surely you ain't Yoruba. And your half baked Yoruba understanding caused your misinterpretation. E Ku (Die) is pronounced differently from Eku ( Greeting). Just like many other homonyms/heteronyms in Yoruba -
e.g. Oko - could be farm, stone, peni's, or number 20 ; depending on the way you pronounce it

Another example is Ogun - which could be charm, medicine, will, God of iron, 20, or sweat (oogun).

So many Yoruba words derive their meaning depending on the use of your tongue/pronunciation

I ain't a grammarian, but I hope I have cured your ignorance - pardon my language. The experts can take it from there.
Re: Yoruba Greetings Using The Word Ekú (DIE) by Ithee(m): 11:53am On Mar 15, 2015
Trinxie:

How na
Your dp ni

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