FL Gators:


Ehrrm, I beg to differ. Morenike means " I have someone to care for". It doesn't necessarily signify that the name bearer is the mother's favorite.

tpia.:




they dont actually mean anything. They're just applied at birth based on the child's presentation.

another one: Oni which is given to a baby still wrapped in the placental sack or what do they call the covering.

Remii:

@tpia, names both of persons and objects do not necessarily have meaning, that is the part of essence of dictionary, for example what is the meaning of water, table , road, car, I mean how do they relate to their meaning if you do not speak English. Some names are derived from action or sound they make like what linguists call onomatopoeia while others are descriptive, So names like Ojo, Ajayi, Ige, Oke, etc may not have compressible meaning but those who give then know who to give when they are born.

FL Gators:

Oh yea, I rem the suku and patewo
I think the police cap is the style that goes all back, with some sections going to the side.

@naturz
Na pics of ekiti we want, ok. So ko ra e so un
Jokes, nice pix though

oyinda.:

ha that makes so much sense actually. lolol

i mean yea adenike can be broken down to ade-n-ike
but really what does ade mean? what does ike mean? lol

amosexy:

Pix of Ekiti for inside Osun ? Ekiti ko Ekiti ni, na map of Ekiti u go seee
If i say come marry my brothers nao,u go vex but u want Ekiti pix here
Osan tori gbajumo OSUN tio wo,Eyie oju oran lasan lasan ni o fe je

Remii:

@tpia, names both of persons and objects do not necessarily have meaning, that is the part of essence of dictionary, for example what is the meaning of water, table , road, car, I mean how do they relate to their meaning if you do not speak English. Some names are derived from action or sound they make like what linguists call onomatopoeia while others are descriptive, So names like Ojo, Ajayi, Ige, Oke, etc may not have comprehensible meaning but those who give then know who to give when they are born.

tpia.:

true.

I wasnt named Oke, for example. But I was told I'm an "Oke".

btw I'm reading a book about early Abeokuta and it seems Aina used to be a male name as well.

Along the line I guess it became exclusively female.

tpia.:

true.

I wasnt named Oke, for example. But I was told I'm an "Oke".

btw I'm reading a book about early Abeokuta and it seems Aina used to be a male name as well.

Along the line I guess it became exclusively female.

oyinda.:

my yoruba teacher from back in the days told us that aina could be for both male n female depending on where ur from. some towns use it more than others. i'm pretty sure she told us that but it's been so long ago n memory prolly is failing me

TheSeeker:

@FL Gators, I not been seeing you on Y!. How's 352 treating ya?


Does anyone know "ATE"? It's a food specially prepared for new mothers in a family. I learned some families cook lizards with theirs. Also, the new mothers aren't supposed to know what this food is prepared with -- nor the contents. It's a general family thingy, but I'm not sure if they still practice it widely as before.[/color]

FL Gators:

@TheSeeker
All those names you just mentiond (Oke, Ige, Aina, Ajayi, Ojo, etc) are last names of most Ekiti people.
Any explanation for hat?
Hey, 352 is treating me nicely, you?

Ate? Never heard of it.
Do you know about th whole traditional thing with the husband/wife's mother spending a few weeks with the new mother and bathing the new baby?

TheSeeker:

All those names are attributed to those who have circumstantial birth. I think the questions about the names had been correctly and adequately answered on the previous two pages. So I guess there are more people who have this birth qualities in Ekiti.

TheSeeker:


As for the mother/mother-in-law visiting a new mother, I think that's common in the South. I don't know if such exists in the North. In some parts of Yoruba land, the wife's mother is allowed to come to take care of the new mom --- it's believed she'll know how to take care of her daughter more and the closeness between the two will help the new mom a lot. However, in very rare cases, the hubby's mom comes. Most people don't approve the latter because it's a wide belief that they might see faults with the wife; which is so many times absolutely unnecessary.

The same applies to south-southerners and the south-easterners. The Igbos will call it "Omugwu". It's a common phenomenon in the South though

FL Gators:

Negative. They're last names, not first names. They're automatically inherited.

What I want to know is, why majority of them have  have those last names? The history behind it.
Husband's mother? Wouldn't a woman rather want he rmother to be there for her?

FL Gators:

Hmm, okay. So, how was your day?

oyinda.:

hmmm. . . 
so about ur jewel seeker?

FL Gators:

I'm okay, the jewel of my eyes
Been busy, trying to catch some fun ni o jere, before my 12th husband gets back from work.
My weekends been. . . .aiight

oyinda.:

nothin o.i can already see it sef the jewel is blinding my eyes  

What do you see? How do you see? Describe what you've seen?