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Truckpusher:
It came from the oldest generation.

Truckpusher:
I think they got it from other neighboring tribes and ethnic group and then related it to their own language.

Truckpusher:
Yeah.
Happy boxing day - We should just keep it for another day.

Enjoy

Truckpusher:
I'm not a difficult person but I have this dislike for ethnic supremacists especially even to other ethnic minority that shares a lot with them.

Mbiri ka mbiri is where I stand.

Who's hopeathand?

Hey! we are one but we need to first disabuse our minds of our ugly and shameful history/past that were mostly told by a bitter set of people from both side of the divide, but when youths like you and some other folks subscribes to such concocted lies and propaganda then one would certainly need to do some soul searching before embarking on a journey of searching for a long lost relative who might be more of a threat than provide the companion and friendship you yearn for.Never the less we are just one people with one destiny.

I still dey the game

axum:
I must hand it to you guys, you guys are still alive. i FIGURED I would go away for a couple weeks and expect everyone here to die of Ebola, but you guys are still here.

Congratulations

HopeAtHand:
Its unnecessary of you.

Its a simple analysis of the blackmans situation.

If you believe you have a counter argument, why not state it..or maybe your brain is incapable of critical reasoning.

HopeAtHand:
You are deeply pained and fail to accept the reality at hand.

The whiteman came in Ships to black Africa and met the blackman living in jungles with leaves wrapped around his loins.

The whiteman made the blackman exchange humans for sugar and clothings, forced the blackman into servitude and taught the blackman his ways.

The whiteman literally gave the blackmam civilization up ontil this point where you are able to use a phone or laptop to post on this forum.

Rossike, what are the inventions of the blackman, what are his contributiona to science and technology, what are his contributions to the Arts..And measure such contributions relative to that of the whiteman.

Accept the truth, it wouldnt be out of place to say they've given us almost everything.What is expected of us is to accept our situation as it is and then task ourselves assiduously to measure up.

striktlymi:
You are either mistaken, gay or zeemore is a lady.

cheruv:
and seriously brother I've seen how wise you're ..bia lekwa maagwa gi site n'inyo gi naede a hulam na ijizighi okwu!

cheruv:
I never said that was an Igbo word..mgbati like you and a former poster said it meant when. there's nothing like that in Igbo lingo.
the only thing I said was what I was told, that it meant wrestling talk/shout i.e mgba+ti which means its a union of two desperate meanings.

limamintruth:
Yea. Most of our indigenous languages are kinda inter-woven. So its very common to hear two or more dialects with so many similar words in their local languages.

I didnt really get the 'dan tada' you mentioned sha; maybe the spelling doesnt tally with how its pronounced thats why. The one i know of is 'dan ta'ada' and it means a trouble maker.

Lets expect more insightful contributions from nairalanders; i believe we'l all hav alot to learn here.

TonySpike:
I remember Fani-Kayode said Yoruba means oYO eRU oBA. That is, Oyo is slave to the king. How about that?

rabzy:
The answer to how the yoruba's came to be known as yorubas might have been totally lost to antiquity. There would be theories and conjectures and this would be analyzed. No one can say with utmost certainty that he or she is correct so all these are just for research and knowledge reasons. No one can have the answers to all the above questions just ideas and thoughts. A group of people can let their name be known to their neighbors and others can be named by their neighbors, some are even called different names by their neighbors. I know the Yorubas are called Zanama by the Esans, what it means i dont even know.

blacko:
I understand ur claim the ruba word is mainly from the Hausa or Sudanese language it also may be from the old Malian language

limamintruth:
Thanx alot boss





Wow, you seem to be very well learned in yoruba culture & language @2prexios.

I'm really impressed.

blacko:
The origin of the name Yoruba is a very simple one first of all the yo was. Coined from oyo then ruba means people so Yoruba means people of the oyo empire the name was most probably coined by neighbors

Funjosh:
Getting Interesting day afta day.

cheruv:
the spambot autocorrected the ofe'mmanu stuff I wrote to Yoruba. the names the Yorubas have isn't derogatory but due to how they behave eg
1]ofe'mmanu :this simply means ofe(soup) and mmanu(oil/oily) and this simply means oily soup.this is bkos Yorubas consume a lot of oil when preparing their soups
2]mgbati :this simply means mgba(wrestle) and ti(shout) and this is bkos yolobas shout a lot when talking which gives the impression that they're soon going to fight.. which doesn't happen afterwards
3]akawoo :this simply means to mark or marks and this is due to the tribal marks yolobas are known to carry

that's how those names came about

Zags001:
This looks interesting
well in my own dialect (gure), this is what we call the following respective tribes:
yoruba; a'pabi
igbos; a'kyema
hausas; a'chetti e.t.c
These are the ones i know so well sha.

itstpia100:
you can provide those yourself if you want them.

Desola:
I don't think your explanation applies to this name.
Ijebu people please teach this person o, I don tire.

itstpia100:
if you add a prefix or article to yoruba, you can also play around with the meaning.

eg, iyoruba, eyoruba, eyioruba, etc.

Desola:
Oshin and Osi have different pronunciation though.

9jacrip:
The sanest and most stimulating post thus far on this thread since I unfollowed it.

God bless you.

tollu:
Osi pronounced Oshi O as in Orange means lord of a clan/family.
Bajo means back from a journey
Osi bajo means the lord of this clan is back from a journey.