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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by gregyboy(m): 9:47pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
lordlugards: Benin Elede( pig) |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by computergenius(m): 10:04pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
What about the Yoruba names for different species of fishes?
I know eel is called Eja Osan.
But what is the Yoruba name for:
Catfish
Titus
Mockerel
And what is the English name for:
Shawa
Panla 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 10:05pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Amotolongbo:Amin asee edumare. Esee pupo. 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 10:07pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
computergenius:Lolz. Now I feel like eating panla gbigbe. Jokes aside except shawa, catfish I don’t really know a name for the rest. Shawa= sardine Catfish= eja aro Update: The fish inside Titus is called a mackerel in English but I think it’s Alaran in Yoruba This is a mackerel fish 1 Like
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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by eby001(m): 10:09pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
computergenius:Catfish= aroo/arogidigba Titus= sawa Mackerel= osan |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Haykinsofficial(m): 10:10pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
agbakuonida: it's called Porcupine. shey u get? 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 10:10pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Ilaje44:This is true. I wanted to put it this way but it kinda slipped my mind. Thanks 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by seunphotography(m): 10:41pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
There is no tiger in africa, yoruba cant have a name for an animal that was never seen . Ekun is Leopard Amotekun is Cheetah Ancient yoruba language as far back as the era of Ajayi crowther who translated the bible into yoruba language referred to ekun as leopard. Isaiah 11:6 u can check both English and yoruba language for confirmation Ekun = Leopard Amotekun = Cheetah 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Unclesamo(m): 10:50pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
shogz89:.. . . . . . . . . . Frog in yoruba Opolo, Toad� is konko. . I think |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by KHbaby(f): 10:52pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
owomida1: You're right. But op, I didn't see Adan - Bat 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 11:13pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
KHbaby:Sorry ma. I forgot to put many animals name there due to the difficulty of finding their Yoruba names. But Adan (bat) is obviously one I should have added given that it’s well known. I don’t know how I could have forgotten it. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by k2money(m): 2:56am On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:Stop convincing yourself, check for hyrax sound it not the like barking it's more like birds. That thing you call ofafa might be the same another tribe call Ọwáwa, and it sound is like a dog. Please watch natgeo wild and get cheetah sound to admit you got that wrong. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by larrypappyy(m): 5:32am On Feb 17, 2020 |
Bro, i must commend ur effort but a little point of correction abt amotekun. amotekun isnt leopard but cheetah while leopard is ekun. we dont have tiger in africa and its not native to africa |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 5:46am On Feb 17, 2020 |
k2money:Trust me. I know what am saying and have seen an hyrax and eaten it before when I went to my grandmas village for holidays. It looks like a rodent with no claws on its feet’s, white patches of hair on it back with black or olive brown fur and can climb trees. There’s a tree hyrax and a rock hyrax. The one am calling ofafa is a western tree hyrax and they do make noises like different animals such as pigs as well as that of humans baby too whenever they descend from trees. so your the one who needs to gets your fact right cause have seen and heard what it looks or sound like. Below is the animal am talking about. 2 Likes
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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by greatbrian(m): 6:42am On Feb 17, 2020 |
eby001: I love the Aroidigba I hope its generally acceptable coz am gonna say it dz evening |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Kakamorufu(m): 7:38am On Feb 17, 2020 |
i thought ishawuru is jelly fish |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Kakamorufu(m): 7:43am On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:erinmilokun is hipopo 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Teegelop(f): 7:55am On Feb 17, 2020 |
NigeriaBam: Toad is kankan while opolo is Frog not the way OP arranged it. 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by k2money(m): 7:56am On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:The pictures look like Ọwáwa. I can't really remember the pictures because it's more than 25 years that I saw Ọwáwa last. But that hydrax sound like a pigs truly but Ọwáwa makes sound that pronounce like waowaowaowao. Like a dog barking. Watch natgeo wild cheetahs sound like a cat mew, mew, check that YouTube and stop calling cheetah Ọwáwa. Ọwáwa do bark while cheetah mew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Qh3VTmtxU 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nyaknor(m): 8:07am On Feb 17, 2020 |
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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 8:22am On Feb 17, 2020 |
gregyboy: You are just deluded. Even your 'God-like' Oba is a Yoruba man. To start to state Yoruba superiority over Bini whether now or in the past will be an overkill and amount to waste of time... Didn't the Brits rout the whole Benin city in just a few hours and thereafter banish your Oba to Calabar You should even be grateful that they restored your monarchy for you otherwise... 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 8:25am On Feb 17, 2020 |
ednut1: Why do you think they didn't know it existed Do you think they did not have their own form of education |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by HrmOlolade(m): 8:30am On Feb 17, 2020 |
NigeriaBam:toad is konko while opolo is frog 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by HrmOlolade(m): 8:39am On Feb 17, 2020 |
lordlugards:Aguntan is sheep while Ram is agbo |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Sandius(m): 10:41am On Feb 17, 2020 |
What of amotekun 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 11:24am On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni:Since when is the Oba of Benin a Yoruba man ? Share your proof. To the best of my knowledge, the Oba of Benin is the first son of the previous Oba of Benin who was also the first son of the previous Oba of Benin who was also the first son of the previous Oba of Benin, and so on ... |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by masseratti: 11:27am On Feb 17, 2020 |
We don't have tigers in Africa and yorubas does not have a name for it 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 11:27am On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni:Yet the outside world doesn't see this superiority which you are talking about. It exists only in the mind of Yoruba supremacists. Be it the art, the military or the architecture, the Benin empire has always been superior to the Yoruba. Most of you Yoruba actually descend from freed slaves dumped on our shores. You are slaves trying to rewrite history in order to make yourselves masters in a past that never existed. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 11:33am On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni:First of all, the last war between Benin empire and Britain started in 1895 and ended in around 1900. The British captured the capital of the empire (the capital is Benin city) in 1897 and the emperor surrendered in 1897 while some of his generals fought on untill around 1900. And if I recollect, the Yoruba gave up to the British without a fight ! You welcomed the invading British as liberators and you just bowed down to them without a fight. While real strong African kingdoms fought and made the British pay a price for the invasion. The Yoruba just gave up like cowards. While real African kingdoms were being burnt down by the British, the same British were building houses for their Yoruba collaborators/puppets ( the ooni of ife and the alafin of Oyo). The thing which you Yoruba keep overlooking is that you were in a better position after the invasion of the British, whereas the actual west African powerhouses were degraded by the British and their kings sent into exile or killed. That is what happened to: Benin Empire, Kano Emirate, Sokoto Kalifate, Borno emirate... |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by woleabayo(f): 11:45am On Feb 17, 2020 |
thanks for this 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 12:12pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Think about this: after the British invasion, we were all miserable. The real African powerhouses had been degraded, that is why they were in a comatose status. But the Yoruba were also miserable, and that is funny because the status of the Yoruba was made better after the British invasion than before. So how bad was the Yoruba status before the invasion ? It seems to me that the Yoruba owe everything to the British. Nowonder they still call the British "master". |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by olasunky15(m): 12:47pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
masseratti: in as much as I agree that tiger is not native to Africa. I don't think its logical to say yorubas don't have name for it. Does that then mean that animals native to Africa alone has no business having English name I.e Erinmi(hippopotamus) should not be called hippo because its not native to UK or Europe or The West. of course its easy to argue that the early civilization of the West and the Colonization of Africa enabled access, interaction and knowledge of this animals. hence their English names. my question now is even if tiger is not native to Africa, who says our Forefathers didnot travel far and wide to other continents - either for religious, business or adventure. Who say some did not settle in these areas and later return back home. Again, many people limit yoruba to only a group of People in SouthWest Nigeria, Africa, where in fact, we have native yorubas in Countries like Brazil, Cuba, Peru and the rest. Now, Jaguar is not in Africa, but native to South America with quite significant population of Yoruba. Do the logic! My grandfather told me his grandfather was among those that travelled on foot to far Asia, especially Saudi from Nigeria. Not all return. Is it possible for them not only to have heard of the Tiger animal, but seen it several times. Mind you they traveled on foot. chances are that they will manoeuvre through the forest... where else would they encounter the Tiger Animal? No matter how small their population outside Africa was then, giving animal they encountered a name and making it popular back home wouldn't be a big deal. I also agree with someone earlier that some animals name were given to people with rugged and fearless attributes like ekun, with even a proverb "taa je gbe'na w'oju ekan? Nibody dares. Ogidan and the likes. So the fact that some animals are not native to Africa or Yorubaland doesnt mean they don't have yoruba names. I agree that: Tiger = Ekun Leopard = Amot'ekun. I.e like the tiger or can do as a Tiger or behaves like Tiger. (Much kudos to that brain that gives the Security network that name) Jaguar = Ogidan. its wrong to say Amotekun = Cheetah.... The elders can't be wrong altogether. especially those that came up with the Amotekun name. And place don't tell me the picture of the animal of the security outfit emblem is Cheetah. 1 Like 1 Share |
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