Osagyefo98:



And what is the meaning in your term?

LabDNA:


I was actually beginning to credit until I read where he infered that the word 'yamiri' originated in the Civil war. No I beg to disagree, evidence and account of Igbos who lived in the north pre-civil war strongly proves that the word 'yamiri' predated the civil war.

The north was a hot place, and new Igbos migrant who travelled there, asked for water 'mmiri' when they arrived after the long journey which took days. They did so their language which was corrupted as 'yamiri' by the locals. The word pre-dated the civil war.

Osagyefo98:



Why do you guys always deviate from real issues.

Must you guys drag everybody into una mess?

What can be done to Appease you guys in this country, to love others , understand and work in line with others?

What exactly?

Osagyefo98:



Why do you guys always deviate from real issues.

Must you guys drag everybody into una mess?

What can be done to Appease you guys in this country, to love others , understand and work in line with others?

What exactly?

lawani:
I believe it is a corruption of the Phoenician 'Europa'. It means west in Phoenician and was used to refer to Europe. Because Europe prospered without submitting to Allah, the word Europa came to mean those who prospered without submitting to Allah. The Songhai corrupted Europa to Yoruba and used the word to refer to the Oyo who were able to build a large empire without submitting to Allah.

Osagyefo98:


I read every piece there but at the end no meaning to the word Yoruba as stated by FFk in his own submission.

Guess FFk is more sound and point blessed in his research.

seunmsg:


The actual meaning of the name is what we don’t know but most researchers concluded that the name came from Oyo traders interaction with the people of the old Songhai empire.

Osagyefo98:
https://www.nairaland.com/5493376/ifa-great-oracle-does-not

Still reading but let me drop fact as above

In all these epistle Prof Banji couldn't tell us the meaning of yoruba and why no name us associated with it..... highly Insulting.

His beating about the bush shows FFK is right anyway. ........

seunmsg:
Cc: lalasticlala Mynd44.

The above piece is very comprehensive and answers all questions concerning the name ‘Yoruba’. It answers the questions raised by rabble rouser like FFK. We are Yorubas and we are proud of our name.

Obalufon:




you have need to read and dig it pighead ..what is the meaning of Arab ..Yoruba is a culture mothefucker

Obalufon:




you have need to read and dig it pighead ..what is the meaning of Arab ..Yoruba is a culture mothefucker

MetaPhysical:


'Balufon,
You and I not new to each other over this topic of defining Yoruba.

If you ask ten Yorubas of different subgroup about the root of their monarchies every one of them will point to Ife and Oduduwa. No conflict.

If you ask same people the meaning of Yoruba you will get ten different accounts each in conflict with next.

This is a challenge for people like you and I and others in Culture to revive that topic on Yoruba Origin then invite Yorubas to step in and learn. We need consistent answer on Yoruba and what it means.

Perharps, since we have a lead from Prof...we coupd baseline on his output.

Im CCing others with great input on that topic.

Absolutesuccess
Prexios
Olu317
Macof
ObalufonIII
ImperialYoruba
9jacrip
Lawani

immhotep:

You forgot to cc lzaa and myself

MetaPhysical:




Forgive me bro. I go remember next time.

Oya, make i hail my brothers...

Immhotep Kwenu!
Lzaa Kwenu!

Umunna Kwenuo zo!!!

MetaPhysical:


'Balufon,
You and I not new to each other over this topic of defining Yoruba.

If you ask ten Yorubas of different subgroup about the root of their monarchies every one of them will point to Ife and Oduduwa. No conflict.

If you ask same people the meaning of Yoruba you will get ten different accounts each in conflict with next.

This is a challenge for people like you and I and others in Culture to revive that topic on Yoruba Origin then invite Yorubas to step in and learn. We need consistent answer on Yoruba and what it means.

Perharps, since we have a lead from Prof...we coupd baseline on his output.

Im CCing others with great input on that topic.

Absolutesuccess
Prexios
Olu317
Macof
ObalufonIII
ImperialYoruba
9jacrip
Lawani

lawani:
From my observation, the original word was Phoenician meaning west later used to mean those who are civilized without submitting to Allah. The Songhai corrupted Europa to Yoruba.

Iamgrey5:
Yoruba

Oyo oba

Yo ru iba

It was a collection of words

I want you to tell me what it translate to in Hausa and Fulani, Since you clearly believe a crack head over the submission of several Professors

bluke:


the name was a reference to where Oduduwa group came from . YARIB or YATHRIB in Saudi Arabia.

seunmsg:


If you take your time to read the intervention of Prof. Akintoye, you won’t even bother to post the uninformed opinion of Elebuibon.

Osagyefo98:



Prof Akintoye was just beating around the bush.

Let him tell us the exact meaning of yoruba, and the reason no names was linked to yoruba as been historic.

Telling us you answering the name since 1300 and this people call you this and later call you that is just Nonsense.

Osagyefo98:


I read every piece there but at the end no meaning to the word Yoruba as stated by FFk in his own submission.

Guess FFk is more sound and point blessed in his research.

Armaggedon:
The lengthy article proves nothing except what FFK said.

How can a professor write an article so shallow without evidence. this goes to prove how emotional Yoruba's can be.

ivandragon:
It is clear that there is a strong link/association between the origins of the name Yoruba & the syro-arabian language as evidenced by Prof's reference to the relations between the indigenous people & those in the upper Sudan...

Regardless of this link/association, it is infantile for people to turn it into a derogatory ethnic debate.

Osagyefo98:



Why do you guys always deviate from real issues.

Must you guys drag everybody into una mess?

What can be done to Appease you guys in this country, to love others , understand and work in line with others?

What exactly?

bluke:


the name was a reference to where Oduduwa group came from . YARIB or YATHRIB in Saudi Arabia.

macof:

Contact doesn't mean origin

Yorubas had contact with these people not that we originate from their culture

ivandragon:


If you took time to read my comment, you would note that I wrote, "... origin of the name..." & Not origin of the people or tribe...

It's just like someone giving you a nickname based on certain characteristics which you may or may not possess & soon after, every one starts using that name to identify you. It doesn't mean the nickname is your name or that you are automatically biologically related to the person that called you by the name...

Olu317:
Yarib is not associated with the Yoruba's etymology because, Yarib is a name identified with a group of Arab's descendants who lived in Arabia peninsula of Yemen that were Muslims at one time with in Near East history. The etymology of Yarib is different from Yo oru ba which was borne out of a people who use bá/aba/uba for father, king,lord,one who domineer over.

The name Baba is a Semitic name or with an Asia origin amongst Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism,Yoruba Hausa, etc which means, holyman, a spiritual leader of some sort while Ba/Aba is used both by Hebrew and Yoruba group which means, ‘father'. So, it is easy to trace the meaning of Yo oru ba if one consider the manner at which Yoruba interacted with Tapas,Hausas,Gambaris etc outside her domain with other people in their migration from one area to another.

Interestingly, Oranmiyan was the one whose identity was identified with ‘Ba' after he left Ileife in southwest and led the group as the prince with their ancestors language to the Igodomigodo and Oyo Ile which a small yoruba settlement before she grew to an empire in later years.

As far as my studying pictograms/ideograms convinced me of the Yoruba ethnic group as Semitic people from foundation. So pathetic are the people who can't read and decode the inscription on Opa Oranmiyan and Opa Ogun etc but are coming up to lay fallacious claim to what they don't have knowledge on the etymology of Yoruba's meaning. As bad it is, a so called Professor came up and posited that Yoruba has degoratory meaning in Hausa or fulani language.
It is so sad with all these tneory upon theory without fact when in fact, the etymology is as simple as ABC.

Olu317:
Yarib is not associated with the Yoruba's etymology because, Yarib is a name identified with a group of Arab's descendants who lived in Arabia peninsula of Yemen that were Muslims at one time with in Near East history. The etymology of Yarib is different from Yo oru ba which was borne out of a people who use bá/aba/uba for father, king,lord,one who domineer over.

The name Baba is a Semitic name or with an Asia origin amongst Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism,Yoruba Hausa, etc which means, holyman, a spiritual leader of some sort while Ba/Aba is used both by Hebrew and Yoruba group which means, ‘father'. So, it is easy to trace the meaning of Yo oru ba if one consider the manner at which Yoruba interacted with Tapas,Hausas,Gambaris etc outside her domain with other people in their migration from one area to another.

Interestingly, Oranmiyan was the one whose identity was identified with ‘Ba' after he left Ileife in southwest and led the group as the prince with their ancestors language to the Igodomigodo and Oyo Ile which a small yoruba settlement before she grew to an empire in later years.

As far as my studying pictograms/ideograms convinced me of the Yoruba ethnic group as Semitic people from foundation. So pathetic are the people who can't read and decode the inscription on Opa Oranmiyan and Opa Ogun etc but are coming up to lay fallacious claim to what they don't have knowledge on the etymology of Yoruba's meaning. As bad it is, a so called Professor came up and posited that Yoruba has degoratory meaning in Hausa or fulani language.
It is so sad with all these tneory upon theory without fact when in fact, the etymology is as simple as ABC.