hello

please help me trasnlate from yoruba language. i know it's a prayer, or something like that, but i don't understand the whole meaning.

iyawo gidi lodede oko gidi, iyawo ti eniyan fin yangan larin awon obinrin egbe, Olorun eledumare, yo pese gbogbo nkan ti onfe fun ooo.

thanks a lot.

Hi,

I think you'll have better luck in the culture section. and no, i dont understand it either, but there's lots of yoruba threads/people who understand and are willing to translate yoruba there.

clauetc:

iyawo gidi lodede oko gidi, iyawo ti eniyan fin yangan larin awon obinrin egbe, Olorun eledumare, yo pese gbogbo nkan ti onfe fun ooo

I am not too sure what lodede means but I will have a go based on the context of the rest of the statement.

A real/great wife is the one that deserves a real/great husband, a wife that one can put on a pedestal in the midst of other women her mate, God the maker, will grant you/her all you/she wish(es).

Now I don't know how this is being applied hence the "/"s.

It sounds like a man crediting and praising his wife.

Or a religious individual praying for a man looking for a wife.

Or a religious individual praying for a woman whilst simultaneously advising her on what to be.

You go pay me 10 cowries o!
ok let me try

iyawo gidi lodede oko gidi, iyawo ti eniyan fin yangan larin awon obinrin egbe, Olorun eledumare, yo pese gbogbo nkan ti onfe fun ooo.

It is a good wife that suits a good husband; a wife that one can boast of among her peers,God almighty shall grant you all that your heart desires.
(i think its more like a praise and a prayer of an appreciative husband)

@ Sagamite,
Odede in that context is best translated as 'home'. L'odede means 'at home'.
So 'iyawo gidi lodede oko gidi' means a good wife in the home of a good husband(the whole sentence is actually a wish for good home).

@Jarus, thumbs up, am enlightened. Thank u

Thanks, Jarus.

How do you pronounce it so I can assess if it is familiar?

Use English words to translate like:

English: Banana | Yoruba: Ogede | Yoruba Pronunciation: Orgirdey

English: Best Friend | Yoruba: Ore mi atata | Yoruba Pronunciation: Or-rer mi artartar

English: Banana | Yoruba: O[b]g[/b]ede | Yoruba Pronunciation: Orgirdey

Exactly the same pronunciation with Ogede(Banana). Just remove the 'g' in Ogede above and replace with 'd', and pronounce without changing any other thing.

Being from Ogun state, you may not be familiar with the word, but it's more common in Oyo, Osun(excluding Ijesa) and Kwara versions of Yoruba.

^^^ I have never come across the word before in my life.