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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by Olu3: 5:00pm On Nov 16, 2012
Omotilewa? I know the "Omo" part only. Thanks!
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by step1: 12:20am On Feb 26, 2013
Olu3: Omotilewa? I know the "Omo" part only. Thanks!

Omo = Child
telewa = arrived/ Step on the ground and came (literal meaning)

A child has arrived
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by ibitiapelo: 5:21am On Dec 06, 2013
A lot of the interpretations by step1 are wrong. How for instance does Omotilewa become omotelewa?

Tèlé means "to follow"
Tilé mean "from home"

Can folks please refrain from posting inaccurate information online? It's how a peoples history gets accidentally (or otherwise) mis-recorded.

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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by tpia5: 5:25am On Dec 06, 2013
the enitan one is hilarious.

person of story indeed.

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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by tpia5: 5:27am On Dec 06, 2013
people dont understand in yoruba culture, you cant properly analyze the meaning of a name if you dont know the family dynamics involved, as well as the reasons for it.

names are descriptive ie active as opposed to inactive which is what obtains elsewhere.

many "yoruabroads" also do not get this. As well as "yorujebutters".

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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by tpia5: 5:37am On Dec 06, 2013
step1: Dabiri is a name common to the Eko (part of Lagos), Awori, Ikorodu (an Ijebu people) and perhaps Egun peoples of Yoruba land. The translation of the name can be derived by analyzing the roots:

Da – found/create/started

Ibi – here

Ri - to existence

Bring this location into existence or first settler

ri is found or see.

da is create, form, clear, empty or alone.

bi is birth or here.

breaking it down that way would give an interpretation such as someone who found a place alone [ie by himself].

one of many possible meanings.


however, the name itself sounds like a shortened form of a longer version which probably tells a more complete story.
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by ibitiapelo: 6:59pm On Dec 06, 2013
Another problem with yoruba names is if you don't get the intonation correctly you've already missed the boat. Dábírì for instance is mi mi do (if i remember correctly).

So the last syllable ri with a do sound, could easily mean establish (in another context would mean bury or sank* hence the allusion to establish).

Contractions also change the intonation of the resulting compound word.

So you really have to speak the language (i.e. know which tonal sounds apply ) to be able to understand what's going on.

*sank as in the past test of sink

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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by tpia1: 1:53pm On Sep 12, 2014
^ well said.
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by tpiah11: 6:08am On Oct 26, 2015
is the op Yoruba?
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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by AlphaTaikun: 1:36pm On Sep 23, 2022
step1:


defeated the river/ became the river's friend/ lover of water in my dialect
"Aromire."

"Eko Aromire, ilu ogbon." That's mad cool.

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Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by Konquest: 8:07pm On May 14
step1:
Dabiri is a name common to the Eko (part of Lagos), Awori, Ikorodu (an Ijebu people) and perhaps Egun peoples of Yoruba land. The translation of the name can be derived by analyzing the roots:

Da – found/create/started

Ibi – here

Ri - to existence

Bring this location into existence or first settler
Bump.
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by Konquest: 8:09pm On May 14
ibitiapelo:
A lot of the interpretations by step1 are wrong. How for instance does Omotilewa become omotelewa?

Tèlé means "to follow"
Tilé mean "from home"

Can folks please refrain from posting inaccurate information online? It's how a peoples history gets accidentally (or otherwise) mis-recorded.
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by Konquest: 8:10pm On May 14
tpia5:
people dont understand in yoruba culture, you cant properly analyze the meaning of a name if you dont know the family dynamics involved, as well as the reasons for it.

names are descriptive ie active as opposed to inactive which is what obtains elsewhere.

many "yoruabroads" also do not get this. As well as "yorujebutters".
Hmmh... That's interesting.
Re: Rare Yoruba Names And Meaning by Konquest: 8:11pm On May 14
ibitiapelo:
Another problem with yoruba names is if you don't get the intonation correctly you've already missed the boat. Dábírì for instance is mi mi do (if i remember correctly).

So the last syllable ri with a do sound, could easily mean establish (in another context would mean bury or sank* hence the allusion to establish).

Contractions also change the intonation of the resulting compound word.

So you really have to speak the language (i.e. know which tonal sounds apply ) to be able to understand what's going on.


*sank as in the past test of sink

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