₦airaland Forum

scholes0:
I would say Yorubas own ehn ehn because it ends in a Nasal vowel.
So many of my Igbo friends cant even pronounce such Yoruba words right. Some call Funmi : Fumi and call Akin: Aki ... Lol

Are those the same people than want to clain ehhn ehn?

Only Edos can pronunce those Yoruba terms without an accent or deformation.

Besides, the pronunciation of the Yoruboid Egwú is different from Egwu (dance) / (danger) you listed up there. They are therefore not the same words going by the rules of tonal languages.

scholes0:
I would say Yorubas own ehn ehn because it ends in a Nasal vowel.
So many of my Igbo friends cant even pronounce such Yoruba words right. Some call Funmi : Fumi and call Akin: Aki ... Lol

Are those the same people than want to clain ehhn ehn?

Only Edos can pronunce those Yoruba terms without an accent or deformation.

Besides, the pronunciation of the Yoruboid Egwú is different from Egwu (dance) / (danger) you listed up there. They are therefore not the same words going by the rules of tonal languages.

laydoh:
guy,i swear ur i.q is blw 20,must u tlk everytime?lol,saying everything dat z bitter is called ewuro,wat is kikoro den? sori 4 any sort of insult oo.

scholes0:
Rice is Iresi in Yoruba via English.
While Igbos use a borrowed Hausa term.

scholes0:
Baba probz I have always known you to be someone that diacusses on a high level of brain power (Intellectual discusser), so me and you can’t have any long lasting issues.
Lets just try to iron some few things out and we will be fine - unlike some others on this thread.
Honestly, I am not trying to psych you up or anything.

Egwu as I know it to be isn’t a general igbo word, am I right?
I thought Igbos generally call masquerades Mmanwu? Similar to the word Mmuo (spirits)?

Egwu/Egun is of Yoruboid origin meaning masquerades , spirits or ancestors.

scholes0:
What is so Igbotic about Oyinbo and Akara?
Lol Akara that is the favorite food of was it Sango or one of these 14th century Yoruba figures.
Ogiri is under contention. That one might be an actual shared word from antiquity like Iba.


What is the Igbo word for masquerade?

scholes0:
What is this one saying abeg? Whatbis the Igbo word for Agbero?
lol

baby124:
Lmao. I am obviously arguing with a jobless person. Akara, ponmo, egusi are all Yoruba words. In fact there is different Egusi cooking methods by Yoruba group, but one thing in common is the way they make the base. Spinach is popularly called just Efo. But it’s really Efo amunututu. I am done arguing with you. Soon you will say Shaki is an Igbo word. We also have Tete, Shoko yokoto (another spinach), Ewedu

scholes0:
You werent referring to THE NAME? but please what is this thread all about pls?
Aren’t we all arguing about the origin of words here?

What were you referring to then? Mr referrer.

baby124:
Lmao. I am obviously arguing with a jobless person. Akara, ponmo, egusi are all Yoruba words. In fact there is different Egusi cooking methods by Yoruba group, but one thing in common is the way they make the base. Spinach is popularly called just Efo. But it’s really Efo amunututu. I am done arguing with you. Soon you will say Shaki is an Igbo word. We also have Tete, Shoko yokoto (another spinach), Ewedu

scholes0:
See someone who claims to have taken first in Yoruba language at his school arguing with me about the origin of Jedi Jedi.
lol first from the back of that class list maybe.
Either that, Or maybe your school was filled with Igbos only or complete Olodo yoruba boys and girls.

Reke and Alubosa are Hausa and Arabic words respectively- nobody is arguing that. It is so funny the way you keep bringing the unrelated Hausas into this discussion. Hausa language isn’t even Niger Congo yet I can still point to many Hausa terms of Yoruba origin.
Is there any Hausa word of Igbo origin? (just for curiosity)

Pls focus on the topic at hand or let the discussion end there like you already proposed.

konoplyanka:
You are too daft. How can you claim jedijedi as hausa if you don't know the etymology of the word itself. And you were claiming to come first in Yoruba. Another reason I don't take you ibos serious because of your lies. Anybody who understands Yoruba can't make such ignorant claim.

Je idi je idi= jedijedi

Idi butthole
Je=eat

It means something that eats deep into your butthole. You scratch your butthole when you have jedijedi.

laydoh:
y u dey fall my hand na,u no sabi anytin n u go dey 4rm,d NKO dose guys r talking abt doesnt correlate wit d ones u listed hia,na d nko wey everyone dey use for pidgin dem dey talk.eg,you nko.

laydoh:
nonsense,u no ntin abt yoruba n kip 4mng jagaban,jide is nt stand up,dide is stand up whle jide is wake

somegirl1:
Never had kings? How do you know this? I think the word you are looking for is Didn't which points to certain Igbo groups not having ultimate rulers at the time they were discovered by the Brits.

Oligarchy which Igbos practiced is a more advanced form of government than monarchy - circa 800 BC vs 2000 BC, and was therefore a natural step up from kingship
Kingship was restored/ introduced by Europeans not Binis. Unless you have information pointing to Bini style kingship east of the Niger.


That Aniomas et al are Igbo is a very convenient assertion when it suits certain agendas.
Anyhow, if "today they are Igbo" as you stated, it reinforces my earlier point that Igbos influenced Bini's east-bound exiled subject to the point that their origin is debatable. What a feat.

scholes0:
And you claim to understand Nigerian languages. Lol ashe you be o2
How can jedijedi be Hausa?

If it exists in hausa that it came from Yoruba.

scholes0:
Dios mio , efo isn’t just any leaf, but edible vegetables.
Igalas call it Alefo. Or ‘Obo Alefo’ (Vegetable soup)
Don’t be forming like you underatand actual Yoruba simply because you were exposed to 2 months of broken Yoruba in Isolo.
The Yoruba word for leaf is Ewé.

scholes0:
You want to also claim Kpomo like your brother?
Even that other word “tinko” that one of your bros mentioned is not Igbo either.

scholes0:
Omg, am I dreaming? lol.

Yorubas and Igbos who better pass for traditional medicine? lol .. don’t make me laugh.
Even today you all have abandoned all your village dibias and are too busy gulping agbo like there is no tomorrow.
How can Igbos introduce Ewuro into Yorubaland? I thought you were saying before that there is nothing like Ewuro?

What is your I.Q pls? Did I say that it was an English proverb?

What is the Igbo word for Jedi-jedi?

baby124:
Are you saying efo, which is spinach is also borrowed from Igbo? You are insane. The only vegetable used widely that is from Igbos is Ugwu.

scholes0:
See mumu

Ewuro is a soup and it is also a herb in Yorubaand.

We have a proverb that goes “Ewuro Lagba Igi”. ewuro is the eldeest of trees.
Also one that goes in english “Your problems might be bitter in the begining, but like Ewuro it is sure to become sweet in the end”

Shukudi, Take your time and stop making silly assumptions oooo

fatiaforreal:
Igbo is sub-Yoruba race. Take it or leave it, that's the truth!

Probz:
They’ve got their own version of ofe onugbu to be fair. Ewuro.

konoplyanka:
Logically, who do you think could have borrowed each other's language between Yoruba and ibo? Knowing that 99% of yoruba don't visit iboland and don't even understand your language while 30% of your people have visited Yorubaland and could speak a little of the language.

baby124:
People customize their Egusi however they like to. Traditionally Egusi is cooked with Efo tete. It is a big hard leaf Yoruba vegetable. Ugwu is an Igbo vegetable. By the way, Yoruba’s also cook with bitter leaf. Bitterleaf is Ewuro. You know nothing about Yoruba cuisine. So stop talking bullshit. We also have a lot of vegetable species we cook with.

Lordave:
I wasn't saying we don't have 'nko' in Igbo, but the particular 'nko'(considering the meaning) he asked about is not popular among Igbo speakers.

What you wrote up there is fact and I know about it.

konoplyanka:
Yes I'm from eastern yoruba and we don't know esusu. The only thing we know is ajo.

However, I don't believe yoruba could borrow words from ibos owing to the fact that Yoruba migration pattern don't go east. We only go west and north.

The ibos on the other hand could have borrowed a lot from yoruba as they migrate to our land.

Lordave:
I don't think anybody uses 'Nko' while speaking Igbo, it best suits pidgin English.

Instead of 'Nko' in an Igbo sentence, 'KWANU' is best suits to every Igbo speaker.

somegirl1:

Your responses reveal a deficiency in intellectual acuity.
You're clearly here to argue blindly.
I won't stoop to your level.
Keep quoting me if you enjoy soliloquies.

baysol:
You are so dumb like your Kanu in your hastiness without thorough examining truth. The fact remains that all advanced languages like Yoruba borrows especially with people they have common interest with. Go and study the history of Yoruba Language and make sure you educate kanu your disabled, uninformed leader who infected yall with mumuism.

somegirl1:
It wasn't considered to be decent food in Igbo culture.
I don't even understand why anyone would to own consumption of cow skin which civilised groups discard or use for other non-food purposes.

somegirl1:
He must not know his language.