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Dsimmer:
Yooba which is Oyo Oba means "Joyous King" named by Oranmiyan. Of course others, including the British couldn't pronounce it well thus pronounced it Yarba instead of Yooba. It was eventually changed into Yoruba

Oranmiyan was the first Oba of Bini. He was ruling both Oyo and Bini at the same time. However, He later left Bini back to Oyo because he couldn't be in two places at a time even though Bini didn't want him to leave because of the civilization and art works he brought to Bini. Of course Bini weren't happy after he left thus the name "Ile- Ibinu". Bini people then made his son a king after he already left. The Bini called the son "Omo oba" which means "child of a king" because apart from the fact that he was the child of Oranmiyan, he was literally a little child but the Bini wanted him on the throne anyway.

It is actually "Oyo Ori Oba" which means "Joy is the activity of the King" which is "Oyo Oba" (Yooba). Anyways, it was Oranmiyan who named the Yoruba, albeit "Yoruba" had always been the main plan from the beginning because Jew letter inscriptions "Yod Rosh" were engraved on ancient Oranyan Obelisk by ancient Yoruba ancestors! Scary how ancient Yoruba ancestors engraved Jew's "Yod Rosh" inscriptions on ancient Oranyan Obelisk and that's exactly Yoruba name today.

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Another house of rep doing something for his state. Health care facility. He tried.

Those senators and house of representatives doing nothing had better do better. They weren't elected to be eating like goats without doing anything for their state. At least roads and health care facilities aren't too much to ask.

That's a nice one. He really tried.

See beautiful projects done by a previous house of rep. Hospitals, Roads, education facilities, sport facilities etc..

Imagine if every senators and house of representatives continue to improve their states this way.

What are the other senators and house of representatives doing for their states? Or do they think they were elected there to be eating like goats without doing anything?

Those not doing anything had better do better!

aribisala0:
You are free to use your mouth for any idiotic enterprise of your choosing

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

Lol. Of course you know I stated facts which are:

1.African are the first human on earth which is scientifically proven.

2. Africans predate Arabs. It's scientifically proven.

3. Allah is the quraysh deity which is the stone idol at kabba. All these are fact!

Meanwhile, I'm not bothered by whatever people choose to do. Although I sometimes find it funny when some condemn their African deities yet go worship a stone Arab idol deity at kabba? Isn't that funny?

While I'm not bothered however, I'm not happy at the fact that the Arabs stole North Africa Land after murdering the Northern Africans during the Arab colonization of the North Africa.

Point is Africans must rise up to its inner consciousness and shouldn't be limited! As a matter of fact, Any religion which isn't bringing innovative ideas and creativity to African should fvck off.

aribisala0:
You are free to use your mouth for any idiotic enterprise of your choosing

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

You're the one wailing even when you're the one doing the insult. My statement is simple. A sane person knows Africans are no Arabs! Stop limiting Africans which predate Arabs!

aribisala0:
You are free to use your mouth for any idiotic enterprise of your choosing

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

I simply stated facts!

Stop limiting Africans to Arabs!

aribisala0:
You are free to use your mouth for any idiotic enterprise of your choosing

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

I simply corrected your wrong notion. If you've got a brain, you would know Africans are no Arabs. As a matter of fact, First man on earth was a black African man as proven by science! I repeat, stop limiting Africans to what doesn't concern Africans!

aribisala0:
You can continue barking like a rabid canine
It changes nothing

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

Why are you crying because I said Africans are no Arabs which is a fact and as such, shouldn't be limited to Arabs?

aribisala0:
This thread is about Yemen so stop talking stupidly if you want to discuss that create a thread for it

We are discussing attacks on boats in the Red Sea

It's not about creating any thread. I simply called out your wrong notion. Allah is the quraysh deity which is the stone idol at kabba!

And no, Africans are no Arabs! Stop limiting Africans!

aribisala0:
Not relevant to Yemen boat attack

If you want to discuss that create a thread I will educate you

There's nothing to educate. Allah is quraysh deity which is the stone idol at kabba.

When I hear some Africans shouting Allah Akbar, I just dey look them because they don't know what they're saying. I see it as an unwise saying. I'm not concerned regardless. I see it as unwise saying since they don't even know what they're saying. They're simply saying the arab deity is a mouse.

And yeah, it's a mouse because Africans are no Arabs!

Stop limiting Africans which predate Arabs!

aribisala0:
The Problem many of You have is you are badly \educated and totally uninformed

When Jesus was on earth

He spoke Aramaic (Syriac) The Aramaic word for God is ELAHI and was one of the last words he uttered before dying

LAH is a dialectical word meaning God in that region. And the Arabic Bible uses Allah

Al is an Arabic word meaning The
so Al lah means The God and that word is older than Islam

Nah.

Elah isn't Allah which have been certified.

allah is the quraysh deity which is the stone idol at kabba.

Is she the same person in the three pictures? The little make up she had on her in the first picture made her look like a little slay queen whereas she looks so innocent in the other pictures. Lol. These are only rumours thou. Most Wives tend to be suspicious of any girl seen next to their husband.

Tinubu really tried in Lagos. Still the most decorated governor.

Anyway, the best way to improve Nigeria is restructuring/federalism!

His death is sad. Condolence to his family.

Lol. This weight is okay na. I really don't see why some love to amass so much weight. The Op probably wants to gain more yansh and breast. But I think she's okay regardless. As long a person isn't looking scrawny looking like a stick, I don't see the need to amass weight. Also, The body should be made flexible.

Ijebu are from Ile Ife na. Whenever one see Bu, it means Ocean. While ije means "to eat" or "to dig deep into something" or "to go deep" thus ijebu means "deep into the Ocean".. The Oritsekiri are also Ijebu. Ijebu & Ilaje actually.

Some said Yoruba could be Jews (because of the similar language & Meaning with the Hebrew language despite not trading with the Hebrew) but I wouldn't want to think so😂

I doubt the hyksos (believed to be the Hebrew) stayed back when they were returning to Cannan and even if the hyksos did, they would be around Ethiopia and Sudan axis and besides, I doubt they stayed back. The only thing I would say was the Jews could have moved into Africa after the Jews were displaced from Judea and it would still be around the Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia axis who should still have the Hebrew language.

The only thing I can say is Yoruba language is quite an old language, thus could be reason for the similarities 😂such as Ona, Aye, Binu, Oluwa, Orun, Ela, Iwa, Melo, Eledumare etc. As I said, African culture needs to be preserved. So also IFA which entails lots of things.

Meanwhile, I realise that the three things which IFA talks about most times are ELA, IWA and ORI (aside the history, innovative, science, art, creativity etc present in it).

ELA means Manifestation, Clarity, Knowledge, Wisdom and Enlightenment (Also represent the child of Eledumare/Olodumare, the Only One God). IWA means strong character, responsibility and goodness perfection, nurturing etc.
ORI means "Head" which is said to be stronger than the Orisha according to IFA because ORI can do what the Orishas did and even more.

Orisha actually means "a selected Head" thus the fact that the Orishas were selected doesn't mean a head can't be selected to be Orisha who can do even more than the aforementioned Orisha hence why we shouldn't think we can't do all the innovation, science, Arts, creativity etc done by the Orishas which live within us 💤. IFA is really deep and mysterious.

Meanwhile, I won't even bother about Noah and all that or the Arab who copied and even plagiarized from the Hebrew (Jews) while trading with the Jews thus the Arab's counterfeit murderous religion which they use in stealing other people's land and destroying other people's culture in their nefarious bid to steal people's land for Arab people like these murderous land stealing idiots did in North Africa 🙄, anyway, what I would say is Life began from the blacks, that's what have been proven & certified scientifically. Anyone who doesn't believe Life is from the blacks is a certified fool!

And yeah, African culture must be preserved! So is Ifa which entails history of the Yoruba race as well as lots of innovative ideas, arts, science, creativity etc!

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Dsimmer:
Let's say the flood story was probably domiciled in a particular area because there was no way Noah would have been able to reach everyone on earth and tell them about any flood. Others secluded from the area wouldn't know anything and would still be doing whatever they were doing while all that was happening, for example, the Yoruba were doing whatever they were doing. God probably didn't reason their matter at that time 😂 or because they are his Omoluabi 😅 (this is me just trying to be funny. Lol 😂).

Anyways, since Life started from the blacks as proven scientifically, we can then say Noah must definitely be a black man who sprung up from other black men before others also sprung up and even had the language changed 🤓 while Yoruba language persisted. Lol. Funnily, IFA also speaks about Christianity because it mentioned Jewesun as the child of Olodumare and the lamb. Two people were actually mentioned. Ela and Jewesun however both are the same since it says Olodumare has only "one begotten"💤 child (Okanbi). So Ela is Jewesun thus, it's the same thing, such as, a=X.

What I arrived at is Yoruba language is quite old, so is the culture which all need to be preserved. IFA by Orunmila is also quite old and mysterious. Anyways, IFA entails the history of the Yoruba race while also entailing science, arts, history, innovation, creativity etc. IFA is really mysterious.

Sad to hear. Condolence and comfort to his family.

Let's say the flood story was probably domiciled in a particular area because there was no way Noah would have been able to reach everyone on earth and tell them about any flood. Others secluded from the area wouldn't know anything and would still be doing whatever they were doing while all that was happening, for example, the Yoruba were doing whatever they were doing. God probably didn't reason their matter at that time 😂 or because they are his Omoluwabi 😅 (this is me just trying to be funny. Lol 😂).

Anyways, since Life started from the blacks as proven scientifically, we can then say Noah must definitely be a black man who sprung up from other black men before others also sprung up and even had the language changed 🤓 while Yoruba language persisted. Lol. Funnily, Ifaodu also speaks about Christianity because it mentioned Jewesun as the child of Olodumare and the lamb. Two people were actually mentioned. Orunmila (Ela) and Jewesun however both are the same since it says Olodumare has only "one child" (Okanbi). So Orunmila (Ela) is Jewesun thus, it's the same thing, such as, a=X.

What I arrived at is Yoruba language is quite old, so is the culture which all need to be preserved. Ifaodu by Orunmila is also quite old and mysterious. Anyways, Ifaodu entails the history of the Yoruba race while also entailing science, arts, history, creativity, civilization etc. Ifaodu is really mysterious.

Community should arm themselves against any useless people wanting to clean up the ethnics living in their ancestral homes.

Dsimmer:
Anyway, I know Yoruba are known as Omoluwabi, Kaaro Ojire, Yoruba (Yooba) et al.. before everyone become Yoruba (Yooba), albeit "Yoruba" had always been the main plan from the beginning because Jew letter inscriptions "Yod Rosh" were engraved on ancient Oranyan Obelisk by ancient Yoruba ancestors!

One thing I have arrived at is Yoruba language is an old language which should be preserved with the culture📍

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Some are indigenous while some are borrowed.

Yoruba word for needle is both Okinni and Abere for example. Yoruba word for "but" is sugbon. Yoruba word for poor for example is Otoshi or Akuse. Yoruba word for secret is ikoko, ijinle, awo etc. Yoruba word for supplication is Iwure. Yoruba word for bodily harm is ifarapa, ipaara or ipalara. Yoruba word for benefit is "Iwulo, Didara or Daradara". Yoruba word for blessing is Ibukun. Yoruba word for Boast is "Buga" which means taking pride in what one is doing. Yoruba word for trouble is ijogbon. And etc.

For every loaned word, Yoruba actually have their original Yoruba word for it, e.g abawon, idariji, gege/ikowe, ironupiwada, iyipada, ayanmo, idi/idifa, abetele, akoko, iseju, agbeere, ikorira, ijiya, ibukun, idera, gboriya, iyin, irorun, idakeje, ifonkanbale, itunu, alumogaji, Ijosin, edun okan, isinmi etc which are all Yorubas.

Also Yoruba Greetings are "bawo ni", "eku ijoko", "se daada ni", "ojire/ajire", "ire fun o" etc. Yoruba actually have different greetings for every situation. For example, "eku owo lomi", "eku ewa" etc..

While the likes of talaka etc could have been borrowed while trading with the Hausa, Mali empire. However, there are some words which are indigenous Yoruba word.

For example, Iwaju (Saju). There's Asiwaju for example. The word Saju and Iwaju are got from Asiwaju. The word Oju means face or front. For example, Oju Ida, Oju elegba etc. So ASiwa means (forward) and Oju (front) thus Asiwaju. While ipamora or rora can also be used for patience however, suuru is also a typical Yoruba word which is different from "sabir" word. Lol. Ara is also Yoruba word which means thunder which is even found in Ifaodu for instance. Tele is also Yoruba word which is also in Ifaodu.

Amodi is also Yoruba word which simply means we don't know the reason. So while Abela and Atupa can be used for lamp in Yoruba, Fitila is also Yoruba word because "Abela is also Yoruba word. Basically, Ela in Yoruba means light thus Abela and Fitila means light energy and clarity.

Meanwhile, Alfa/Alufa is a borrowed word which resonates with "Alejo" which means "foreigner/stranger" in Yoruba because as a matter of fact, both Islam and Christianity are foreign religions in Yorubaland (Christianity came out of the Jews but spread by European missionaries). Tobi is also a typical Yoruba word which means big or great, not cloth or any taub. Lol. Also, Male isn't got from Mu'alim because Mu'alim is called Malla while Male was used for the Mali people who were trading with Oyo, although Mali could have probably be bearing Mu'alim at that time since they were already practicing Arab Islam at that time but anyways, they were called "Male" by Yoruba people. Btw, "Male" is different from "Imole" which has different meaning and as a matter of fact, "Imole" is derived from "Irumole" which is derived from "Orunmila" which means "Heaven light". Also, while Okinni is used for needle in Yoruba, Abere is also Yoruba word (not ai-bra. Lol) because first, there's a plant called Abere in Yorubaland as a matter of fact and also, Abe or Obe is used for pointed edges such as knife/blade in Yoruba. The "Be" word of knife is to cut, pierce or slice. Furthermore, while Yoruba words for petition and supplication are Iwure and Ibewe, Adura could have probably been got from the combination of "Dida and Iwure". Adura is dicey.

Anyways, while Yoruba could have borrowed some words during trading with the Hausa, Mali (who interacted with some Arabs and were taking up Islamic) however, Yoruba language itself is quite similar to Jew language and we know Arab copied from the old Jews.

For example, some Yoruba words which are similar to Jews are Orun means height in Jews (Aron). Ra-ahm is thunder in Jew language. Oluwa (Olua) which is Elowah (Eloah) in Jew. "Olorun" which is drived from "Orun" is also similar to that of the Jew, considering Elyon is also derived from "Aaron'' which means High. There's also Ayeraye/Awaye which is similar in meaning as Yahweh of the Jews. Other Yoruba (Jew) words which have similar meanings include: Ayeraye/Awaye (Yahweh), Melo (Melo), Lale (laylah), Binu- (Benas), Eledumare (El' Mareh), Baale (Baale of Judah), Ojire (Jireh), Alubosa (Basal) etc. All these are Jew words which are not even found in Hausa and Mali language except Ra (Hausa calls it Arrad) and Basal which are Arabic coined from Jew language btw. As a matter of fact, the Arab words are only Layla, Basal, Arrad which were copied from Jew language whereas other words have no meaning in Arab but are found in Jew language with the same meanings as the Yoruba meanings 🤔

However, Yoruba didn't even trade with the Jews. That's why it's surprising at times. Lol. Meanwhile, The Jews should go learn Yoruba to recover their old Jew language 😂

Gentleman is Okunrin jeje in Yoruba😂

Anyway, I know Yoruba are known as Omoluwabi, Kaaro Ojire, Yoruba (Yooba) et al.. before everyone become Yoruba (Yooba), albeit "Yoruba" had always been the main plan as engraved in Jew letter inscriptions as "Yod Rosh" on ancient Oranyan Obelisk by ancient Yoruba ancestors!

Most of them are fraudster including the CBN emefiele. How about that Nigeria Air scammer? Even our electricity distribution companies etc. All of them need to be dealt with tbh.

Some are indigenous while some are borrowed.

Yoruba word for needle is both Okinni and Abere for example. Yoruba word for "but" is sugbon. Yoruba word for poor for example is Otoshi or Akuse. Yoruba word for secret is ikoko, ijinle, awo etc. Yoruba word for supplication is Iwure. Yoruba word for bodily harm is ifarapa, ipaara or ipalara. Yoruba word for benefit is "Iwulo, Didara or Daradara". Yoruba word for blessing is Ibukun. Yoruba word for Boast is "Buga" which means taking pride in what one is doing. Yoruba word for trouble is ijogbon. And etc.

For every loaned word, Yoruba actually have their original Yoruba words for it, e.g abawon, idariji, gege/ikowe, ironupiwada, iyipada, ayanmo, idi/idifa, abetele, akoko, iseju, agbeere, ikorira, ijiya, ibukun, idera, gboriya, iyin, irorun, idakeje, ifonkanbale, itunu, alumogaji, Ijosin, edun okan, isinmi etc which are all Yoruba words.

Also Yoruba Greetings are "bawo ni", "eku ijoko", "se daada ni", "ojire/ajire", "ire fun o" etc. Yoruba actually have different greetings for every situation. For example, "eku owo lomi", "eku ewa" etc..

While the likes of talaka etc could have been borrowed while trading with the Hausa, Mali empire. However, there are some words which are indigenous Yoruba word.

For example, Iwaju (Saju). There's Asiwaju for example. The word Saju and Iwaju are got from Asiwaju. The word Oju means face or front. For example, Oju Ida, Oju elegba etc. So ASiwa means (forward) and Oju (front) thus Asiwaju. While ipamora or rora can also be used for patience however, suuru is also a typical Yoruba word which is different from "sabir" word. Lol. Ara is also Yoruba word which means thunder which is even found in Ifaodu for instance. Tele is also Yoruba word which is also in Ifaodu.

Amodi is also Yoruba word which simply means we don't know the reason. So while Abela and Atupa can be used for lamp in Yoruba, Fitila is also Yoruba word because "Abela is also Yoruba word. Basically, Ela in Yoruba means light thus Abela and Fitila means light energy and clarity.

Meanwhile, Alfa/Alufa is a borrowed word which resonates with "Alejo" which means "foreigner/stranger" in Yoruba because as a matter of fact, both Islam and Christianity are foreign religions in Yorubaland (Christianity came out of the Jews but spread by European missionaries). Tobi is also a typical Yoruba word which means big or great, not cloth or any taub. Lol. Also, Male isn't got from Mu'alim because Mu'alim is called Malla while Male was used for the Mali people who were trading with Oyo, although Mali could have probably be bearing Mu'alim at that time since they were practicing Arab Islam at that time but anyways, they were called "Male" by Yoruba people. Btw, "Male" is different from "Imole" which has different meaning and as a matter of fact, "Imole" is derived from "Irumole" which is derived from "Orunmila" which means "Heaven's light". Also, while Okinni is used for needle in Yoruba, Abere is also Yoruba word (not ai-bra. Lol) because first, there's a plant called Abere in Yorubaland as a matter of fact and also, Abe or Obe is used for pointed edges such as knife/blade in Yoruba. The "Be" word of knife is to cut, pierce or slice. Furthermore, while Yoruba words for petition and supplication are Iwure and Ibewe, Adura could have probably been got from the combination of "Dida and Iwure". Adura is dicey.

Anyways, while Yoruba could have borrowed some words during trading with the Hausa, Mali (who interacted with some Arabs and were taking up Islamic) however, Yoruba language itself is quite similar to Jew language and we know Arab copied from the old Jews.

For example, some Yoruba words which are similar to Jews are Orun means height in Jews (Aron). Ra-ahm is thunder in Jew language. Oluwa (Olua) which is Elowah (Eloah) in Jew. "Olorun" which is drived from "Orun" is also similar to that of the Jew, considering Elyon is also derived from "Aaron'' which means High. There's also Ayeraye/Awaye which is similar in meaning as Yahweh of the Jews. Other Yoruba (Jew) words which have similar meanings include: Ayeraye/Awaye (Yahweh), Melo (Melo), Aye (Haya), Lale (laylah), Binu- (Benas), Eledumare (El' Mareh), Baale (Baale of Judah), Ojire (Jireh), Alubosa (Basal) etc. All these are Jew words which are not even found in Hausa and Mali language except Ra (Hausa calls it Arrad) and Basal which are Arabic coined from Jew language btw. As a matter of fact, the Arab words are only Layla, Basal, Arrad which were copied from Jew language whereas other words have no meaning in Arab but are found in Jew language with the same meanings as the Yoruba meanings 🤔

However, Yoruba didn't even trade with the Jews. That's why it's surprising at times. Lol. Meanwhile, The Jews should go learn Yoruba to recover their old Jew language 😂

I think you mean this article right?

The Arabic roots of many contemporary Yoruba words has been investigated. Titled “On Arabic Loans in Yoruba,” it was written by Professor Sergio Baldi, a well-regarded Italian linguist, who presented it at the Annual Conference on African Linguistics in California, USA, in March 1995.

Below are excerpts from the article as presented by Farooq A. Kperogi. To download a copy or read the complete article CLICK HERE.

1. Abere. This Yoruba word for “needle” traces its etymology to the Arabic “ai-bra,” which also means needle.

2. Adura. This is the Yoruba word for prayers. In fact, there is a popular syncretic Christian sect in Yorubaland that goes by the name “aladura,” meaning “people who pray” or “praying people.” Many other northern and central Nigerian languages have some version of this word to denote prayers. It is derived from the Arabic “du’a,” which also means prayers.

3. Alubosa. This Yoruba word for “onion” was borrowed from the Hausa “albasa,” which in turn borrowed it from the Arabic “al-basal.”

4. Alufa/Alfa. This is a widely used word for a Muslim scholar (and occasionally any Muslim) not just in Yorubaland but in Nupeland, Borgu, Igalaland, Ebiraland, etc. It is now increasingly used by Yoruba Muslim women as a term of respect for their husbands.

Surprisingly, the word is absent in the Hausa language. It came as no surprise therefore when Professor Baldi suggested that the word came to the Yoruba language—and many other central Nigerian languages—through the Songhai. It is derived from the Arabic “khalifah,” which means a “successor” or a “representative” (of the prophet of Islam). It was first corrupted to “Alfa” by the Songhai who later exported their version of the word to western and central Nigeria—and to other parts of West Africa. Many Songhai were itinerant Islamic preachers who traveled all over West Africa.

5. Atele/itele. It means “following” in Yoruba, and it is derived from “at-talin,” which also means “following” in Arabic.

6. Amodi. It means “disease” in Yoruba and is derived from “al-marad,” the Arabic word for disease.

7. “Amo.” It is a conjunction in Yoruba, which performs the same function that the word “but” performs in English; it introduces contrast. It is rendered as “amma” in Hausa, which is the way it is rendered in its original Arabic form.

8. Anfani. This Yoruba word for “utility” or “importance” also occurs in Hausa, Batonu, and many northern and central Nigerian languages. It is derived from the Arabic “naf,” which means “advantage, profit.”

9. Ara/ apaara. The word means "thunder" in Yoruba, and is derived from the Arabic “ar-ra’d.”

10. Asiri. It means “secret” in Yoruba, Hausa, and in many other Nigerian languages. It is derived from the Arabic “as-sirr” where it also means “secret.”

11. Barika. This is the Yoruba word for “congratulations.” It is rendered as “barka” in Hausa. The word’s original Arabic form is “al-baraka,” which means “greetings.”

12. Borokinni. It means a “gentleman, respected man in a secure financial position.” The word is also found in many Borgu languages, such as Batonu and Bokobaru, where “boro” means a “friend.” It is derived from the Arabic “rukn,” which means “support, corner, basic element.”

13. Faari. It means “showing off” or “boastfulness” or “ostentatious display” in Yoruba. It has the same meaning in many Borgu languages. It is derived from the Arabic “fakhr,” which means “glory, pride, honor.” (Note that “kh” is a guttural sound in Arabic, which is close to a hard “h” in English. That sound was dropped by Nigerian languages).

14. Fitila. It means any kind of lamp. Its roots are located in the Arabic word for lamp, which is “fatil.”

15. Ijamba. Professor Baldi defines this word as “bodily harm,” but the meaning of the word I’m familiar with is one that associates it with cunning, cheating, deceit. It is derived from the Arabic “danb,” or “danba,” which means “sin, crime.” (Note that Arabic frequently dispenses with end vowels (that is, a, e, i, o, and u) in words, whereas many Nigerian languages almost always end words with a vowel—and add them to words they borrow from other languages if such words lack an end vowel).

16. Imale. This is the Yoruba word for “Muslim.” I read previous interpretations of this word from Yoruba scholars who say it is Yoruba for “that which is difficult” to underscore the difficulty of Islamic practices like praying five times a day, fasting for 30 days during Ramadan, etc. Other Yoruba scholars said the word initially denoted “people from Mali” since the Songhai people who Islamized Yoruba land in the 15th century were from Mali.

But Baldi argues that “imale” is the corruption of the Arabic “Mu’alim,” which means a teacher. In the Hausa language, the word is rendered as Maalam. It’s interesting that “Mallam” has become the synonym for Hausa (or northern) Muslim in southern Nigeria.

17. Iwaju. It’s the Yoruba word for “front part.” I didn’t imagine that this word had an Arabic origin until I read Baldi’s article. It is derived from the Arabic “al-wajh,” which means “front” or “face.”

18. Iwaasu. It is the Yoruba term for “preaching” or “sermon.” It is used by both Christians and Muslims in Yorubaland, and is derived from the Arabic “waz,” which means “admonition” or “sermon.” (The Yoruba language has no “z” sound, so it substitutes “z” with “s” when it borrows words from other languages with “z” sounds).

19. Suuru. It means “patience” not only in Yoruba but in many languages in central and northern Nigeria. It is derived from the Arabic “sabr,” which also means “patience.”

20. Talaka. It means the poor. It came to Yoruba by way of Hausa, which borrowed it from the Tuareg (where it is rendered as "taleqque" and where it means “a poor woman”). It’s also used in Mandingo, Songhai languages, Kanuri, Teda, and many West African languages. Baldi says this word has no Arabic origins. On the surface, this may be true. After all, the Arabic word for a poor person is “fakir” (plural: “fuqura”).

However, “talaq,” as most Muslims know, is the Arabic word for divorce. (The chapter of the Qur'an that deals with the subject of divorce is called Suratul Talaq). Talaq is derived from the verb “talaqa,” which means to “disown,” to “repudiate.” In times past (and it’s still the case today in many Muslim societies) if a woman was divorced, she was invariably thrown into poverty. Thus, Tuaregs used the term “taleqque” to denote a “poor woman.” But Hausa, Kanuri, Yoruba, Mandingo, and other West African languages expanded the original Tuareg meaning of the word to include every poor person. This is my theory.

21. Tobi. This Yoruba word for “women’s knickers” is derived from the Arabic “taub,” which means “garment,” “dress,” “cloth.” Another tonal variation of this word leads to a different Yoruba word, which means “big.”

22. Wahala. Well, this isn’t just a Yoruba word by way of Hausa; it’s made its way into most Nigerian languages—and into West African Pidgin English. It means “trouble,” and it’s derived from the Arabic “wahla,” which means “fright,” “terror.”

Sunday2021:
how foolish you sound is beyond my imagination. So stealing Lagos is not stealing abi?
Some of you guys are really stupid I don't know why.

Will you keep quiet? I ask you a question, did Tinubu steal your papa money? Answer me or shut up! .

You're talking about Tinubu when Peter Obi, the Pandora was previously in the federal administration and was an accomplice to Madueke's in looting money at the federal, aside overseeing shambolic privatization of electricity distribution companies. What about state government? What did he do as a state governor? Nothing aside being a caught with money.

Tinubu was never in federal administration and as a governor, he's still the most decorated governor. Talk about his legacy of enormous increase in Lagos economy despite Obj constantly working against him. What about his lekki trade zone? Or taming the ocean to birth eko Atlantic? Or his Brt? Etc

Dsimmer:
Some even said the hyksos left Egypt in two batches with another as their leader in the second batch. That is, the first batch were without any leader and had already settled in Canan (the body of Jacob and Joseph were taken to Cannan for example. Some hyksos also ran away during the new pharaoh reign 😂) before the second batch with a leader later also came out of Egypt.

Question is did some of the first batch of hyksos move down into Africa or what, instead of Canan? 🤔🧐😂 No one even know which is which. Lmao. The whole history of the hyksos in Egypt is confusing tbh 🤔

That said, I don't think the Yoruba are Jewws because the Yoruba are older than the Isrealites/Judea when Judea/Isreal was eventually formed and also older than Egypt as a matter of fact (I mean Ifa is more than 10000 years old for example. And there's also Iwo eleeru).

These are some of the artefacts depicting the old ooni below (see the Ifa necklace on his neck for example), although ooni of Ife stopped the excavation of Ife because it gives him nightmare.

Only thing I would say is some things which Ifa says about the Yoruba race are scarily similar to the Hebrew. From Jewesun, Ela (clarity/enlightenment), Eledumare, Oluwa (Eloah/Elowah) etc. Or the description. Ifa is mysterious as a matter of fact, coupled with when one also looks at the scientific, innovative and creative aspect of it.👀🧐

Ifa aside, there are some Yorubas words such as Orun (Arun), Aye (Haya), Baale (Baale), Mare (Mareh), Omowe (Moreh) etc which are similar to the Hebrew and we all know the Yoruba didn't have contact with the Isrealites in Judea. Compared to how the Yoruba had contact with the Mali who had already taken up Islam from the Northern Arabs who wiped out the North Africans. Whereas Yoruba had no dealing with the Hebrew to begin with.

Anyway, this is all mysterious to me 🤔. Lol.

If I could add to it, I would probably say some of the hyksos probably moved down to stay with the Africans in Africa area and didn't all return to their Canan land during the first batch of their first movement from Egypt. I don't really understand the whole hyksos thing tbh. Lol

How all these is even related to the Yoruba is what I don't even understand because why does Ifa keep pointing out some Hebrew Related stuff to the Yoruba? 😂 IFA itself is mysterious and quite deep while entailing a lot of things such as science, creative arts, innovation, history etc.. meanwhile, I actually think where the Yoruba came from, will be in Ifa since it talks about the history of Yoruba race, the progenitors etc. So it should be there but probably in "coded form" as usual since Ifa talks in code. Although some people says Ife was created by Olodumare. Was Ife the place where life sprang from? 🤔😂

I do know that Ifa talks in code though. For example Obatala which started creation of the earth was "light" just as his name implies. While Oduduwa was an Earth formation and formed from the Earth. Oduduwa name itself means "mysterious God's black creation/Earthy creation". So when people say Obatala came first but couldn't complete Eledumare assignment while Oduduwa came after him to complete it, it was just a satire. It actually means something deeper, aside the innovative enlightenment too. So Ifa is quite deep than what people think. Meanwhile, that wasn't even the beginning of the universe according to Ifa sef. The above-mentioned was only about the creation of the earth.

Btw, the first human on earth was black for example. That's what most have agreed on.

All what I can just say is Africans need to practice more self preservation. Look at how the Northern Africans were murdered and wiped out by the murderous land stealing Arabs for example. The nerves!

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rummmy:
If it's in China,
Where will tinubu be..

Nothing. China would celebrate him as a matter of fact. For what he did in Lagos alone, even at the time when Obj was against him. Tinubu is.still the most decorated governor ever. Enormous increase in Lagos economy, even at the time when Obj was against him, Lekki trade zone, taming the Ocean to birth Eko Atlantic, BRT etc..