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Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by ghostofsparta(m): 4:44am On Mar 08, 2013 |
The Arbiter: 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. It is a cunning untruth that certain of several words were borrowed from Arabic. There is no item of objects, and noun the Yorubas never had a term or descriptive word for. Any Yoruba man deep in his/her native tongue, genuine Ifa scholar or practitioner (Babalawo) will agree that there exists many ohun(word) and terminologies in Ifa that no one or few people can decipher there meaning. It is true that some words were YORUBA: Simi ẹdọ Meaning: Relax/Calm down Etymology: Simi(rest) ẹdọ(liver) Usage: Ọgbẹni simi ẹdọ (Mister, calm down) ENGLISH: Simmer down USAGE: Hey bro, you need to simmer down YORUBA: Rùn Meaning: Wreck/demolish Usage: Fashola ti rùn ilé wọn ENGLISH: Ruin USAGE: He's life is in ruin. - will add more later The Arbiter:. Abẹ means razor/blade in Yoruba, implying that our Yoruba forefathers had a cutting tool to shave off unwanted hair, slice material and trim their fingernails. Abẹrẹ on the other hand means needle in Yoruba language and shouldn't be traced to Arabic because of the similar sounding 'ai-bra'. Anyone who disagrees is indirectly agreeing that the Yorubas in their advancement never had a means of mending bata(footwear)and sowing asọ(cloth), hence he/she should then explain to us how the Arabs taught the Yorubas the technology of Asọ-Oke and Asọ-Ofi making? Had it been the Arab word for blade/razor sound like the Yoruba abẹ, they'd say it's Arabic in origin. The Arbiter: Adura. This is the Yoruba word for prayers...It is derived from the Arabic “du’a,” which also means prayers.Adura is not a Yoruba word for prayer. It is one of those word that were injected into Yoruba language. Like I said, there is no Yoruba word, including 'electron' that the Yorubas never had a word for. But which has been lost through time, others have been subtlety replaced over centuries due to Islamic presence in Yoruba Land for centuries. The genuine Yoruba word for prayer is Iwure as spoken of Ifa. To Wure is to pray/propitiate the Irunmoles (deities). The Arbiter: Alubosa. This Yoruba word for “onion” was borrowed from the Hausa “albasa,” which in turn borrowed it from the Arabic “al-basal.It is agreed that Alubosa is of Arabic origin. The original Yoruba generic word for onion has either being lost or forgotten given the heavy contamination of Arabic attempted domination as already explained. Onions is native to Yoruba land, thus, the original word for onion is still retained in the dialect of the various tribes that makes up Yoruba ethnic group. CONCLUSION They are several Yoruba words that seems borrowed from Arabic, but the truth is YES, few words were obviously borrowed as discovered, but another underlying truth is, it wasn't in a borrowed sense as stated by Wikipedia or mentioned in some thread on Nairaland, the original Yoruba words and designations were actually replaced with corrupted Arabic versions, but any reasoning true Yoruba should note that whenever he/she is provided with skewed origins of Yoruba words connecting to the Arabs, he/she should analyze it by asking "does it mean my fore-fathers never had an original word/term/name/ for this tool, noun, object, verb, action etc". before proceeding to ask "couldn't it be the other way round". seunajia: The oral tradtition you keep hammering on is IFA, and there's no passage in Ifa that acknowledges Arabia/mecca muchless of the Odua people coming from Mecca. As a matter of fact IFA states that all homo-sapiens spreaded from otu-ife. Like I said: The idea that Yorubas emigrated from mecca is a fallacy crafted by Yoruba Islamists spin doctors who by distorting the genuine origin of the Yorubas hence re-planting it in semitic root knowing not only would such spurious lies appeal to Yoruba muslims converts who will not only be glad to welcome the thoughts of his Yoruba ancestors having ancient linkage with the Arabs but also for the purpose of having it disseminated to the rest of the non-muslims Yorubas and christians. Rgp92: [size=20pt]Exodus from the Near East I have heard and read many that are far worse than that ^ e.g. outrageous falsehoods that - resting in the supposedly undisturbed grove of bilikisu(an islamic name) is Queen Sheba and the utter nonsense that Odudua came from Mecca. The truth is that these and many other fallacies were crafted by Yoruba Islamists spin doctors who by distorting the genuine origin of the Yorubas thus re-planting it in semitic root knowing not only would such spurious lies appeal to Yoruba muslims converts who will be glad to welcome the thoughts that his Yoruba ancestors have some ancient linkage with the Arabs but also for the purpose of having it disseminated to the rest of the non-muslims Yorubas and christians. Any genuine pagan Yoruba knows the truth as canonized from Ìfá 2 Likes |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 2:48pm On Dec 25, 2023 |
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. |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 2:51pm On Dec 25, 2023 |
Some are indigenous while some are borrowed. Yoruba word for needle is Okinni and abere for example. Yoruba word for "but" is sugbon. Yoruba word for poor for example is Akuse or Otoshi. 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 "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. I think Yoruba word for gentleman is Omoluabi. And etc. So, most actually have 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, not got from sabir. Lol. Ara is also Yoruba word which is even found in Ifa for instance. Tele is also Yoruba word which is also in Ifa. Amodi is also Yoruba word which simply means we don't know and that's not Yoruba word for disease. While "abela" and "atupa" can also be used for lamp in Yoruba, Fitila is also Yoruba word because Ala in Yoruba means light thus fitila (remember Obatala). While Ela also means light but in the sense of clarity, knowledge, enlightenment and manifestation. For example, Ela Oro means "enlightenment of the words". Alfa/Alufa which has no meaning in Hausa or Mali is also Yoruba word probably got from the word, alejo combined with another word. Alejo means foreigner in Yoruba. Well, Islam and Christianity came through interaction with foreigners (Christianity came out of Hebrew but spread by European missionaries). Tobi is also a typical Yoruba word which means big or great, not cloth or any taub. Lol. Imale isn't got from Mu'alim. Lol. Mu'alim is Malla. 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. Also, Abe or Obe is knife/blade in Yoruba. The "Be" word for knife is to cut and slice. Also, while Yoruba words for petition and supplication are iwure and ibewe. Adura could have been got from the combination of "Ado and iwure". Adura is dicey. Anyways, while Yoruba could have borrowed some words during trading with the Hausa, Mali (who interacted with some Arab and were taking up Islamic) however, Yoruba language itself is quite similar to Hebrew language and we know Arab copied from the old Hebrew. For example, some Yoruba words which are similar to Hebrew are Orun means height in Hebrew (Arun). Ra-ahm is thunder in Hebrew language. Oluwa which is Elowah or Eloah in Hebrew. Ela is Elah in Hebrew. Other Yoruba (Hebrew) words include: Ona (heenaw), Melo (Melo), Aye (Haya), Lale (laylah), Binu- (Benas), Eledumare (El' Mareh), Baale (Baale of Judah), Alubosa (basal) etc. All these are Hebrew words which are not even found in Hausa and Mali language except Ra (Hausa calls it Arrad) & Basal which are both Arabic got from Hebrew btw. And the Arab words are only Layla, Basal, Arrad which were copied from Hebrew whereas the others have no meaning in Arab but are Hebrews with the same meaning as the Yoruba meaning🤔 However, Yoruba didn't even trade with the Hebrew. That's why it's surprising at times. Lol. Meanwhile, Hebrew people (the Jew) should go learn Yoruba to recover their old Hebrew tongue 😂 |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 9:23am On Dec 26, 2023 |
Dsimmer: Gentleman is okunrin jeje in Yoruba😂 Anyway, I know Yoruba are known as Omoluabi, Karo ojire, Yooba.. before everyone become Yoruba (Yooba) 🤓 Common denominator is Ife. |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 6:47pm On Dec 26, 2023 |
Dsimmer: One thing I have arrived at is Yoruba language is an old language. Using IFA as a timeline, IFA is more than 10000 years old and there's also Iwo eleru. So Yoruba language is an old language. It should be preserved with the culture📍 |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 8:39am On Dec 27, 2023 |
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. |
Re: Clarification Of Those Common Yoruba Words That Seems Borrowed From Arabic by Dsimmer: 8:05pm On Jan 03 |
Dsimmer: It was actually "Oyo Ori Oba" which is "Oyo Oba" which is "Yooba".. Anyways, it was Oranmiyan from Ile Ife who named the Yoruba (Yooba). |
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