₦airaland Forum

engrkaz:
I sincerely can not prove which Nigerian language the word Oga actually originated from, as it readily blends with all Nigerian language.

My submission is somewhat comical, but for some reasons (perhaps to know the original roots from Nairalander's contributions), I will share them here...

Heard during the slave trade era, the slave masters had locals whose jobs were to organize the slaves, and the slave masters called them ORGANIZERS....this became too difficult for our people to pronounce, so they called them "ORGA" as this was much easier for them to handle. These "ORGAs" were men of authority and could act in the absence of the slave masters... Maybe that is why they say "OGA NA MASTER"

ChristyG:
it is Yoruba,which means boss.can u people stop trying to steal Yoruba words,first oyinbo now oga.mtcheww

ChristyG:
it is Yoruba,which means boss.can u people stop trying to steal Yoruba words,first oyinbo now oga.mtcheww

Emmyk:
I'm not here to read the story you cooked up...but here to tell you Oga is a Yoruba word. Shikena.

engrkaz:
I sincerely can not prove which Nigerian language the word Oga actually originated from, as it readily blends with all Nigerian language.

My submission is somewhat comical, but for some reasons (perhaps to know the original roots from Nairalander's contributions), I will share them here...

Heard during the slave trade era, the slave masters had locals whose jobs were to organize the slaves, and the slave masters called them ORGANIZERS....this became too difficult for our people to pronounce, so they called them "ORGA" as this was much easier for them to handle. These "ORGAs" were men of authority and could act in the absence of the slave masters... Maybe that is why they say "OGA NA MASTER"

ChristyG:
it is Yoruba,which means boss.can u people stop trying to steal Yoruba words,first oyinbo now oga.mtcheww

adeitoro:
woow, every words happen to be a yoruba word.

I heard that Nigeria is also a yoruba words, from the word Oringeriafemi (original Nigeria loves me) invented by Baba Awolowo.

Igbo mma mma nu,
hapunu onye efulefu a ka o na-akogheri.

They always like to boast their ego by claiming what they don't have.

engrkaz:
and what makes u think am not yoruba? u r a lady and ds tribalistic? I pity ur future husband

StarFlux:
Una no dey tire :/ ọ̀gá is a Yoruba word. Disputing that is beyond ridiculous. Has nothing to do with ego.

The oyinbo threads are somewhat legitimate, but this really isn't. Nice troll bait though.

Ahon ni ipinle enu. It isn't funny at this point.

engrkaz:
I sincerely can not prove which Nigerian language the word Oga actually originated from, as it readily blends with all Nigerian language.

My submission is somewhat comical, but for some reasons (perhaps to know the original roots from Nairalander's contributions), I will share them here...

Heard during the slave trade era, the slave masters had locals whose jobs were to organize the slaves, and the slave masters called them ORGANIZERS....this became too difficult for our people to pronounce, so they called them "ORGA" as this was much easier for them to handle. These "ORGAs" were men of authority and could act in the absence of the slave masters... Maybe that is why they say "OGA NA MASTER"

ChristyG:
it is Yoruba,which means boss.can u people stop trying to steal Yoruba words,first oyinbo now oga.mtcheww

engrkaz:
I sincerely can not prove which Nigerian language the word Oga actually originated from, as it readily blends with all Nigerian language.

My submission is somewhat comical, but for some reasons (perhaps to know the original roots from Nairalander's contributions), I will share them here...

Heard during the slave trade era, the slave masters had locals whose jobs were to organize the slaves, and the slave masters called them
ORGANIZERS....this became too difficult for our people to pronounce, so they called them "ORGA" as this was much easier for them to handle. These "ORGAs" were men of authority and could act in the absence of the slave masters... Maybe that is why they say "OGA NA MASTER"

bigfrancis21:
Sounds plausible enough.

christtar:
This is absolutely incorrect, Oga is a pure Yoruba word borrowed by other tribes in Nigeria. The some origin of Oga is the boss or a senior to an apprentice learning a trade, simple.
But it is now being bastardisedly permit me to use that word) used in government offices in Nigerian to patronise your seniors or boss to gain an unmerited favour

lawani:
Oga as used in pidgin comes from the Yoruba. Ogranya and organisation does not have the correct tones

That being said, I believe it is the same word in the Edoid Ogiso, Ogiame and etc meaning King of the sky and King of the waters respectively.

OGA means boss or senior in Yoruba. It can also mean master Ogie means.king in Edo. It used to be the same word thousands of years ago obviously

scholes0:
The first part of your submission is right, Kudos. The second part, very very wrong.

Ọga in Yoruba and Ogie in Ẹdo are not cognates... The starting sound《O》is not even the same alphabet. (O vs Ọ). It is like saying the English words "Owl" (A bird of prey) and "Awl" (A hand tool) are the same thing.

Then the tones of both are complelely different. Just the same way you know that the sound of the Ọga in Ọgaranya is different from that of the Ọga in Yoruba and by extension, Pidgin.
The Yoruboid word cognate to Ogie (If it truly exists) is more likely Oye (Titleship). In parts of Edo North, the word for King is still Oje till today.

Dont just jump into conclusions like that unless you're exactly sure. There are many false positive similarities out there between all languages.

scholes0:
The first part of your submission is right, Kudos. The second part, very very wrong.

Ọga in Yoruba and Ogie in Ẹdo are not cognates... The starting sound《O》is not even the same alphabet. (O vs Ọ). It is like saying the English words "Owl" (A bird of prey) and "Awl" (A hand tool) are the same thing.

Then the tones of both are complelely different. Just the same way you know that the sound of the Ọga in Ọgaranya is different from that of the Ọga in Yoruba and by extension, Pidgin.
The Yoruboid word cognate to Ogie (If it truly exists) is more likely Oye (Titleship). In parts of Edo North, the word for King is still Oje till today.

Dont just jump into conclusions like that unless you're exactly sure. There are many false positive similarities out there between all languages.