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Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by tobillionaire(op):
Jarunpa- moving north, south, east nd. West while asleep
Osuka- a cloth folded. On d'head to balance a load
Adogan- d'local. Fire wood stove
Garri- food
Fufu-food
Afon- a food(this looks like a beans bt d'tree dat bear it is so gigantic.. D'fruit looks like d'largest fruit ever)
Esuke- a kinda disturbance frm d'lungs, whenever it starts in babies case u'll b asked to put a thread on d'babys head. While u'll b asked to sip some water abt 7times or 9times if u're an adult.
Pls add. Urs nd answers to dis are highly welcomed
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by teemanbastos(m): 11:04pm On Jan 04, 2015
lmao,
types of slaps=igbarun, ifoti ,igbati,
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by yinxfun(m): 11:53pm On Jan 04, 2015
tobillionaire:
Jarunpa- moving north, south, east nd. West while asleep
Osuka- a cloth folded. On d'head to balance a load
Adogan- d'local. Fire wood stove
Garri- food
Fufu-food
Afon- a food(this looks like a beans bt d'tree dat bear it is so gigantic.. D'fruit looks like d'largest fruit ever)
Esuke- a kinda disturbance frm d'lungs, whenever it starts in babies case u'll b asked to put a thread on d'babys head. While u'll b asked to sip some water abt 7times or 9times if u're an adult.
Pls add. Urs nd answers to dis are highly welcomed
Esuke.... Hiccups
Also Orogun(used in stirring Amala&co)... Is Rolling pin
Jarunpa...Sleep walking...
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by techmart(m): 7:04am On Jan 05, 2015
I really want to know this....
Si regun - ( wen a person has done sum1 a favour in the past, and tryin to refer to those favour and making emphasis on the favour )
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by WORLDPEACE(m): 4:00pm On Jan 06, 2015
tobillionaire:
Jarunpa- moving north, south, east nd. West while asleep
Osuka- a cloth folded. On d'head to balance a load
Adogan- d'local. Fire wood stove
Garri- food
Fufu-food
Afon- a food(this looks like a beans bt d'tree dat bear it is so gigantic.. D'fruit looks like d'largest fruit ever) ;
Esuke- a kinda disturbance frm d'lungs, whenever it starts in babies case u'll b asked to put a thread on d'babys head. While u'll b asked to sip some water abt 7times or 9times if u're an adult.
Pls add. Urs nd answers to dis are highly welcomed
Osuka- porter's knot
Garri - garri because it's our food not English. Just as spaghetti is spaghetti because it is Italian.
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by WORLDPEACE(m): 4:03pm On Jan 06, 2015
yinxfun:
Esuke.... Hiccups
Also Orogun(used in stirring Amala&co)... Is Rolling pin
Jarunpa...Sleep walking...
Jarunpa is not sleep walking
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by yinxfun(m): 5:59pm On Jan 06, 2015
WORLDPEACE:
Jarunpa is not sleep walking
Alright....Then what's ithuh
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by WORLDPEACE(m): 6:13pm On Jan 06, 2015
yinxfun:
Alright....Then what's ithuh
"Tossing and turning" translates it better.
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by Nobody: 7:47pm On Jan 06, 2015
This is a hard one
Some yoruba words are just so deep
I know 'siregun' is to (constantly) remind someone of an act of benevolence but what I don't know is the perfect word/translation
For 'siregun'
~
2prexios, any idea?
techmart:
I really want to know this....
Si regun - ( wen a person has done sum1 a favour in the past, and tryin to refer to those favour and making emphasis on the favour )
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by 2prexios: 9:08pm On Jan 10, 2015
Zeemoor:
This is a hard one
Some yoruba words are just so deep
I know 'siregun' is to (constantly) remind someone of an act of benevolence but what I don't know is the perfect word/translation
For 'siregun'
~
2prexios, any idea?
I think something like recrimination or animadversion is close to "sinregun".

Happy nu year my zeemore. Miss ya.
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by INTERALIA(m): 2:20pm On Aug 22, 2015
Siregun means rehash
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by MisterThee: 9:17pm On Jan 17, 2017
Lol some of you lot said 'garri'. Do you know that 'garri' literally means Powder in Hausa language? cheesy
Re: Some Yoruba Words I Wish To Know In English by rockstimi: 11:02pm On Feb 18, 2020
2prexios:
I think something like recrimination or animadversion is close to "sinregun".

Happy nu year my zeemore. Miss ya.
siregun is requite requital in english
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