₦airaland Forum

Ọ̀wàwà/Ọ̀fàfà — Tree hyrax

Òbéjé — Dolphin

Kúnnùgbá — Hartebeest

Asín — Mouse

Ẹmọ́ — Guinea pig

Ẹ̀kìrì — Black duiker
Èsúró — Red flanked Duiker

Ọ̀yà — Grasscutter

Eku/Èkùté — Rat

Eku Ẹdá — Natal multimamate mouse

Popular Proverb:

1. Kàkà ki Eku má jẹ Sèsé, A fi ṣe Àwàdanú Ni

2. Ẹní bá lè Ekú méjì, A pàdánù

Òkèté — Pouched Rat

Ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́ — Squirrel

Ehoro — Rabbit

Ìjàkùmọ̀/Ajáko — Jakal

Popular Proverb:

1. Ìjàkùmọ̀ Kìí rìn òde ọ̀sán, Ẹni Tí A bí'ire kìí rìn òde òrú

Òòrẹ̀/Òjìgbọ́n — Porcupine

Egbin — Antelope

ìgalà —

Àgbọ̀nrín — Deer

Akátá — Hyena

ìkookò — Wolf

Kọ̀lọ̀kọ̀lọ̀ — Fox

Àgùntàn — Sheep

Àgbò — Ram

Popular Proverb:

1. Àgbò T'o Ta'dí M'ẹ́yìn, Agbára L'o Lọ Mú wá

Òbúkọ/Ewúré — Goat

Akọ — Òbúkọ
Abo — Ewúrẹ

Popular saying:
1. Òbúkọ dé, Òórùn dé

Màálù — Cow

Ràkúnmí/Ìbákasiẹ — Camel

Do you know that the actual name for Camel is actually Ìbákasiẹ? Ràkúnmí is a borrowed name from the hausas and overtime, it has been normalized as a Yoruba name for Camel, We have lost in touch with our culture so much

So many words has been forgotten, but I am bere to change that!, so next time you see a camel, Call it ìbákasíẹ


Ràkúnmí/Ìbákasiẹ — Camel

Ògìdán — Tiger

I know there's a lot of controversy about Tigers not having a name in Yoruba, But we don't have to live in the past, There are tons of animals that don't have names in English too, But somehow, The English people have find a way to create new names for animals and newly discovered animals!

We can emulate the same thing too, Instead of just arguing every time about Tigers not being native to Yoruba land

So I've taken it upon myself and Have chosen to call Tiger, Ògìdán in Yoruba


Ògìdán — Tiger

Ẹtà — Civet

Ẹfọ̀n — Buffalo

Ahọ́nríhọ́n — Alligator

Ọ̀nì — Crocodile

Kẹtẹkẹtẹ Abìlà — Zebra