₦airaland Forum

Ekòló — Earthworm

Alákàn/Akàn — Crap

Popular Proverb:

1. Ẹni Bá fẹ́ Wo Ishéjú Akàn, A pẹ́ L'éti Omi
2. Ojú Li Alákàn Fi ùn Sh'orí

Aláǹtakùn — Spider
Òwú Aláǹtakùn — Cobweb

Tanwínjí — Mosquito larvae

Àkeekèé/Òjògan — Scorpion

Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn — Cheetah

There's a lot of controversy surrounding if cheetah is amotekun or leopard or Tiger, But the true owner of the name amotekun is Cheetah

The reason behind this name is because of the resemblance between Leopard "Ẹkùn" And cheetah "Amotekun"


The meaning of:
Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn — The one who is known to look like Ẹkùn

Ẹkùn — Leopard

Ẹyá — Leopard Cub

Akika — Pangolin

Ewújù — hedgehog

Ikún — Ground squirrel

Àfè ìmòjò — Barbary striped grass Mouse

Àgó — Typical striped grass Mouse

Ẹ̀lírí — pygmy mouse

Ọṣà/Elégbédé — Chimpanzee

Ìlábùrù/irò — baboon

Akítì — Tantalus monkey

Ìnàkí — Gorilla

Òyo/Olóyo — Mona monkey

Ọ̀bọ Lágídò — White throated Guenon

Àáyá — Red colobus monkey

Òwè — collared mangabey

Ẹdun/Lámbẹ́/Alákẹdun — Ursine colobus

Ìjímèrè — Patas monkey

Ọ̀bọ — Monkey

Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ Igbó — Wild boar

Ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ — Pig

Túrùkú/Túùkú — River hog

Ẹtu — Maxwell duiker

Ọ̀wàwà/Ọ̀fàfà — Tree hyrax

Òbéjé — Dolphin

Kúnnùgbá — Hartebeest