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gbe ara lu igi = labour in vain

sangba fo = alas!

fi ile bo'ra bi aso = dead and buried

^^^^ I hear you my sister, howdy?

FL Gators:
fami lete, kii n puto si e - Agitate me and I'll curse you

fami lete kin tu ito (hold my lips, I want to spit out) or aye ijekuje = excessive enjoyment.

ki owo bo mi lenu = Agitate me and I'll tell what you should hear.

fi ori j'ona, gbo oorun ara e = overstep your bound, get told history of your life

wo aago alaago se ise = copying someone footsteps blindly

;d

otelemuye = investigator aka CID

esin inu iwe = impotent

^^^^^ E kaabo so ri eto yi oo

dominique:
Remii ori e o fokasibe . se ede yoruba lo se in ile eko giga?

dominique, haba ki laa gbe, ki loo ju?  , je ka so wipe omo odo agba to ti di agba ni mi. mi o se yoruba ko ja form 3 lo o.

^^^^^ where are you in yankee, if houston tx, go to southwest area, around bissonnette street dem boku for there

Seun:
Na wah oh.

for the trend or NL generally, Seun, don't tell me NL baffles you too, lol

TOPIC: I think it is better to send "Madam dearest" to driving school, that way all insructions may be given without getting offended, sometimes instructions may have to be "shouted" to sink in,

FL Gators:
For a Yoruba naming ceremony, all these items below are used as symbols, what do they mean and represent?

1. Iyo
2. Ataare
3. epo pupa
4. obi
5. orogbo
6. oyin

Thanks!

they are used as prayer points based on their names, tastes or functions.

1. Iyo - without it, food is tasteless, a good preserver too - child would be relevant, absence would be felt.  
2. Ataare - it comes complete - the child would live a complete life
3. epo pupa - as a softner of hardness, lubricant - the life would be easy
4. obi - for uses at occassions - the child would be required at important places.
5. orogbo - for its name - long life
6. oyin - for taste - life would be sweet

Kenke with raw pepper and grilled tillapia fish

spicy congo meat

lannre:
E jo kini oyinbo "aya rinrin" ni ede geesi

Nausea

The Emir has a point but not only the premiership should be blamed, there are so many distractions today, the cellphone companies free night calls, MTN extracool and others, is another menace, e-dating and the rest some people chat away their lives also use of funny spellings such as b4, u, your, r, kk, l8er, etc, etc have affected students ability to write correctly. Examination malpractices has been around long enough to the extent that many teachers these days did not write there own exams so they are not even encouraging the students to pass exams without help.

Now talking about Nigerians and passion for soccer, believe it or not, US 94 killed the June 12 riots in 1994, because as soon as the game started everyone forgot the sit at home and the riots and the rest is history.

Christian Clerics too have "met" him.


http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news/article02/060410?pdate=060410&ptitle=Intrigues over Yar'Adua's 'meeting with Christian clerics'

Intrigues over Yar'Adua's 'meeting with Christian clerics'
From Madu Onuorah, Abuja (with agency report)
INTRIGUES and subterfuge over the state of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's health continued yesterday as the nation was enveloped by stories that he reportedly met with some Christian leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday evening.

Reports had it that a Catholic Archbishop led the group of clerics that saw the ailing President.

However, a senior pastor at the Living Faith Church Worldwide, who craved anonymity, said Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church who was rumoured to be on the entourage actually spent the day ministering at his church's Easter Youth Camp programme at Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State and therefore could not have been in Abuja.

A source told The Guardian last night: "Yes, some Christian leaders met with the President this evening. But that is all I can tell you about this. The only thing I can add is that throughout the duration of the visit, President Yar'Adua never uttered a word. He never said a simple word."

Not a few people however said that yesterday's report was in keeping with the recent consistent attempt by some people to give impression that Yar'Adua was on his way back and thereby derail the Goodluck Jonathan acting presidency.

According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), Pastor Emmanuel Kure of the Throngroom Trust Ministry in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, said he and three other Christian leaders met for "about five to 10 minutes" with President Yar'Adua at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Kure said the President was physically weak but "able to grunt out an amen."

He said he and the other leaders received separate request to attend the meeting on behalf of the Presidency.

The Guardian could not speak to Kure last night even though he was confirmed to be in Kafanchan where he heads his church.

The leaders reportedly led a prayer to God on the behalf of President Yar'Adua.

Some Muslim leaders had last Friday met with the President in a publicised forum announced to Muslim faithful at the National Mosque Abuja.

President Yar'Adua has not been seen publicly since late November when he left Nigeria for treatment in a Saudi Arabian hospital.

The President's chief physician said Yar'Adua suffered from acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart. But kidney problems and ill health long have plagued President Yar'Adua, who even left the country during his 2007 electoral campaign to seek medical treatments in Germany.

"I am told that it is a great improvement from his previous state," Kure said.

Kure declined to offer further details about President Yar'Adua's condition, saying: "We should not overheat the polity."

However, the visit comes after many criticised President Yar'Adua for meeting privately with Islamic leaders last week without addressing the nation. During that visit, the imam of the National Mosque, said that President Yar'Adua could raise his hands in prayer though he never stood up.

The visit by Christian leaders also may be an attempt by President Yar'Adua's closest allies to quiet criticisms over the religious nature of the last visit as well.

Yar'Adua left the country without formally placing Vice President Goodluck Jonathan in charge, sparking a constitutional crisis.

The National Assembly empowered Jonathan to become acting president on February 9. A military convoy and an ambulance reportedly swept President Yar'Adua back into the presidential palace on February 24, but he is yet to be seen in public, even by the Acting President.

Ina lilah waina ilaehim rojiun, from God we came and to him is our return. May his soul rest in peace.

kan idin ninu iyo = unexpected unpleasant surprise

fi idi fo igba = scatter the issue beyond reconciliation

fi idi pa igba = sit tight refuse to leave when expected

fi enu ko = implicate self with unguarded utterances.

gbe gun esin aayan = deceive (either by fake agreement on issue or by mockery)

s'obe s'elu = sycophants

Barka Jum'ah

May Allah grant us the benefit of day, Amin.

fi enu fe ara bi abebe = fi oju ri mabo = fi imu dan irin =suffer seriously

fi enu ho ara = a fool

Fi aake k'ori = be adamant, uncompromising

a ja'di apere = bride found not to be virgin or a wasteful venture

ye igi fun = execution, political killing

be ijo l'ori = done your bit

agba ofifo = empty boasting

Atiku, is really a "legend in his own mind" PDP "won" elections in his territory without him, so what negotiating stake does he have to make the party want him?

Some Yoruba idioms


so osan di oru = being dubious
so ke sodo = sehin sohun = traitor or saboteurs
so oju abe nko = say it as it is
fa ni lori, fi oda kun un = dupe or cheat someone
ro efo fun un = hold someone with juju
ki ori bo abe = take over someones life
pa owo da = use diabolical means to achieve an aim
fi obe eyin je ni ni isu = to betray someone
alafowora = thief
Nanbi = prostitution
gbe peregi ka ina = slug if out with each other
fi eti mo ogiri = eavesdropping
s'awo s'ogberi = impostor

Ujujoan:
what's with the gender inequality    

Ask then, lol

Fi ara sin = hide
Na papa bo ara= disappear, fraudulently after doing something bad
Fi ese fee = run for safety
Ju'ba ehoro = run for safety
Lu''go = hide
poora = disappear most after bad deed.

Owo fife (blowing hand) = stealing

Ta teru npa, = dead
teri gba aso = dead
di oloogbe = dead
pa ipo da = dead


so agbe jee mo owo = be careful
si medo = take care

fi ikun lu ikun = deliberate
fi oro jo mi tooro oro = group discussion

biina:
I thot ejonto was an euphemism/nickname for one of lesser stature/size/height (and not statue)?

Another version is
Eégún wọlé, ó ní òun ò rí Ejontó; Ejontó ní, “Àkísà ni, àbí kíní wọlé?”
The masquerade enters a house and claims he did not see Ejonto; Ejonto asked, “Is that a rag that entered the house, or what?”

I don’t think "Ejounto" expressly refers to a small person, It has been interpreted to refer to  different  things that are diminutive  compared to "normal" sizes. The statute interpretations was said to refer to statue is at the city center, so  if the big masquerade decided not to go the city center,  as expected, to round up annual festival show, then it has snubbed the statute at the market center "Ejounto" which in turn would not see it either.  The house version could be interpreted as masquerade not paying homage  sigidi in the shrine of the chief he was visiting.
Unless you have historical aspect dimension to back the meaning of the name Ejounto, like that of Okolo in Oyo Ile, I would say the statement could be interpreted either way.

Bi egungun nla ba so wipe oun ko ri ejounto, ejounto naa ko ri egungun nla.

If a big masquerade would not recognise statue, the statue would not recognise big masquerade either.

Respect begets respect. If highly placed personally looks down on lowly ones, they would stop to pay homage.

Agbagba to je ese'bi e pe arayin jo (Elders that shared Kolanut, it time to gather again)

This statement is made when in-laws come to report a recalcitrant woman to her parents, it implies that those who approved the marriage, by way of sharing the dowry should should regroup and save the situation, either call the young woman to order or otherwise. It could also be used to tell stakeholders the need to take care of a problem arising from their past decisions.

dkings101:
This is what Happen when there is hot, tight and so many competitors. Imagine the telco industry hw many companys r involve, lets counts:

1. MTN
2. glo
3. Starcomms
4. Etisalat
5. Visafone
6. Multilinks
7. Reltel
8. Celcom
9. Zoom, (saw there billboard wen I visited 9ja last).
10. Zain

I even wonder how they make profit cos the competition is very hot. Imagine some ppl r having 5 handphone hehehe. It is interesting u know? This is the surviver of the fittest.

How can you say that, those guys are making a kill in Naija, we be talking people, if you no call your uncle in one week, na quarrel, lol, only 40 of the 140m are covered yet, for naija, dem they charge for dropped calls, undelivered sms, the internet is so slow, all credit burnt while connecting.

Yet, na Northerners be the problem of Niger Delta,

It all depends and sometimes runs in the family but fathers should take time to talk to their boy children, that way you can appraise him and tell him some things peculiar to men, most especially developing leadership qualities and taking responsibilities. You would marvel at some answer kids give this days to some questions, and one should let kids pick ideas from home videos and internet.
I have had a friend whose father died and she wished her mother had died instead, the mother was equally caring but the father treated his children as if he had none in his past life, lol.