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Onijagidijagan:
i use to know Igbos to be ibos until they changed it to a more yoruba word. i know it was influenced by d ibos in the South.West

but d word Igbo is already taking in Yoruba language and you will forever be called "ibos"

Igbo in yoruba means:
1.Weed i.e marijuhana like "I want to smoke igbo"

2.To hit something with ur head like "i gave him igbo on the head" or "the Cow is fighting with Igbo"

3.igbo means Bush or unwanted plant

4. Igbo also means Forest

no man, I don't agree with this your particular point.
The word Igbo has existed for a long time. And the Yoruba Igbo is different from theirs. Don't be blinded by bigotry.

nwanlecha:
Please quit this madness. What business do I, as an easterner, have with Yoruba of all languages? Please if this is an insult, desist from it. Inukwa!

Go and tell that to the tons of Igbos who speak it daily. Just listen to yourself....
Your pride is the main reason why you won't accept the facts.
Bigotry has eating up the better part of ur thinking faculty.

This Nwalencha is just arguing blindly....
lol... so these people have rilly been made to believe these words are Igbo? Eehya.

Next will be "Nkor, Kpatakpata, Jare, Shebi, Gbedu, Bam-bam, Abi, Gbadun, Lekpa, Shey, Omo, Kpangolo, Joor, and a ton of others.
Onijagidijagan, just wait in 10 more years, they will say these words are theirs.

nwanlecha:
Hehehe! See them claiming Conc. Igbo words as theirs. Those words are popular, so you Yorubas as usual will try to lay claim to them, just as y'all have been claiming 'wahala' as yours, before you got schooled on this thread. It's a free world anyway, so ride on. Ndi Igbo are not in the least offended.

How can I claim conc Igbo words, when I dont even understand Igbo?
I listed those word and told you what they mean

Read this document, for Egidi.
http://scihub.org/AJFN/PDF/2011/2/AJFN-1-2-79-81.pdf

As for Akamu, Oyinbo, Oga, Akara and the rest, I wont even argue with u

nwanlecha:
Oga, akara, akamu, ogbono, egusi, agidi, oyibo, are all Igbo words. The three major ethnic groups have contributed greatly to the evolution of Pidgin English in Nigeria. The claim made by the OP is simply laughable.

Oga, (Boss), Akara (Bean Cake), Oyinbo (White man), Akamu (pap), Egidi (corn meal) are Yoruba words.
I agree with the rest.

VoslerGrimsbane:
My point remains the same. If wahla is the Arabic words then why are both ethnic languages using wahala? Both have a completely different language, how come the derived word for the yoruba's is the same as that of Hausas? Why not wahalo or something like that which sounds more like your language? Why is it same as hausa instead of Arabic? Loool! You can't win this.

Two consonants typically dont follow in Yoruba, so typically, "A" comes between the H and the L.
I dont know about Hausa.

Phut:
For Oluwa, there is Chineke
For Jo, there is Biko
For Oya, there is Ngwa

Inyanga is from Igbo language
Kwanta is from Igbo.
Plus a whole list of others I don't care to mention. The difference is that most people ((except for you) have acknowledge the impact the different native languages have had on pidgin. And even if part of their pidgin speech contains a word from a native language, they give credit and move on. Unlike u who want to claim that every word is from Yoruba

Dont mind that girl
But my own interests comes in, when the origin of words that are really Yoruba , such as Akara, Oga, Ashewo are involved, abd become bones of contention

Phut:
The tonal pronounciation in the Igbo word is exactly the same as the pidgin equivalent. And like I said, Igbo's contract words all the time.
I don't understand Yoruba so I am not going to comment on that. But I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that when we Igbo's say the word Oga, we are referring to its meaning in Igbo and not some Yoruba word

The tone in Igbo and Pidgin is not the same. I listened to the video you posted, and they are not the same.
All (or most) African languages contract words.

What I would like you to do now is break down the word "Ogaranya" and tell us what the Ògà in it means.

Phut:
Wrong. Oyibo is an Igbo word and always have been. Igbo people even bear it as names. I have a family friend named Oyibo Asi***

A search on Facebook will show many Igbo people that bear the name Oyibo

I find the co-incidence interesting.
Because Yoruba also bear that very same word as name, either as a stand alone, or with prefixes such as "omo", "Ade". The present Deji as Akure has it in one of his names. But in the Yoruba form, oyinbo"

Phut:
Nope. I have had this conversation with a Yoruba girl, who thought Oga was Yoruba because the use of the word is so mainstream now but when she asked her mother, her mother told her otherwise.

In Igbo language we use contractions all the time

How would you explain the difference in intonation, then?
As you might well be Aware, in African Languages like Igbo and Yoruba, Tones can make all the difference.

Ògá in Yoruba is a stand alone word, meaning someone above you.

Phut:
You are guilty of what you accuse Igbo's. It seems once a word from any of the native languages becomes part of mainstream pidgin, you turn and claim it to be Yoruba.
Kaura5000 and VodlerGrimsbane have already schooled you on Wahala being a Hausa word.

Another is Oga/Ogaranya which a 100 % Igbo word and not Yoruba. Oga/Ogaranya = Rich man/Boss in Igbo.


BTW, I just saw "Mama" on your list. You must be a joker

Oga is Yoruba.
The Oga of Yoruba is a word by itself, meaning "Boss", not rich man or anything similar to it. not part of a word.
Also, their tones are different. Oga is (Ògá), Ogaranya's is (Ògà)

Other than that, I agree with the rest of your statement, thread title is stupid.

VoslerGrimsbane:
Yes, Wahala is.

Alright then. Explain this.

wahala
noun; Affliction, trouble or tribulation Wahala is a word that has been used in both the Yoruba and Hausa language for a very long period of time. These two languages are very distinct and are spoken in completely different regions of Nigeria. it’s derived from the Arabic “wahla,” which means “fright,” “terror”, and due to the Arabic influence in both the north and west, (regions where hausa and Yoruba is spoken) the word was adopted and became part of the two languages centuries ago. Wahala has a negative connotation and refers to an affliction, grave trouble or tribulation.

VoslerGrimsbane:
If that doesn't answer your question then you my friend are an im.becile.

You keep dodging the question.
Is Wahala a word original to Hausa? How difficult can that be? Just answer, instead of throwing tantrums like a toddler.
We can start discussing the possible routes from which the word came into Yoruba later. And finally, you can leave the thread and let the original purpose be discussed instead of throwing fits.

VoslerGrimsbane:
Scholes0
Wtf is your problem? Do you have an inferiority complex or something? The other day you were busy with some stu.pid argument about our population, when you were proven wrong you ran for the heels calling us uneducated. What's wrong with you? Do you have a problem with hausas or something? I have no problem with you using it as long as you admit it roots and not try to steal it. Have you not heard of plagiarism?

You still haven't answered the question.

VoslerGrimsbane:
In a Nigerian context, it's our word, not yours. Why are you so worked up by this? Lool! Onion isn't originally indigenous to you. Nor us probably, that'd why you didn't have a word for it. There's no shame in it. Just be man enough to call a spade a spade. Admit you got it from hausa, I dont care what route you choose but we adopted that word first.



Thanks

Is it a word original to the Hausa or not?
Simple question.

VoslerGrimsbane:
I think your tribesman admitted to deriving it from hausa here. It's a no brainer.



https://www.nairaland.com/939854/common-yoruba-words-borrowed-arabic

which one is ''Tribesman" again
I am telling you it wasn't originally an Hausa word. If your neighbor teaches you Latin, it does not mean Latin originated in his house.
Funnily enough, that Yoruba Neighbor from which the word was acquired may have actually been the Nupe and Not the Hausa. Yorubas had no real direct link with the later group.
Or aren't we talking about the origin of words (their etymology) here again ?

VoslerGrimsbane:
Albasa-hausa
Wahala-hausa

You're doing what you claim the Igbos are doing. If theres any similarity with hausa it's because hausa and Arabic are both afro asiatic languages.

If you're having doubts please type those words into any language translator and see if Yoruba or even Arabic will come up.

Thanks

No.
Both languages got it from Arabic.

lolzzzzz

A new Fulani Emirate in Ohafia, Abia state??

Ha!! LOL!

Make I build my grass hut here.

okay

This one na small fry, compared to the ones in the East.
and OP, are you sure this is a major road?

Ràrá.

Kudos.

simplycarro:
After pushing hot iron for his yansh, DSS don collect the codes.

LMFAO!

My Goodness!! Nigerians and sloppyness!!!
Isn't this the same BVN registration that was causing katakata sometime early this year? The deadline was then extended again, and again, and again..... Yet, so many people still haven't registered.
I know they all waited till 2 days to the deadline.

Na waa for Naija people dem o.

My Goodness!! Nigerians and sloppyness!!!
Isn't this the same BVN registration that was causing katakata sometime early this year? The deadline was then extended again, and again, and again..... Yet, so many people still haven't registered.
I know they all waited till 2 days to the deadline.

girlontheleft: More sexy pictures from the Private Birthday party of Juliet on November 2nd. It was a moment of glamour and frenzy celebrating with some selected friends. There was much to drink and a lot to flex with.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/3033699_110565944598794075335863864357780108424823n_jpegf9eaffeddd777dd5a2b8f90486da6cef

Does the girl on the extreme left have an erect dick up?

Show don spoil for the name checkers league...

gassdon:
Op cite with more concentration of hotels in Nigeria is Imo State

Having all stars. What is your source?

you mean motels and guest houses, or proper Hotels?
and I am not the OP.