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goestohell:
They must be related to those conical shape heads...

Nothing like that in Naija, although everyone knows the group of people who usually have weird hesdahapes in Nigeria.

They are also the group in Nigeria with any known connection to Congo!

This OP has a very bad taste in pictures sha?
Just see the kain pics he used ... lol

Both attires are beautiful , but the Yoruba attires are more classy.
God bless SS
God bless SW
God bless Naija!

naijapage:
SAY My Yoruba Teacher Told Me ...


Not

Our Yoruba Teacher Told Us.....

Because No Be We

Don’t be jealous
Obviously he was teferring to himself and his school mates, NOT YOU.

GuidoVanRossum:
Yoruba land? I won't give a total no for that. But majority of us aren't Yoruba in any way. Yorubas do give a lot of bleeps. That's why they easily categorise all of us (including the Binis) as Yorubas. Although this is a political gimmick to claim population. I remember that since the days of regional government, we distinguished ourselves as mid-western. We've been distinct ever since. You lots just don't see it

Which pipulation?

Abeg what is the population of THE WHOLE of Edo state sef?

musicwriter:
Thanks for your contribution @olasaad, @scholes0

I added the following under Nature/religion:-

Morning = Owuro
Night = Ale
Thank you = O seun / Mo dupe
Greetings = Ikini
Afternoon = Osan
Evening = Irole
Night = Ale

And these under mathematics:-

Beginning = Ibere
Middle = Aarin
End = Opin
One day = Ojo Kan
First day = Ojo Ikini

Yoruba:

Morning = Owuro
Night = Ale
Thank you = O seun / Mo dupe
Greetings = Ikini
Afternoon = Osan
Evening = Irole
Night = Ale


Beginning = Ibere
Middle = Aarin
End = Opin
One day = Ojo Kan
First day = Ojo Ikini

jupiterx:
Nice work
Was about to post mine

You can still post it na

Yoruba language


1). PLANTS - IRUGBIN

Tree = Igi
Leaves = Ewe
Root = Gbongbo
Pepper = Ata

(2). ANIMALS - Eranko

Goat = Ewure
Antelope = Etu
Elephant = Erin
Lizard= Alangba
Pig = Elede
Dog = Aja
Cat = Ologbo or Ologinni

(3). NATURE/RELIGION - Iseda/Esin

Sun = Oorun
Moon = Oshupa
Month = Oshu
Star = Irawo
Sky = Sanma
Heaven = Orun
God = Olorun
Satan = Eshu
Angel = Ojise Orun. Also: Malaika
Thunder = Ara
Rainy season = Igba Ojo
Dry season = Igba Erun
Night = Ale
Day = Ojo


(4). PHYSICS/NATURE - Eko Iseda

Work = Ishe
Energy = Okun
Time = Igba
Medicine = Oogun
Charm = Amuseya / Ogun Ibile
Water = Omi
Hot water = Omi gbona
Cold water = Omi tutu
Hot = Gbona
Air= Afefe
Breeze = Ategun
Force = Ipa
Strength = Agbara
Lightening = Mona-mona
Hurricane = Iji
Tornado = Efuufu

(5). MATHEMATICS- Ishiro

Zero = Odo or Ofo
One = Okan or Eni
Two = Eji
Three = Eta
Four = Erin
Five = Arun
Six = Efa
Seven = Eje
Eight = Ejo
Nine = Esan
Ten = Ewa

First = Ikini or Akoko
Second = Ikeji
Third = Iketa
Fourth = Ikerin
Fifth = Ikarun
Sixth = Ikefa
Seventh = Ikeje
Eighth = Ikejo
Ninth = Ikesan
Tenth = Ikewa

Some use E to start i.e (Ekini, Ekeji) etc but it is more of individual preferences than anything.

(6). FAMILY - Ebi

Father = Bàbá.
Grand father = Baba (difrnt tone) / Baba Agba
Mother = Iya
Grand mother = Yeye / Iya Agba
Man = Okunrin
Woman = Obirin
Sister = Arabirin
Girl = Odobirin
Brother = Arakurin
Boy = Odokunrin
Elder = Egbon
Younger = Aburo
Child = Omo / Omode
Uncle = Ebikunrin
Aunt = Ebibirin
Daughter = Omobirin
Son = Omokunrin
Wife = Aya
Husband = Oko
Mother-in-law = Iya Oko
Mother-in-law = Iya Iyawo
Father-in-law = Baba Oko
Father-in-law= Baba Iyawo
Cousin = Omo Ebikunrin
Nephew = Omo Arakunrin/Arabirin
Baby = Ikoko

cc: Musicwriter

Patterson504:
Wow... Thank You! I like the name..lol... I wish I knew the life he/she lived before captivity and slavery in America... I am thankful for my ancestor surviving.. I am also happy to know I'm part of t he Yoruba...

The Ekiti subgroup of the Yoruba number over 4 milllion.
Their special delicacy is Pounded yam and a series of delicious soups and stews such as Ishapa ( a delicous soup made from a special type of roselle plant native to West Africa), Egusi, Efo riro (Vegetable soups) etc

You would have to ask your DNA match more questions about his/her specific hometown or village since Ekiti has got too many of those.

Once again, welcome.

Welcome to the Fold of the largest ethnic group in Black Africa.

I hereby name you Akinluyi Adeola

Akinluyi is a Yoruba name that is very specific to the Ekiti area where your ancestors come from.
It means “The brave (You) is deserving of Honor”
Adeola is a general Yoruba name.

Nltaliban:
will you just shut up and use your brain for once?


what has tribalism done for your generation?

Ffc

Yoruba eye service too much lol- the desire to look nice and accommodating before others is their ultimate archilles heel as an ethnic group.

Elect an Ijebu man who grew up in ilesha to head that same Ijesha post now, and see the whole building go up in flames... lol

Nltaliban:
will you just shut up and use your brain for once?

what has tribalism done for your generation?

Haha typical Igbos, it is only when they are in a favorable position that they will remember how Nigeria is sweet and how “Tribalism is bad”

Every other day, 98% of them are really half biafrans at heart with no real patriotic allegience to the Nigerian state nor what it stands for.
This was the same scenario that was playing out under the Jonathan presidency that favored Igbos when all of them kept MUTE but have all suddenly become overnight Biafrans under a northern presidency.

These are also the same people currently championing the course of a group called “ NON YORUBA Indigenes of the South-WEST” an organization whose ultimate goal is to challenge the indiginous rights of Yoruba people in their own ancestral region. Yet they come here to preach peace after holding all their “abele” anti yoruba meetings.
Hypocrites!

Laughing in higher powers .. I pity the generality of Yoruba people.

olureignforever:
When they say go to school and learn so you think it's just to read and pass exam. How is enabulele a yoruba Name? Oh, because he's kehinde, some Edo answer Yoruba Name and also speak Yoruba.

Next time, ask questions if you don't understand something

The man is likely even esan (Enabulele).

He is one of those Indomie generatipn Bini people that know nothing about Edo state.
They just blurt out like mad dogs thinking everything is all about being tribalist.

The Arch Bishop of The Lagos Catholic diocese, Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie is an edo man.

2tanG0:
what about a Christian man that goes by the name Michael, he names his child Reuben and the child goes by the name Reuben Michael. what say u abt that 'Europe Westernization'.

Very rarely to never will you see a yoruba person going by “Reuben Michael”. lol wtf

But you will surely see Mudashiru Kasali and Sikiru Dauda.

Too bad if you ask me.

If you don’t add Yoruba to that list then sorry - it isn’t complete.
Can you Inagine lol, this One is “Adding” Ogoja people that are miles and miles inland to south south, but is not adding people right by the seaside who even produce a good part of awa Oyel ..
lol

ZorGBUooeh:
Awo betrayed ojukwu,Awo was betrayed by Abiola,Abiola was betrayed by afenifere,Afenifere was betrayed by Tinubu..Children of Judas

I will rather trust the devil than trust an Afonja betrayal

How about the man who betrayed hos own people after getting 1 million of them killed by fleeing to Ivory coast in a skirt and blouse at the height of their suffering?

Oh maaan
That is soo sad.

MrGerald:
Stupid question in the first place, what makes Egusi a Yoruba word?

What makes it an Igbo word?


By their stoopid replies, we shall know them.

martineverest:
they are Yorubas with heavy Benin influence ..they own warri

You are the only one who has gotten the question about Itsekiris right so far.

Aldebaran:
EGUSI is an HAUSA word

Hehe, impossible joor
Hausas wey no get food.

Is Egusi a Yoruba or Igbo word sef?

For Yoruba click like - for Igbo click Share.

Let us tackle this issue today today.

Total number of tribes in nigeria to be factual is not nore than 120

I have always wondered if there was a common origin to this particular word used when saying traditional prayers , pouring of liberation of the performance of native rites among many tribes of the Niger Area

Yorubas say Ashę
Igalas say Achę
Igbos say Isee
Itsekiris say Atsę (Ashę)
Binis say Isę

If your tribe also uses something similar, pls indicate here.
I know that in Yoruba, the verb “Sę or Shę” depending on how you wish to spell it means “come to pass”.
Is there any such breakdown in the other languages where this word is used?

Any links somewhere?

Enefu

I believe they are intrinsically west african.

What kind of silly question is this sef, lol
The Cameroon Highlands is the physical and ethnological boundary between west and Central Africa.

Infact within Cameroon, the Cameroonian groups west of this mountain range consider themselves West african than central African.
Then there is Northern caneroon of three entire provinces that have everything to do with West Africa and nothing to do with some distant bantus in Congo forest

And Finally, aren’t the bantus THEMSELVES hypothesized to have come from somewhere around the cross river forests / Mambilla highlands region of WEST AFRICA?

All bantus are sinply a subset of the diversity of West Africa - they are just children, grand children and great grandchildren of a subset of some West africans who spread out to conquer the rest of the continent. The parents of their bantu languages can be found here in Nigeria.


This Racist OP should find a way to move back to Zimbabwe, Uncle Bob is no longer in power.

Akinduroolawumi:
I am an Ikale lady from Idepe- Okitipupa..... we are all Yorubas including the Ilaje people. Ikale and Ilaje are just dialects under Yoruba. We follow the general culture of Yoruba even the Yoruba language but the Ikales have some little Igbo and Benin traces. So many people even do tell us we ain't Yoruba cause we don't even look like them (I've met some people like that, some even claimed we originated from Igbo cause we look so much like them.... I mean the Ikales) but anyone from our place claiming not to be Yoruba is just confused. We are 100% Yoruba

Isn‘t that what makes Yoruba a wide and diverse ethnic group?
How can anyone expect an ethnic group of 40 million to all look like the same thing?

Funniest thing I have read in a while.

Btw- there is no “Igbo trace” in Ikale

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macof:
the hatred Bini people have for yorubas on this forum still amazes me. Thankfully it is not a true reflection of what happens in real life. The guy has no problem with the Nupe and Egbira influences but see how he lies shamelessly with every new post inconsistent with the last to deny Yoruba influence in the Akoko-edo area

There is some type of Benin-Yoruba love-hate going on , I am still trying to wrap my head around it.
Reason being that my experience with Benins in real life seem to be completely contradictory to what I see online/ even though I also know that people online are also real life entities.
In real life many benins have Yoruba middle names (I tell them it’s nice and they just smile), acculturate smoothly in the SW and have no problem with their Yoruba neighbors.

Is it that they pretend in real life and become other things online, or the group of ones online are just a tiny cancerous (virulent strain) of Benin people bent on spreading their bile everywhere?
On this NL a group of Benin people has taken it as a profession to be on any such threads to spew their garbage of hate all over the forum floor.
They are few but they are very persistent- signs of a group on a mission.

nengibo:
Don't mind the landgrabbers, they can not point to their ancestral home or any town bearing their name but say its their land because of state creation, Edo state is now Bini state, urhobo people are settlers, Ika people are settlers, Igala people are settlers even God is a settler in heaven

Haha the funniest one is that they can describe everybody’s origin and how even Genghis Kahan came from benin kingdom - but remain absolutely mute about their own origin.
So they don’t know where their own people came from ni?

macof:
the hatred Bini people have for yorubas on this forum still amazes me. Thankfully it is not a true reflection of what happens in real life. The guy has no problem with the Nupe and Egbira influences but see how he lies shamelessly with every new post inconsistent with the last to deny Yoruba influence in the Akoko-edo area

I won’t be surprised if they send a delegation to this particular area of Edo state by next week, forcing the Kings there to start wearing skirts and circular beads to look loke their Benin Oba.
Yes, it is that serious- and they can do it.