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Re: Sweet Egun Names by XAUBulls: 10:52pm On Jun 06, 2023 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by XAUBulls: 11:12pm On Jun 06, 2023 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by XAUBulls: 11:29pm On Jun 06, 2023 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by ewa26: 11:52pm On Jun 07, 2023 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzd: 4:28pm On Jun 09, 2023 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by chigozieduru: 12:28am On Dec 31, 2023 |
absoluteSuccess: Min tche le min Nin mi fon gbon? Mi fon gandji a? Mi kudo xwe! Je vous souhaite une excellente annee plein de succes. I wish you all a great and successful New Year! |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 2:47pm On Dec 31, 2023 |
chigozieduru: Meh dao! Mi fon dagbe alafia! Mi bai kaka, Mi ku do aisun whe yoyo de dote. Aho na je na mmepo. The year ahead will usher in the best of time ever for us and our loved ones. Good to hear from your dear brother. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzdd: 6:43pm On Mar 30 |
absoluteSuccess: Thanks for the detailed response, I’d also like to ask about the name Sewedo if it’s same as osewedo and osewe |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 2:54pm On Mar 31 |
Zzzdd: A little bit dicey names, Sewedo would mean he or she is "God's possession", but on another look, if the last morpheme is do as in "door" (Sewe-door), it would be a complete form of the name "Seidor", meaning, Sewedomo (Seh-weh-dor-more), "It's the Lord who said so". Osewe, on the other hand means "It's the Lord". One has to take the circumstance of the name in question into consideration. Is it a short alias or diminutive of any of the above? If I say Osewe! It might be a diminutive of any of the above. The bearer would be the only person in the best place to tell, but if this is it as written in a document, then it simply means "It's the Lord". From the reasoning of the Egun folks, it would be their version of "Divine" as a name. 1 Like |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzdd: 12:44am On Apr 08 |
absoluteSuccess: Thanks so much for the clarification, it’s actually my name it’s osewedomo but on my document it’s written as osewe. Thanks again for this detailed explanation. Though still searching for the meaning of my family name Asokere. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 10:15pm On Apr 08 |
Zzzdd: LOL good to know the truth behind the name. Asokere is definitely an alias-turned-name. It may have a Yoruba root, my theory though, now let's do some linguistic analysis: asokere "one who says very little" or "one who catapults at the slightest notice": in this instance, the morpheme '-so' is to 'self-propel'. Normally, its the Yoruba word for 'throw'. Now the sense that supports the last option is from the Yoruba proverb, "ko s'ewu loko, afi giri aparo". That "giri" is the "take off" [so] at the slightest [kere] moment. Whatever does that is 'asokere'. Now 'ewu' in Yoruba can be decoded in Egun, where it means e[it]wu[kills]. The proverb says "there's no "mortal risk" [danger] in the farm except a sudden flight of the quail." How do we reconcile this interesting linguistic interplay? Well, both languages do use each others lexicons to conceal meaning: "abontro", (a big form of alayonbere) is like 'a-bo-n-toro' for the way it looks. A castrated goat is said to be "won tee loda" in Yoruba. Alternatively, "gbo ada" is to "bleed the loins", ada (a variant of asa) corresponds with "oda" in "tee l'oda". If we are correct, castration thus means "pressing the loins" of a male animal. We also have 'atoquin' as Egun word for the 'scrotum', which combines "ato" (Yoruba for sperm) with "quin" (okun), Egun for "seed". In the same vein, Lokossa is Egun version of Yoruba's "Idiroko." Quite an interesting sharing that makes one wiser. Finally from the analysis, asokere thus comes down to mean 'one who self-propels at the slightest stimulus'. This accurately describe this bird's behaviour in the farm. The 'kere' here is identical with 'kete' in Yoruba-proper, where it means "instantly". kere-Yoruba-minuscule Kreun-Egun-minuscule. Kere wun: Yoruba - "too small to hold (with the fingers). 1 Like |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzdd: 2:01am On Apr 09 |
absoluteSuccess:Wow merci beaucoup pour cette explication… now I can understand very well the meaning behind Asokere. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzdd: 2:06am On Apr 09 |
absoluteSuccess: Not related to the topic but can you suggest any material (video or text) I can use to learn Goungbe. Though I understand some words but mostly fongbe and I speak french fluently.. practicing the language won’t be an issue but just need materials to teach me the basics. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 8:24am On Apr 10 |
Zzzdd: You are much welcome sir, I have you to thank for not settling for average on the meaning of your name. I have no inkling of whatever could be beneath the name either, not until you so desiredto know more. The best material that I would recommend is to have films either from Badagry or Cotonou which are produced in the Egun language. Then also music from the same source and possibly the people's national jingles, we all are pupils of whatever we love. Then possibly the holy scripture in Egun language. the best guys that one can get this from around would be the Celestial members who are more connected to the Egun language through their denomination. I think Ajawhi and Zagbohan are couple of good old maestro with good tune in the native language. Give them a try and let me hear from you sir, thanks. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 8:34am On Apr 10 |
The "Asokere" exercise equally helped me to understand my grandma's "Hun-" (folk sacred religion initiate) adoptive name. If Hunfesuku means "Awo-fe-school" three languages have been amalgamated in so doing to say "indigenous religion loves education". That would help unravel another name in the same sacred code format, namely "Hungbo". In Egun, that would mean "sacred goat", which the true meaning will hardly favours (for we know Egun to love intellectually inclined names). Rather, Hungbo simply means "sacred tradition hears". That means the word "Hungbo" derives partly from Egun and partly from Yoruba. That's breaking a sacred code of ages. The most baffling however is attempting to find the unknown meaning of the morpheme, "Hun" (na zohun thowe: maa se orisa fun e: I will initiate you into the folk sacred tradition). Ohun simply means "voice" in Yoruba, just like Yoruba's "awo" means "aho" that is, "noise" (ariwo) in Egun. After ages of uses, these "word family" have become something more esoteric, much away from their original meanings. Thus Hunno today means Oloisa in Yoruba. It should accurately have meant "Awo", but Ohun, that is "secret" has come to define traditional religion in the psyche of the Egun, instead of Babalawo. 1 Like |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 8:48am On Apr 10 |
"Maa sorisa fun e niseyin" is how my folks scares troublesome little kids with mixed heritage in their midst, which help us pick some nuances in their interpretations. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Zzzdd: 10:25am On Apr 10 |
absoluteSuccess: Thanks very much 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 5:21pm On Apr 26 |
There's one incredible info my aunt shared with me way back, she said the Felas were Egun. Lol, I was like "Mummy, bawo lese mo, nam' mi gbon tho yon?" When she break the name Ransome-kuti to me and Fela's change of name, I was wowed. Azo: horn: Ranzo-Animal's horn; Ransome-Inside the horn; Ransome-kute: "Inside the horn is death" Now it got quite interesting, we do assume Ransome-Kuti means "ransom". But no, that's not the spelling I think. The spelling of the name is "Ransome". When Fela dropped the "Ransome", he took "Anikulapo" as replacement. In this, there's direct interpretation of ransome-kute into the Yoruba language. Not to forget, Fela's song do have intrinsic Egun sweet melody lurking undertone of the great music maestro's Afrobeat songs. The Egba were the neighbors of the great Dahome empire and naturally, Dahome was the strongest empire in the neighborhood way back when the Egba arrived in the 19th century to establish her fortress in the present location, then called "igbo Egun" leading to confrontation with the empire. Azo, azo winawin, vito nadunun, vino ma dike! |
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