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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by masseratti: 12:53pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:horse are native to Africa and Eurasia continents, previously domesticated in Africa. 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by masseratti: 12:58pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
olasunky15:bro tiger does not even exist in the Arabian peninsula, the Europeans traveled all over the globe and gave various names to what they saw, we African didn't, we didn't travel the globe except when the Europeans took us or the Arabians by slave trades, there is no Yoruba word for Tiger, period, Ẹkùn is not Tiger, it won't have been possible for them to name what they didn't see. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Poddy(m): 1:00pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
NigeriaBam:Opolo is Frog While Iyanto is toad! |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by nlPoster: 1:00pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
foshe36: Amotolongbo: Is there a specific reason why you people are focusing on buffalo at this time? No other animals in Nigeria? |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by nlPoster: 1:00pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
foshe36: From google: aika 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by nlPoster: 1:02pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
I went through the op's list and did not see turtle (tortoise is there though). Turtle is awun okun (from the Yoruba dictionary). |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 2:39pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
ghostwon: Which outside world Why are you guys so deluded Freed slaves Yet you had to beg us for a prince to become your Oba Shame on you! |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by lavenjcrown(m): 2:41pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
inaki is gorilla |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 2:42pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
ghostwon: Stop distorting history. Bini was conquered in hours. Yoruba land as a whole was never conquered. Rather it was enmeshed in a civil war. Eventually the Brits came in to end the war. Thus we surrendered to them. Please note that Ijebus and Egbas gave a good fight... 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by lavenjcrown(m): 2:44pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
did i need to tell you that a yoruba has once be your king did i also need to tell you that yoruba give you the name benin ghostwon: |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 2:47pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
ghostwon: Ever heard of Oranmiyan |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by nlPoster: 2:48pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni: Are you implying the others did not? |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by lavenjcrown(m): 2:49pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
did i need to tell you that yoruba gave you the name benin snazzy5050: |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 2:53pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
k2money:Let’s just agree that one of us might be right. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 3:00pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
nlPoster: They (Ibadan, Ekiti, Ijesha etc) were embroiled in civil war... |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 3:03pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
masseratti:Okay but the only horses native to African continents is the Namib horses while there’s none native to sub Saharan/Congo African region. I found this below info about indigenous horses in Africa; 1 Share
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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 3:05pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
nlPoster:Turtle might also be yannibo while terrapin is called Alabahun in Yoruba. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by rexandyke(m): 3:08pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
there are a number of similarities between Igbo and Yoruba languages |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by nlPoster: 3:29pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh: Yannibo I believe is tortoise wife in folktales. By terrapin you mean turtle? Actual terrapins do not seem to be native to west Africa though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrapin |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by k2money(m): 4:48pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:not to just agree, im always curious to know the English name of that owawa. from my youtube you its glaring cheetah is not owawa because owawa bark not the meow cheetah do |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 5:01pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
k2money:Then I can help you on that. I will find it for you. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 5:04pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
nlPoster:I just checked now yes it’s not native to west Africa. Yea I meant turtle. Yes I can still remember one of those folktales books in my secondary school days. Ijapa tiroko oko yannibo firi n di oke. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by eby001(m): 5:36pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:Lol, you didn't mention me on this. So I was right all along. I never want to mention tsetse fly ish, thinking you'll figure it out . It not a weakness to admit you're wrong all along. The name 'esin' is right all along Pls what is the Yoruba name of zebra? |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by gregyboy(m): 5:36pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni: Lol , with your population the yoruba still havnt archived greatness just like the indian pop size does not gaurantee its sucess over united state ,population cant guarantee success of a particular group" it is written in history yorubas will always be slave to other tribes Outside nigeria yorubas is just seen as one bunch of populated people who onced were used as slaves to the whitemen and nothing more, Yorubas despite thier population still are very uneducated and the second poorest tribe in nigeria relying complete on skul Minning and few educated peoole to liberate them from proverty... Your brothes coming to benin to school like thier lives depends on education Even benson idahosa is more international reconned with thab both oyedapo and adoboye let's not even mention pastor chris The truth is the only thing the yorubas had use to surpass edos in nigeria is population you can go ahead and debate it Outside Nigeria they know edo than yorubas 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 5:43pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
eby001:Yea I am wrong. Zebra is Egbin (beauty) in Yoruba. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by eby001(m): 5:47pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:Thanks 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Olu317(m): 5:49pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
ednut1:It is because, every animal that Yoruba have names for are coded in Ifaodu. So, don't be shocked if some animals appears in Yoruba's lexicons and not in Africa or in extinction. This is the uniqueness of Yoruba worldview through migration. Superhumans are Yoruba ancestors, which ie the reason, some are called Orishas 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by masseratti: 6:06pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:trying so hard to shift the goal post is totally wrong, you said Africa, it was pointed out to you that horse is indigenous to Africa, now its sub saharan Africa, even in what you quoted you can see some sub saharan places in it, i think what you are looking for or where your thoughts is, is horses in the wild, No you can't find that anywhere in the world, same as you can't find a cow living in the wild anymore they are domesticated all over the world, Horse my friend is indigenous to Africa even sub saharan. 3 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by snazzy5050(m): 6:13pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
lavenjcrown:you wish |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 6:52pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni:What year was that ? Show me just one written note about oranmiyan (written by a person who met him). Like the random Yoruba, you mistake fairytales with reality. There was never an oranmiyan, the story was made up. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 7:00pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
lavenjcrown:It is weird enough that in your adult age you still believe these ethnocentric stories told to you by your elders. It seems you still don't have enough brain cells to see that these stories were designed to place Yoruba at the center of an other man's history ! If there is any such thing as theft of history, that is what you Yoruba are trying to commit. The fact is most of you descend from freed slaves dumped on our shores, as soon as you landed, you started spreading propaganda in order to fit in. The local superpower is Benin empire that is why you guys have tried to attach yourselves to Benin history. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 7:23pm On Feb 17, 2020 |
Donaldoni:1895-1900 that is 52560 hours, so yea hours ! Years are also made of hours. Your ijebu fight was a small rebellion quickly put down by a few British soldiers. You are completely contradicting yourself when you claim you were never conquered but you surrendered ! What sense does that make ? Are you using a new definition of being conquered which nobody else has ever heard about ? You guys gave up to the British without a fight like the cowardly cowards you are ! Everybody knows the famous cowardlyness of the Yoruba ! Even in your face saving response/propaganda, you recognize that your ooni of ife and your alafin of Oyo gave up to the British without a fight. Your alafin of Oyo had most of his kingdom conquered by Fulani and he gave up to the British without a fight. Your ooni of ife has never had an army. Ife was a village with no architecture when the British arrived. The ooni of ife and alafin of Oyo became relevant only thanks to the British who saw them as useful puppets. |
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