CARDINAL NUMBERS

1ST - OKPALO
2ND - OZEVA - OZ2
3RD - OZESẸ - OZ3
4TH - OZENE - OZ4
5TH - OZISHE - OZ5
6TH - OZESEESA - OZ6
7TH - OZISHIILA - OZ7
8TH - OZELEELE - OZ8
9TH - OZITIILI - OZ9
10TH - OZIGBE - OZ10

ONCE - UTOGHUO
TWICE - ITEVA
THRICE - ITESẸ
FOUR TIMES - ITENE
FIVE TIMES - ITISHE
SIX TIMES - ITESEESA
SEVEN TIMES - ITISHIILA
EIGHT TIMES - ITELEELE
NINE TIMES - ITITIILI
TEN TIMES - ITIGBE

FIRST TIME - UTOZOGHUO
SECOND TIME - UTOZEVA
THIRD TIME - UTOZESẸ
FOURTH TIME - UTOZENE
FIFTH TIME - UTOZISHE
SIXTH TIME - UTOZESEESA
SEVENTH TIME - UTOZISHIILA
EIGHT TIME - UTOZELEELE
NINTH TIME - UTOZITIILI
TENTH TIME - UTOZIGBE

ONE PERSON - UKUMỌGHUO
TWO PEOPLE - IKUMAVA
THREE PEOPLE - IKUMASẸ
FOUR PEOPLE - IKUMANE
FIVE PEOPLE - IKUMOSHE
SIX PEOPLE - IKUMASAASẸ
SEVEN PEOPLE - IKUMOSHIILA
EIGHT PEOPLE - IKUMOLEELE
NINE PEOPLE - IKUMOTIILI
TEN PEOPLE - IKUMOGBE

NUMBERS

Afuẹ - 0
Oghuo - 1
Eva - 2
Esẹ - 3
Ene - 4
ishe - 5
Eseesa - 6
Ishiila - 7
Eleele - 8
Itiili - 9
Igbe - 10

Igbe ali oghuo - 11
Igbe ali eva - 12
Igbe ali esẹ - 13
Igbe ali ene - 14
Igbe ali ishe - 15
Uye - 20

Uye ali oghuo - 21
Uye ali eva - 22
Uye ali esẹ - 23
Uye ali ene - 24
Uye ali ishe - 25
Uye ali igbe - 30
Uye ali igbe ali oghuo - 31

Ẹgueva - 40
Ẹgueva igbe - 50
Ẹguesẹ - 60
Ẹguesẹ igbe - 70
Ẹguene - 80
Ẹguene igbe - 90
Iyishe - 100

Iyishe eva - 200
Iyishe esẹ - 300
Iyishe ene - 400
Iyishe ishe - 500

FAMILY

BY BLOOD
Ita/Era - father
Inyọ - mother
Ọmọ - child
Ọmọfẹ - baby
Inyọghuo -sibling of the same mother
Itọghuo - sibling of the same father
Inyọghuo ita - paternal uncle/aunt
Inyọghuo inyọ - maternal uncle/aunt
Eleminyọ - relative from the motherside
Elemita - relative from the fatherside
Ita n'ọ fu - grandfather
Inyọ n'ọ fu - grandmother
Itita - paternal grandfather
Itinyọ - paternal grandmother
Inyita - maternal grandfather
Inyọnyọ - maternal grandmother

BY MARRIAGE
Uguẹ/Ami - spouse
Ọdọ - husband
Ọsọ - wife
Ọgọ - in-law
Inyọdọ - mother in-law i.e husband's mother
Inyọsọ - mother inlaw i.e wife's mother
Itọdọ - father in-law i.e husband's father
Itọsọ - father in-law i.e wife's father
Ọsọmọ - daughter in-law
Ọdọmọ - son in-law

BODY PARTS
Ukomi - head
Alo - face
Ugbalo - forehead
Ukpalo - eye
Isue - nose
Unu - mouth
Ẹkọli - tooth
Olẹmi - tongue
Ukpatsunu - lip
Esọ - ear
Itsu - hair
Agba - jaw
Ilagba - beard
Uruli - neck
Ẹkokuruli - throat
Aye - chest
Ẹnyele - breast
Ukpami ẹnyele - nipple
Akpiji - belly
Okhọ - navel
Obọ - hand
Ukpobọ - finger
Idobọ - elbow
Ekobọ - palm
Iguabọ - shoulder
Ẹfuefue - armpit
Ukoko - back
Abiji - buttocks
Egbe ọmọse - penis
Ukpa - clitoris
Owẹ - leg
Idigua - knee
Aligo - shin
Ukpowẹ - toe
Atatowẹ - sole
Ufuowẹ - underfoot

Note: All verbs in Edo begin with consonants

Sa - to think
Sasa - to exercise
Sami - to be pregnant
Samẹ - splash
Simi - to save
Simi - to struggle for something
Sọ - to lay an egg
Suọ - to hear
Soku - to feel
Sana - to pray (Muslim prayer)
Sanọ - to pick
Sese - to do
Sọnọ - to dip into
Sọnọ echẹ - to pinch
Somi - to be good
Sọmi - to dip into soup


Shasha - to smash
Shalo - to cave in
Shele - to climb
Shifua - to disintegrate
Shẹ - to be little
Shie - to call
Sheshe - to arrange


Ta - to speak
Tanọ - to confess
Tala - to break (as in bone)
Tasẹ a - to pop (as in hot oil)
Tasẹ a - to burst
Tẹsẹ - to stay a long time
Ti - to be good
Tige a - to open
Tọ - to build, to last long
To - to be hot, to be painful
To obọ - to push
To iga - to handcuff
To osege - to hiccup
Tọlọ - to scratch
Tọnọ - to dig
Tua - to carry
Tuama - to be in a hurry
Tuela - to line up

Tsẹ - to reach
Tsa - to file (as in teeth or fingernails)

Obo u ye - where did you go to?
Ob'u aa ye - where are you going to?
Bale aana - come here
U vhẹẹ ze - hope you are fine?
Mi la vheshẹshi - I want to sleep
Ọ she deguẹ - he has slept off
Yabọ mẹ - forgive me
Kpagiẹ eyẹ - help us
Shitọ aana - sit down here
R'ọ shi aayọ - put it there
Dobẹ mẹ shilẹ - leave me alone
Zẹ mẹ obọ - unhand mẹ
U she rami afẹ? - have you reached home?
Mige ukpokia ẹ? - where is your friend?
I ma yẹsẹ ọni ọmọ - I do not know the child
Era mẹ ọ yẹsẹ ọli - my father knows him
Ooya ọ aa nono ẹ - someone is looking for you
El'u kele? What do you want?
Egbegbe ọkpotso l'u kila : you are a good woman
Ọgbọ agie l'ọni ọmọse ọ kila - the man is a good person
Ishinẹgba ki ogie - God is King
Kha du mẹ fia - do not abandon me
Oni emale o lẹlẹ - the food is sweet
Bale as nu mẹ le - come and eat with me
U she kue? Are you satisfied?
Yaagua, yobọ mẹ - please, assist me
O she lọsẹ mẹ - I am tired
A she gbasẹ - we have begun
Aana l'a te gba le - we started from here
Aayọ l'eyẹ aa ye - we are going there

Moo ẹlẹ na via ẹ. (that's like well done on the day you were born). most Etsako greetings begin with moo

moo okhia... welcome
moo ishitọ... greetings for someone sitting down
moo oni exam (idamigue).. greetings for someone writing am exam
moo oni akanya... greetings for someone working
moo ẹlẹ n'a via ẹ... for birthday

Ẹlẹ egogo...joyful day
Ẹlẹ egbemhumẹ... happy day
Ẹlẹ albarka... blessed day
Ẹlẹ n'a via ẹ, ẹlẹ albarka lọ.. your birthday is a day of blessing
Albarka n'ẹlẹ n'a via ẹ... blessed birthday
egbemhumẹ n'ẹlẹ n'a via ẹ ... happy birthday
egogo n'ẹlẹ n'a via ẹ... joyful birthday

any of the above should work.

Check out


https://bishweesh.

Afẹmai vha moo o.

How about a site where one can learn the language?

I think afemai.com should not restrict their site to only news about Afemai land. They should also post some words and their meanings.

Afẹmai ne keekha. vha moo.

So in the spirit of Ramadan, I decided to compile the 99 names of Allah in Etsako (those that I can anyway).

Ramadan Kareem

1. Allah - God - Ishinẹgba, Ógẹna
2. Ar-Rab - The Lord - Ọnọmhuẹ
3. Al-ilaah - The God - Ọnaga
4. Al-Waahid - The One - Ọni ọguo
5. Ar-Rahmaan - The beneficent - Ogie itofa
6. Ar-Raheem - The Merciful - Ọvhẹlemi
7. Al-Malik - The King - Ọni Ogie
8. Al-Quddus - The Holy - Ọnọfasẹ
9. As-Salaam - The peaceful - Ọnọfọmẹ
10. Al-Mu'min - The giver of security -??
11. Al-Muhaymim -The Watcher over His Creators
12. Al-Azeez - The Mighty - Ọnọze
13. Al-Jabbaar- The Compeller
14. Al-Mutakabbir - The Majestic - Ọnọfu
15. Al-Khaaliq - The Creator - Ọnọma
16. Al- Baari - The Inventor
17. Al-Musawwir - The fashioner - Ọna
18. Al-Awwal -The First- Ọnọkpodalo
19. Al-Aakhir- The Last - Ọnọkposhimi
20. Az-Zaahir - The Manifest - Ọnọchilase
21. Al-Baatin - The Hidden - Ọnọgbagba
22. Al-Hayy - The Living - Ọnọlagbọ
23. Al-Qayyum - The Self Sufficient
24. Al-Aali - The Most High - Ọnọkpeda
25. Al-Azeem- The Great - Ọnọkhua
26. At-Tawwaab - The Accept of Repentance- Ogie ituba
27. Al-Haleem - The tolerant
28. Al- Waasi - The Wide - Ọnọwẹ
29. Al-Haakim - The Wise - Ọnọmhuẹlẹgbẹ
30. As-Shaakir- The Appreciative - Ogie ikpẹmi

That's very close to my place. I'm from North Ibie (imiegba). Our dialects are somehow different sha

mikhe2:
Apana Uzairue in Etsako west

What part of Afemai are you from?

mikhe2:
okpotor-egeh

Forming words by combining of one or more words (as in German and Chinese)

Rọ - carry
Gbanọ - tie, hold around
Udu - heart

Irobọgbanudu - patience (putting the hands around the heart)

Rọ - carry
Odẹ - way
Kasẹ - show

Irodẹkasẹ - guidance

Nyie / mie - collect
Suọ - listen

Nyiesuọ - believe, accept

Kpẹsẹ - to put under
Egbe - body, self
Abọ - hands

IKpẹsegbe - humility
Ikpẹsabọ - begging

Kpakpa - disturb, worry
IKpakpegbe - anxiety

To - hurt, pain
Mẹ - mẹ

Otomẹgbe - annoying

Eda - up
Iregbejeda - pride

Lẹ- know
Lu- do
Ọlẹlu - one who does well

Ku-drive
Ọvhia-loneliness, boredom
Ọkumọvhia - one who drives away boredom i.e companion

Bino- check
Yẹsẹ -know
Kiẹ[li] - dó
Abinokiẹ - model (check and do)
Abinoyẹsẹ - example (check and know)

And many more.
NB- some words may be different depending on the dialect.

Etsako is not too hard to learn na.

Treasuredlove:
I am etsako lol... but my language ability is not so good sadly

Etsako, an edoid language

Corruption - ifẹchekẹ.
Table- utebu
Pawpaw - I don forget
Tomato - itomato
Biscuits - ibisikiiti
Rice - ichikafa

ChappyChase:
Yesterday 21 of February was world language day and this got me thinking, how many of us could translate some of these english words to our local dialect:
#) Corruption
#) table
#) pawpaw
#) Tomato
#) biscuits
#) rice
as an igbo boy these are some words I can't get I direct translation for, abeg make nobody come here come improvise I need true translations...

Í will never deliberately insult the Oba. Uku akpolokpolo n'ogidigan. Oba of obas.


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True true. The Fulanis are more influential politically than the Hausas

scholes0:


Maybe you mean Fulani
Hausas are the least influential major ethnic group in Nigeria.

Udukpa!!! Is used as an exclamation when something silly or unexpected happen. The real meaning is "big/ srrong vagina!!" Loll. It's dirty i know
Ukpa - vagina
Udo - stone

Like uduso (big/strong head)
Usomi/ukomi - head
Udo - stone.

Other exclamations in etsakọ are;
Eekuooo!!!
Yee eh!!
Eeh oh!!

mikhe2:
Whats the meaning of udukpa?

Lolo - count
Ilolo - counting
Ulolo - counter

Kalọ - calculate
Ikalọ - calculating
Ukalọ - calculator

Kpẹsẹ - to put under
Ukpẹsẹ - pillow

Bọla - play
Ibọla - playing, show, sports

Fi - throw, play (a game)
Ufi - a game

Yẹ - to please
Ọyẹ - one who pleases (i.e love)
Uyẹ - love

Kẹkẹ - write
Ikẹkẹ - writing, article, font
Ikẹkẹ obọ - handwriting
Ukẹkẹ - pen, biro
Ọkẹkẹ ebe - book writer, author

Nyalu - call
Inyalu - a call
Ọnyalu - caller (someone who calls)
Unyale - caller (i.e phone) (something that calls)

Khakha - dry
Ikhakha - act of drying
Akhakha - drier i.e sieve


Chi - to pull, drag
Ebe - leaf
Chebe - to smoke weed
Ichebe - weed smoking
Achebe - weed smoker

Gbe - beat, hit, strike, kill
Igbemi - beating, hitting
Ugbe - missile (something that strikes)
Ọgbe - beater, hitter e.g ọgbe mẹ (My beater, killer)
N.B - gbe is probably the most commonly used word in Edo languages. It is used in a variety of combinations to give different meanings.

Kemi - share
Ikemi - sharing.
Okemi - sharer

Ẹzọ - argument
Gu ẹzọ - argue
Iguẹzọ - the act of arguing
Ọguẹzọ - lawyer

Oki - market
Eki - markets
Do - sell
Ọduoki - trader
Eki idomi - seller

Dẹ - buy
Idẹmi - buying
Adẹ - buyer
Dẹnọ - to shop (buy a lot)
Idẹnọ - shopping
Ọdẹnọ-dẹnọ - shopaholic

Zẹ - choose, select
Izẹmi - selection
Azẹ - election
Ọnazẹ - the elected

Gia - to laugh
Egia - laughter
Igiami - act of laughing
Gbe egia - to make one laugh
Ọgbegia- comedian

Using Ogie which means king, chief

Owa - house
Ogiowa - sitting room

Amẹ - water
Ogie n'amẹ - minister for water

Eta - discussion
Ogie n'eta - minister for information

Owẹna - education
Ogie n'owẹna - minister for education

Igho - money
Ogie n'igho - minster of finance

Odẹ - road
Edẹ - roads
Ogie n'edẹ - minister of roads

Using OWA which means house

Elemi - inside
Elemowa - room

Ake - food
Owake - kitchen

Owẹna - learning
Owo owẹna - school

Ebe- books
Owebe - library

Ana - prayer
Owana - mosque

Amẹ - water
Owamẹ - toilet / bathroom

Ogie - king, chief
Ogiowa - sitting room, parlour, main room

ẸZọ - argument, case
Owẹzọ - court

I can see traces of Edo and Yoruba languages

Vha ku esuo, vha suọ


Also, going outside Nigeria to far far edeli iibo (Europe), English, German, Dutch and Afrikaans (spoken in south Africa) all fall under the Germanic group of languages. They had history together, but no German will claim he's English and no Dutch will claim Afrikaans. Their languages have similarities, however they are different languages with different cultures.

I hope we all know that edoid, yoruboid and igboid languages fall under one language group... The Kwa language group? This means they probably had a common source. This does not mean they are the same Language as the difference between them has become more than the similarity. So please let us stop this battle of superiority that will never end, because no Edo person worth his salt will agree he is Yoruba or descended therefrom and no Igbo person will agree they are Edo. These three peoples have influenced eachother culturally some more than others and this should be reasons for unity not discord .

Ogiame - king of the waters
Ogiso - king of the sky

My own is when will Edos have a central language? The dialects are too diverse stretching from Edo to Delta, Kogi and Ondo. Na because say we no get central language we dey appear small for these pipu eye.

Can someone open a thread where we can learn simple Edo (Bini) sentences? I go like learn.

Do not insult the oba. It speaks bad about you.

NwaAmaikpe:




This yeye Oba travels more than a runs girl.

Ozuo King.

Without bias, the Hausas are the most influential ethnic group.

Never heard of its practice in igboland. I'm not Igbo though, so I guess that explains why.

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All Edo (etsako) verbs begin with consonants and end with vowels.

Edo has singular and plural verbs which distinguishes it from many other languages. The plural verbs are used to show that many people partook in the action or that the action has been done repeatedly.


Banọ a- UnCloth
Bale - come
Bẹna - to do with style
Bino - check
Chalọ - drag
Chino - pack
Chiki - to be stiff
Chiki - to move slightly
Chigbe - to do an action after a prior action
Dala - to be agreeable
Da kua - diffuse
Degbe
Dobẹ - leave, able
Dolo - to chew
Dono- to turn
Dọbọ - make a mistake
Fali - to pay
Fami - to pretend
Fẹli - to watch
Filo - to put Inside à container
Gẹnọ- to tie
Gọnọ - to shake
Gbagia - to loosen, to digest
Haino - argue
Jigi- to shake
Kalọ - count, calculate
Kuẹ - fight
Kele- to want
Kẹsẹ - to remain
Khọlọ - crawl
Khọli- fight
Lọlọ - to be slippery
Lọghiẹ -to change
Lọsọ - to contain
Mati - to be able
Manọ - to burn slightly, to form seeds
Manọ - build.(plural)
Masẹ- measure, plan
Mhushe - massage
Nanọ - run (plural)
Nẹnẹ - to defecate (plural)
Rọ kasẹ - show, to dry
Rọ shi - keep
Rọ kiẹ - iṣẹ
Rọ na - give
Rọ vu - take away
Sanọ - pick
Sato - remember
Sami - to be pregnant
Saka ku - to be scattered about
Shitọ - sit
Tano (plural)- narrate
Tala - break (as in a bone)
Tagẹa - to loosen a knot
Tọnọ - dig, build (plural)
Vanọ -split
Vare- come
Vule - stand up
Wasẹ - to misplace
Walọ - fetch
Wolọ - pack
Wola -quarrel
Wọlọ- pluck (bird feathers)
Wushe - stir
Yakhọ - leave
Yele a - forget
Yele le- remember, remind
Yemi - reply
Zẹ emhuẹ- disrespect
Zẹ obọ - leave, abandon
Zẹ owẹ - Take a step
Zuse - block
Zugu - scatter
Zọlọ - complain