Can you mention colours in your language? Lets be honest!

For me
Black is zhizhiyi

White is bhubhuyi

Red is byebyeyi

Those are the only colours i know of. Im yet to know what yellow is cos most times yellow is used for red as in "byebyeyi"

english = yoruba


red = pupa

black = dudu


and

white = funfun

black - balejum
white - danejum
red - bodejum

Adamawa Fulfulde

Igbo Language - Spoken by over 30 million people.

Red - obala obala or ufie
Black - Ojii
White - Ocha
Blue - Anụnụ
Green - Ndu

My brother Fulaman198, how is it going?

bigfrancis21:
My brother Fulaman198, how is it going?

It's going pretty well, how about yourself my brother Mr.Bigfrancis21 ?

Fulaman198:


It's going pretty well, how about yourself my brother Mr.Bigfrancis21 ?

Nice to know that you're good. How's naija?

bigfrancis21:


Nice to know that you're good. How's naija?

It's fine doing very late night (I should say day) work for my company. How is your schooling?

Fulaman198:


It's fine doing very late night (I should say day) work for my company. How is your schooling?

Cool. School's fine...resumes next week. Excited and looking forward to it.

bigfrancis21:


Cool. School's fine...resumes next week. Excited and looking forward to it.

Good to hear brother, enjoy

bigfrancis21:
Igbo Language - Spoken by over 30 million people.

Red - obala obala or ufie
Black - Ojii
White - Ocha
Blue - Anụnụ
Green - Ndu

It's really interesting to know the igbos have a name for blue and green.

Tattooboy:
english = yoruba


red = pupa

black = dudu


and

white = funfun

Green= Awo Ewe
Grey = Awo Iru
Gold(goldish brown)? = Awo wura
Silver/Steel colour = Awo fadaka
Yellow = pupa-...?/Awo Iyeye
Pink = pupa-feere
Blue = Awo Aro/Awo Sanma
Brown = Awo Aragi/buraun/burauni
Orange = Awo Osan
Purple = Awo Aluko
Indigo = Awo Aro

Basically except for funfun, dudu, pupa...colours are named after the most popular object with that colour
Ewe = leaf
Iyeye = a yellow fruit from a tree who's leaves are used for medicine
Aluko = woodcock, it's species are purple feathered in Yorubaland
Iru = locust bean

So to figure out the name of a colour, think of the most common thing with that colour
Our ancestors were very brilliant

macof:


Green= Awo Ewe
Grey = Awo Iru
Gold(goldish brown)? = Awo wura
Silver/Steel colour = Awo fadaka
Yellow = pupa-...?/Awo Iyeye
Pink = pupa-feere
Blue = Awo Aro/Awo Sanma
Brown = Awo Aragi/buraun/burauni
Orange = Awo Osan
Purple = Awo Aluko
Indigo = Awo Aro

Basically except for funfun, dudu, pupa...colours are named after the most popular object with that colour
Ewe = leaf
Iyeye = a yellow fruit from a tree who's leaves are used for medicine
Aluko = woodcock, it's species are purple feathered in Yorubaland
Iru = locust bean

So to figure out the name of a colour, think of the most common thing with that colour
Our ancestors were very brilliant

You are a correct local, well domesticated human. Im impressed.

macof:


Green= Awo Ewe
Grey = Awo Iru
Gold(goldish brown)? = Awo wura
Silver/Steel colour = Awo fadaka
Yellow = pupa-...?/Awo Iyeye
Pink = pupa-feere
Blue = Awo Aro/Awo Sanma
Brown = Awo Aragi/buraun/burauni
Orange = Awo Osan
Purple = Awo Aluko
Indigo = Awo Aro

Basically except for funfun, dudu, pupa...colours are named after the most popular object with that colour
Ewe = leaf
Iyeye = a yellow fruit from a tree who's leaves are used for medicine
Aluko = woodcock, it's species are purple feathered in Yorubaland
Iru = locust bean

So to figure out the name of a colour, think of the most common thing with that colour
Our ancestors were very brilliant

**Old man fist shake**
Dang, You are making me want to revive a thread I made on "the logic embedded in different languages".
(It was a thread lost in the big data wipe last year) After that data wipe I got pissed and left nairaland for months... still not all the way back

I'm curious about...
1. the Literal meaning of the word Awo
2. the semantic meaning of the word Awo
3. the function of the word Awo in relation to others


It looks to me that given some set/array of attributes
Object = [mass, position, color,.........,etc.]

The "logical" function of Awo is to denote/extract the color associated/embedded in the set/array of attributes.

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Awo (Object) -> Color.Object -> Color.[mass, position, color ,.........,etc.] -> color

Awo (Ewe) -> Color.Ewe -> Color.[mass.16 measuring units, position.[x=1000, y=1300, z=1200], color.green ,.........,etc.] -> green

Awo Ewe -> green
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Which leads me back to the question of what does Awo mean that allows it to be used as such?


Note: My apologies about the "longwindedness" of the post. While my self training is in African world views(history/culture/spirituality). My formal training is software engineering/computer science which deals with languages in a different/distinct manner then what a pure linguist would, hence the weird question

RandomAfricanAm:


**Old man fist shake**
Dang, You are making me want to revive a thread I made on "the logic embedded in different languages".
(It was a thread lost in the big data wipe last year) After that data wipe I got pissed and left nairaland for months... still not all the way back

I'm curious about...
1. the Literal meaning of the word Awo
2. the semantic meaning of the word Awo
3. the function of the word Awo in relation to others

It looks to me that given some set/array of attributes
Object = [mass, position, color,.........,etc.]

The "logical" function of Awo is to denote/extract the color associated/embedded in the set/array of attributes.

Awo (Object) -> color.Object -> color.[mass, position, Color ,.........,etc.] -> Color
Awo (Ewe) -> color.Ewe -> color.[16 measuring units, [x=1000, y=1300, z=1200], green ,.........,etc.] -> green
Awo Ewe -> green

Which leads me back to the question of what does Awo mean that allows it to be used as such?

Note: My apologies about the "longwindedness" of the post. While my self training is in African world views(history/culture/spirituality). My formal training is software engineering/computer science which deals with languages in a different/distinct manner then what a pure linguist would, hence the weird question

To be honest, I didn't understand everything you have here

But I understand you are confused about "Awo"
Awo(Ahworh) simply means colour, appearance..maybe even description
Awo Ewe would mean colour of a leaf/leaf's colour

To describe something green would be "alawo ewe" = that which has the colour of a leaf

macof:


To be honest, I didn't understand everything you have here

But I understand you are confused about "Awo"
Awo(Ahworh) simply means colour, appearance..maybe even description
Awo Ewe would mean colour of a leaf/leaf's colour

To describe something green would be "alawo ewe" = that which has the colour of a leaf

Thanks for the reply. Though before I start let me quote my self....

Note: My apologies about the "longwindedness" of the post. While my self training is in African world views(history/culture/spirituality). My formal training is software engineering/computer science which deals with languages in a different/distinct manner then what a pure linguist would, hence the weird question

That said you have verified my assumptions/observations written in the post above.

Awo(Ahworh) simply means colour, appearance..maybe even description
Awo Ewe would mean colour of a leaf/leaf's colour

^
That is what my assumptions were in my post above.

It looks to me that given some set/array of attributes
Object = [mass, position, color,.........,etc.]

The "logical" function of Awo is to denote/extract the color associated/embedded in the set/array of attributes.

Thank you for answering my question.

RandomAfricanAm:


Thanks for the reply. Though before I start let me quote my self....


That said you have verified my assumptions/observations written in the post above.

Awo(Ahworh) simply means colour, appearance..maybe even description
Awo Ewe would mean colour of a leaf/leaf's colour

^
That is what my assumptions were in my post above.


Thank you for answering my question.

You are welcome

White---kuku

macof:


To be honest, I didn't understand everything you have here

But I understand you are confused about "Awo"
Awo(Ahworh) simply means colour, appearance..maybe even description
Awo Ewe would mean colour of a leaf/leaf's colour

To describe something green would be "alawo ewe" = that which has the colour of a leaf

Doesn't awo also mean skin? I'm not sure, I understand English much better than yoruba I only knew the three basic colours (pupa, funfun and dudu) oh and while we're at it isn't ifun a sheep or something? That'd explain funfun if I was right.

Edit: I just remembered that ifun is goat intestines lol soz there's goat meat cooking in the kitchen I'm probs just hungry

chimayz:


Doesn't awo also mean skin? I'm not sure, I understand English much better than yoruba I only knew the three basic colours (pupa, funfun and dudu) oh and while we're at it isn't ifun a sheep or something? That'd explain funfun if I was right.

Edit: I just remembered that ifun is goat intestines lol soz there's goat meat cooking in the kitchen I'm probs just hungry

Ara is Skin na..abi?
I think Ifun is sheep's Fur cus Sheep itself is Agutan.. Might interest you to know "Efun" is chalk, or more correctly white chalk

what's the english name for ewe iyeye. i need to buy it for cough with alum.
or anyone have other method?
the cough is over a year now

macof:


Green= Awo Ewe
Grey = Awo Iru
Gold(goldish brown)? = Awo wura
Silver/Steel colour = Awo fadaka
Yellow = pupa-...?/Awo Iyeye
Pink = pupa-feere
Blue = Awo Aro/Awo Sanma
Brown = Awo Aragi/buraun/burauni
Orange = Awo Osan
Purple = Awo Aluko
Indigo = Awo Aro

Basically except for funfun, dudu, pupa...colours are named after the most popular object with that colour


So to figure out the name of a colour, think of the most common thing with that colour
Our ancestors were very brilliant

@ bolded true