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| Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by NaijaOptimist: 5:33pm On Mar 06, 2015 |
BIRDS source: https://sites.google.com/site/learnyorubafree/zoology---birds 54 Likes 9 Shares |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Ezedon(m): 5:56pm On Mar 06, 2015 |
I wont comment on this thread because i cant speak yoruba |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by absoluteSuccess: 11:05am On Mar 07, 2015 |
If Aligator is Elegungun, what do you call porcupine? 1 Like |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by itstpia99: 4:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Agu crocodile |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Ishilove: 6:03pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
I thought elephant was 'erilakatabu' 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by LewisO: 6:06pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
[size=15pt]Camel - Rakunmi. Gorilla - Inaki[/size] 7 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Nobody: 6:06pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Big Fish: Dapo Oyebanjo 18 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by sod09(m): 6:07pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
absoluteSuccess:we don't av porcupine in naija na 1 Like |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by soleexx(m): 6:07pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
K |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Lagusta(m): 6:08pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
What of eye awoko 1 Like |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Dyt(f): 6:08pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
I was here - mo wa si ibi 2 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Abbeyunique2(m): 6:09pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
5 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by gistmelove(m): 6:09pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
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| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by anselm791(m): 6:09pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
To be fair and in the spirit of one nigeria, I will be working on the names of animals in Igbo and it better make front page for the good of all of us. Thank you. 3 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by ifekemmie(f): 6:09pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
I dunno hamster is asin, thanks for d info. Pple will not be much on dis thread even yoruba pple because dey can't speak nor write their language. Am waiting for igbo n hausa version 3 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by MillionDollars: 6:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
turkey- tolo tolo lollllll 1 Like |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Ishilove: 6:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Abbeyunique2:So what's erilakatabu? |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Abbeyunique2(m): 6:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
sod09: actually we do have them. i've seen it at over 3 zoos (ibadan, funaab and oau) |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by bigfrancis21: 6:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
itstpia99: That is Igbo (Aguiyi) for Crocodile?? |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Rapidx: 6:11pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Linguistically close and yet dislike themselves so much, Yoruba and Igbo need to discover themselves more than they are so far doing. There are thousands of words that mean the same and sound the same in both languages. In this list i could pick names like: OWL----Yoruba___OWIWI.... Igbo....IKWIKWI OSTRITCH....Yoruba...Ogongo......Igbo.....Ogonogo Nnunu ELEPHANT....yoruba.....Erin..........Igbo.....Enyi CAT.....Yoruba....olongbo..........Igbo.....Onogbo GOAT.....Yoruba....Ewure..........Igbo ....Ewu SQUIRREL....Yoruba....Okere......Igbo....Oke HEN/ROOSTER...Yoruba...Akuko....Igbo....Okuko And so many......Other similarities like; Eriri.....Yoruba...Extreme grief Ariri......Igbo....extreme grief Imu....yoruba....nose Imi.....Igbo...nose Agan....bareness..Yoruba Aga...bareness....Igbo Eti....Ear...Yoruba Nti....ear...Igbo Igba...calabash...Yoruba Agba....calabash...Igbo Okuta...Stone Yoruba Okute....stone...Igbo Eru...Slave ...Yoruba Oru...Slave...Igbo Orisa...God...Yoruba Olisa...God...Igbo Esu..Devil...Yoruba Ekwe-Nsu...Igbo Ogun....Twenty...Yoruba Ogu....Twenty ...Igbo O mi/miri....water...Yoruba N miri....water...Igbo Agbin....Yoruba...chin Agba....Igbo....chin Ifufe....Yoruba....breeze/wind/air Ifufu/Ikuku...Igbo...Breeze/wind/air Awi...Yoruba...grey hair Awo...Igbo.....grey hair Giripa/Igiripa....Yoruba...Man in in his youth/strong man Dimkpa.....Igbo......man in his youth/strong man Oogun...yoruba...medicine/poison/charm Ogwu....Igbo...medicine/poison/charm Apara....Yoruba...basket? Akpara....Igbo...basket Udu omi...yoruba...large water pot Udu mmiri...Igbo...large water pot Orun...yoruba...neck Onu....Igbo...neck Etc... 35 Likes 12 Shares |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by bigfrancis21: 6:12pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
anselm791: Welcome idea. You can quickly open a thread for that in the culture section and it will be moved to the fp. |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Adyrin(m): 6:13pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
1. Okpukpuru________Owl 2. Oho_________Fowl 3. Ugo______Eagle 4. Erako____Dog 5. Ejenekpo___Lion 6. Orodekho___Snake 7. Evwe___Goat 8. Okri___Hegoat 9. Onogbo___Cat 10. Ogborigbo___Eguana 11. Omoko___Parrot 12. Esi___Pig 13. Eri___Fish 14. Amadiorise___type of bird 15. Obi___ 16. Uzo___ 17. Eba___breed of fish 18. Imekpe___Perewinkle 19. Isakpa___Ant 20. Ogoro____Frog 21. Afiotor___Rabbit 22. Ohro___Rat 23. Okpor____Lizard #Proudly Urhobo! 11 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Abbeyunique2(m): 6:14pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Ishilove: its still elephant. just realized that some dialect (oyo in particular) sometimes call it that 3 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by gbolaskblog(m): 6:14pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Good one |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by credibleGod(m): 6:14pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Trinxie(f): 6:15pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Hmmm...cool. Black Ant: kanti-kanti /koi koi |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Nobody: 6:15pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Tnx dude. Nice post |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by ggrin(f): 6:16pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Ahmeduana(m): 6:16pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Ishilove:WHICH MEANS YOU'VE ATTACHE COGNOMEN (oriki)TO ELEPHANT NAME 3 Likes |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by obinnafred(m): 6:16pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
NaijaOptimist:I hear say u dey chop lizard |
| Re: Some Animal And Birds Names In Yoruba. by Idyllic: 6:17pm On Mar 07, 2015 |
Ishilove:Elephant is Erin, the "lakatabu" is an eulogy. Just like saying Ishilove eleyinjuege. Eleyinjuege is an eulogy to ishilove. 7 Likes |
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