amicable09:

Oh! Ok, thanks. I see that Ola is present at the beginning and ending of both names respectively, which means wealth.

Ede Yoruba is easy after all.

LastMumu:
Nne, ede Yoruba is not as easy as Hausa though. With Hausa, you could learn just 3 or 4 words and you would still be able to string two to 3 Hausa sentences

FixedRoots:
@lastmumu, is mumu ur e-surname or real surname? That your cgpa is the lowest I've heard of. You deserve a global mention and award for that.

It's my real surname, though I had to change my first surname in court because I find it demeaning and downright embarrassing. My elder brother still hates me for my stubbornness and defiance. Why would my granddad choose to bear a name like Skiborobo-robo... .... Dafuq?


Yeah, I deserve a global award for my cgpa. Such shame no recognized institution appreciates the effort folks like us put into getting unimaginable results like that.

amicable09:

Nna, you speak all three languages?
I've heard many times that Hausa language is the easiest of all languages to learn in Nigeria.

I speak almost all naija major languages except Egbira. My last experience with an Egbira babe in Okene is the main reason why couldn't gather enough zeal to learn the language.

LastMumu:


I speak almost all naija major languages except Egbira. My last experience with an Egbira babe in Okene is the main reason why couldn't gather enough zeal to learn the language.

amicable09:

Sorry about that. Can you speak Kalabari and Ijaw? I love those languages sha

amicable09:

For real?
But there is an abimbawealth moniker, does it mean Abimbola in Yoruba? And then I used to think Olamide means sth about wealth coming. Why do they have Olamide and Abimbola if they mean the same thing?

HazzanAsher:



Whose pant's on fire? Mine or yours?
See this over matured aunty claiming to be small girl. How you come sabi talk say pants on fire. Its a statement for the big mammas

ProudOlodo:

You haf not finish with ordinary olamide-abimbola confusion o, now you're having love for kalabari and ijaw. God help you on this language quest

teechudleyy:


Lol! You cannot reason wih the logic behind these names. Olamide means my wealth has come... I dnt know what abimbaawealth means.

amicable09:

For real?
But there is an abimbawealth moniker, does it mean Abimbola in Yoruba? And then I used to think Olamide means sth about wealth coming. Why do they have Olamide and Abimbola if they mean the same thing?

amicable09:

You got Olamide's meaning right. I was told abimbawealth is Abimbola (born into wealth)

qhutetomsel:
'Abimbola' means 'born into wealth' while 'olamide' means 'my wealth has come'.
Two different meanings entirely.

Yoruba is easy to learn if you are patient enough!

teechudleyy:


No o.

Born into wealth actually is Abisola.
Abimbola literally is they born me born wealth. My self and wealth... Born together.

amicable09:

Why is this particular name's translation difficult?

teechudleyy:

Lol. The translation isn't difficult. Its just DAT translation can't capture some things in a word.

I just learnt its actually Abimibaola while I was translating Abimibiola... Abimibaola - Meaning I was born and I met wealth. Whatever sha. There's birth and there's wealth. Cool!

amicable09:

Lol. Ehen!? This must be some wealth series o, So many names with Ola. When next I meet a person bearing ...Ola, or Ola..., I'll be sure to ask for the name in full.

Whenever I hear Ola, what comes to my mind is Olamide only. Abimbola for me is Bola in short form but now I see it can be Ola too.

teechudleyy:


No can. It is Bola is two words. In the end... Ola is d boss.

In Yoruba land. Naming is a beautiful thing. . . your name however simple it is has something to do with your roots. Some families bear Ola. Some bear Akin something. Just as the royals bear AdeSomething Its a family thing. In some homes everyone is Ola something... Cousins and all. Its fun and corny sometimes tho.

teechudleyy:


It is Bola is two words.In the end... Ola is d boss. In some homes everyone is Ola something...

amicable09:

Lol. Ehen!? This must be some wealth series o, So many names with Ola. When next I meet a person bearing ...Ola, or Ola..., I'll be sure to ask for the name in full.
Whenever I hear Ola, what comes to my mind is Olamide only. Abimbola for me is Bola in short form but now I see it can be Ola too.

amicable09:

Wow! That's serious.
So this Ola name has its roots traceable to family something!? I want to know if there is a name like "My wealth has finished" "I was born and wealth disappeared" " Born without wealth"... Those kind of meanings, any name like that?

BTW I have noticed Yoruba naming ceremony is always a big affair and that's cool sha.

LastMumu:
Do you guys know a popular soft drink brand got its name and success from the Yoruba name Ola?

History has it that in 1759, when the Brits landed on the shore of Lagos, in their bid to colonize the place now called Nigeria, one of major Lords (Lord Snowbelly) that travelled with them fell in love with the daughter of an Ifa priest called Adenike. Just before Snowbelly was about to go back to England, Adenike rushed into her father's shrine and brought out a black stuff which she claimed to a sweetener brought by Ifa when he landed on earth. She said the name of the flavor is called Koka kola (Get bent and get wealth), that flavour has been the secret flavour behind the success of the Coca-Cola soft drink.

LastMumu:
Do you guys know a popular soft drink brand got its name and success from the Yoruba name Ola?

History has it that in 1759, when the Brits landed on the shore of Lagos, in their bid to colonize the place now called Nigeria, one of major Lords (Lord Snowbelly) that travelled with them fell in love with the daughter of an Ifa priest called Adenike. Just before Snowbelly was about to go back to England, Adenike rushed into her father's shrine and brought out a black stuff which she claimed to a sweetener brought by Ifa when he landed on earth. She said the name of the flavor is called Koka kola (Get bent and get wealth), that flavour has been the secret flavour behind the success of the Coca-Cola soft drink.

amicable09:

Lol. Ehen!? This must be some wealth series o, So many names with Ola. When next I meet a person bearing ...Ola, or Ola..., I'll be sure to ask for the name in full.

Whenever I hear Ola, what comes to my mind is Olamide only. Abimbola for me is Bola in short form but now I see it can be Ola too.

LastMumu:
Do you guys know a popular soft drink brand got its name and success from the Yoruba name Ola?

History has it that in 1759, when the Brits landed on the shore of Lagos, in their bid to colonize the place now called Nigeria, one of major Lords (Lord Snowbelly) that travelled with them fell in love with the daughter of an Ifa priest called Adenike. Just before Snowbelly was about to go back to England, Adenike rushed into her father's shrine and brought out a black stuff which she claimed to a sweetener brought by Ifa when he landed on earth. She said the name of the flavor is called Koka kola (Get bent and get wealth), that flavour has been the secret flavour behind the success of the Coca-Cola soft drink.

teechudleyy:

It can also be Bimbo.

amicable09:

Oh! Mehn! this is an exposé, I swear.
You mean all the people I've called Bimbo are Abimbolas? lol.

I am learning about pet names today.*smiles

teechudleyy:


Its not pet name o. Just short forms of D name. Like Chukwuebuka is Ebuka

The Bimbos are definitely Abimbola. But the Bolas could have been Adebola, etc