Opiletool:


Would have love to reply u more and more, but I won't allow u drag me into ur abyss of gift-wrapped stupidity and wide gap in knowledge. Enjoy ur fun filled time in foolishness kid.

Get lost you stink!!

KingOvoramwen1:


Get lost you stink!!

There's better insults out there than stink.

Probz:
There's better insults out there than stink.

Be like say you miss road better find the exit!!

KingOvoramwen1:


Be like say you miss road better find the exit!!

Nwayo. No one's gonna take you seriously with lame insults.

onuwaje:
next is numbers in Itsekiri i will list 1-20

1. Mééne
2. Meji
3. Mééta
4. Méérén
5. Maaru
6. Mééfa
7. Meeje
8. Mééjó
9. Méésan
10. Méégua
11. Okan légua
12. Eji légua
13. Eta légua
14. Érén légua
15. Maaru légua
16. Éfa legua
17. Mééta ee Jeto Ogun
18. Meji ee Jeto Ogun
19.. Okan ee jeto Ogun
20. Ogun

^^^^^^
@ onuwaje
I thought number 1 is OKAN in Itsekiri?
Has it been changed now to MEENE?


The offshore oilfields off the coast of
Ugborodo [otherwise called Escravos]
are known as okan, meji, meta, meren
oilfields and are operated by Chevron
since the 1960's. This was indicated in the
Atlas of Nigeria we used in schools in the late
1970s.


You have a nice thread here.

Konquest:

^^^^^^
@ onuwaje
I thought number 1 is OKAN in Itsekiri?
Has it been changed now to MEENE?


The offshore oilfields off the coast of
Ugborodo [otherwise called Escravos]
are known as okan, meji, meta, meren
oilfields and are operated by Chevron
since the 1960's. This was indicated in the
Atlas of Nigeria we used in schools in the late
1970s.


You have a nice thread here.

It has not beem changed.
I am from Omadino and i always knew it as Mééné.

Okan is also used but not on a regular basis. My aunt always interchange erubo/kabo

There's an Onuwaje married to the daughter of the Ọtota of Udu. Any chance your relative (or is it you sef) ?

onuwaje:


It has not beem changed.
I am from Omadino and i always knew it as Mééné.

Okan is also used but not on a regular basis. My aunt always interchange erubo/kabo

^^^^^
Good... thanks for the clarification.

Matse Uwatse is from Omadino
too. [Itsekiri father and Urhobo mother].
She said this on NigeriaInfo Radio in
Victoria Island in 2013
while presenting a live program.

She might be your direct cousin I guess.

Take charge!

airsaylongcon:
There's an Onuwaje married to the daughter of the Ọtota of Udu. Any chance your relative (or is it you sef) ?

The Onuwaje family is very large that every month i get to meet one lol.

If he is Onuwaje den we re related

Opiletool:


Bini itself has Yoruba influence. They worship Okun (whom was the first wife of oduduwa that was later deified, a common practise in the Yoruba land, I.e osun, oba, osa, oya, are all women deified by naming a river or stream or ocean after each of them). I think they also worship esu, who also was a Yoruba man back then. I stand to be corrected.

Almost all of Bini Gods are of Ilaje and Ife origin, from Olokun to Osun to Ogun to Ayilala. They also have Ifa (called Iha)
Only the supreme God - Osanobua is native

Opiletool:


This is why I don't really regard oduduwa as the primogenitor of the Yoruba race. According to some history, ugbo (or any town that starts with igbo in yoruba) and was founded by Obatala when he was angry at the fact that oduduwa was crowned over some elders, the likes of him, obaluaye and so on. He left ile ife with his pple and founded ugbo. I think that submission is from Prof Odia Ofeimun

Ugbo and Mahin were founded by Obamakin(brother of Obatala) lineage

dejavski:

The major reason why most ppl disagree with naming the country Oduduwa republic is because he is not d founder of the Yoruba race. A more suitable name would be accepted. Mind u some yorubas are not direct descendants of Oduduwa.

It doesn't matter if he is a direct ancestor or not. In yoruba culture a king is the father of the people

In fact I have recently been informed that "Owa" (the title of many eastern yoruba kings) means Father... I don't know how true but we also see how "attah" means father in Igala (a people of very close common ancestry with Yoruba). Even though the attahs are of jukun origin

Oduduwa is the father figure of all Yoruba, a revolutionary leader, a unifier, King of the source. Most towns and cities in yorubaland are founded by his sons or Princes who trace their lineage to his sons.
Even itsekiri cannot deny his significance, from their Ijebu and Bini heritage they possess a connection to the man oduduwa even more than groups like Awori and Okun.

onuwaje:
the aim of this thread is not in anyway political ethnocentric but for knowledge and learning purpose.


let's begin

please what is hot,cold,warm and cool in urhobo..thanks

babyfaceafrica:
please what is hot,cold,warm and cool in urhobo..thanks

Cc efewestern

onuwaje:


Cc efewestern

what about in ishekiri?..I am a linguist..I am carrying out a research please

onuwaje:


Cc efewestern

hot = ororoh' ro
cold = Oji'jiro
Warm = ahwior'ror'ror'ror (We actually don't make use of warm and cool in urhobo, we only use Hot and cold)

Sorry my urhobo spelling might not be perfect.

cc : babyfaceafrica I hope this answers your question, need more help on urhobo words you can mention fratermathy he is better than me in spelling those words.

cheers.

babyfaceafrica:
what about in ishekiri?..I am a linguist..I am carrying out a research please

In Itsekiri its
Ogbór for hot
Otún for cold

onuwaje:

In Itsekiri its
Ogbór for hot
Otún for cold

Ogbo'nr for hot
Otutu for cold in yoruba

onuwaje:

In Itsekiri its
Ogbór for hot
Otún for cold

thanks am grateful,can you use them in sentence like: the water is cold, the food is cold,this weather is warm,she is a cool guy

macof:


[s]Almost all of Bini Gods are of Ilaje and Ife origin, from Olokun to Osun to Ogun to Ayilala. They also have Ifa (called Iha)
Only the supreme God - Osanobua is nativ[/s]e

Seems your head is paining you I will correct it for you on this thread !!

babyfaceafrica:
thanks am grateful,can you use them in sentence like: the water is cold, the food is cold,this weather is warm,she is a cool guy

I dunno the name of weather in Itsekiri

But weather can be said as

Owo (sun)/ Eji (rain)

Owo gbor ren (sun is very hot)
Eji tun ren (rain is cold )

onuwaje:


I dunno the name of weather in Itsekiri

But weather can be said as

Owo (sun)/ Eji (rain)

Owo gbor ren (sun is very hot)
Eji tun ren (rain is cold )

thank you sir....you have been helpful.. It is like itsekiri does not have a word for the word very?

babyfaceafrica:
thank you sir....you have been helpful.. It is like itsekiri does not have a word for the word very?

Lol "very"


Can't think of any now

Pls what does Onuwaje and Oritsegbubemi mean?

orlahtohbadt:
Pls what does Onuwaje and Oritsegbubemi mean?

Onuwaje (Onetuwaje) - Person wen chop riches or wealth

Oritsegbubemi - God has heard me

onuwaje:



Onuwaje (Onetuwaje) - Person wen chop riches or wealth

Oritsegbubemi - God has heard me

okay thanks... Giving me the loose translation made me able to relate it to Yoruba... Eni tu waje= Onetuwaje, Orisa gbo ibe mi=Oritsegbubemi

onuwaje:



Onuwaje (Onetuwaje) - Person wen chop riches or wealth

Oritsegbubemi - God has heard me

Yoruba Oyo dialects:

Eni waje aje

Orisa gbe be mi

onuwaje:



Onuwaje (Onetuwaje) - Person wen chop riches or wealth

Oritsegbubemi - God has heard me

This is very similar to Orisagbebemi: "Orisa (God) gbo (has heard) ebe mi (my plea)" in core Yoruba language. Interesting. ..

Tribalism is derailing this thread.

Op ride on

Howndp you say " yes , I want to go and buy food to eat "

urahara:
Howndp you say " yes , I want to go and buy food to eat "

Mofe re ra food je

I dunno what food is in Itsekiri lol