scholes0:


Thank you jare my sister.

That is how one Igbo guy was arguing with me the other day that “Nko” is an Igbo word because they now use it.


I was like.... Jesu!

maestroferddi:
And who told you that?

You Yorubas would not travel around and learn.

There is more to life than making blind arguments and ignorant assertions from the forests and
woodlands of Ogbomosho...

Bidobado:


Unsubstantiated claims, flimsy claims that cannot withstand the simplest of tests. I guess anything to boost your inflated egos is welcomed.

RedboneSmith:
'Imu oso' is not a Jamaican patois expression. The post where you got this from misinterpreted the source material.

'Akara' is also not Igbo. It is Yoruba.

Other Igbo words in Jamaican Patois that could have been added are:

Attoo (chewing stick) from Igbo 'atu' and chinch/chink (bedbug) from Igbo 'chinchi.'

somegirl1:


Your responses reveal a deficiency in intellectual acuity.
You're clearly here to argue blindly.
I won't stoop to your level.
Keep quoting me if you enjoy soliloquies.

baby124:
Akara, moin moin and egusi are Yoruba. There are also Yoruba settlements in Jamaica

BabaIbo:


just when you run out of lies and can no longer backup your lies, you switch to insult... you are a big fo.ol, I know you guys very well... you can su.ck a dickkk for all I care

jide in Yoruba is stand up or to rise up
jide in Igbo is hold on to or simply hold (yonhold something)...
Jidenna- hold on to father (God
Oluwajide- Lord stand up or rise up...

You're the one lacking intellectually for failing to see a clear example

baby124:

Igbos call egusi melon. Egusi is not an Igbo word or food. Stop misinforming. Even the way you cook Egusi is very typical of Yoruba soups. We cook soup differently from others with a palm oil and pepper base.

RedboneSmith:


I clearly remember some Eastern Yoruba people here saying no one says 'Esusu' where they come from. So it isn't general, even if through contact etc, everyone in Yorubaland now understands what it refers to.

Everyone in Igboland also understands and uses Soso. Even if one part uses it more.

GavelSlam:
Akara is the same meaning in Bahia, Brazil.

The Bahia people just like some Cubans and Haitis worship Ifa and Yoruba gods.

Trinidad and Tobago has some Yoruba influence.

It's safe to say the carribeans were taken from West Africa .

One cannot rule out Igbo presence in such places but the influence of Yoruba is beyond doubt.

scholes0:


See this one, no one is arguing the presense of some Arabic and Hausa words in Yoruba due to centuries of contact.. We all know what words in Yoruba are of Hausa origin via Nupe and others.

Besides there are Hausa words of Yoruba origin as well, such as Ashishi (Eshinshin) Housefly, Agwaluma (Agbalumo) African star apple, Alade (Elede) Pig Etc. There is many more.

So Yoruba and Hausa borrowing goes both ways.

There are plenty Hausa words in Igbo too don’t lie and pretend as if Hausa words exist only in yoruba, lol- that means the Igbo language is the most deficient in nigeria, cause they pick words from every corner.
The bone of contention here are YORUBA authentic words that have diffused into languages like Igbo which they now claim today like AKARA, EGUSI, etc.

Very soon, Igbos will claim Kpomo, Gele, Ogede and many more Yoruba words.

Just watch.

safarigirl:
egusi is Igbo.

We had this argument on Nairaland about 3 years ago, and everything was settled mostly. Una don come again with this sane nonsense argument.

Visit the old intelligent threads and educate yourself, the world does not revolve around Yoruba land and Igbo's cook egusi differently than Yorubas

Lordave:
I don't think anybody uses 'Nko' while speaking Igbo, it best suits pidgin English.

Instead of 'Nko' in an Igbo sentence, 'KWANU' is best suits to every Igbo speaker.

Probz:


And I’m telling you mai mai and egusi are also Igbo.

Have you actually been to Igboland?

aljharem:
So many false statement here. Alaia and moi moi are borrowed words from Yoruba. Until the amalgamation of Nigeria there was nothing like bean in igbo land. The demography does not favour such!!!!. So how did they get food made from beans. Haha!!!!!

konoplyanka:


Yes I'm from eastern yoruba and we don't know esusu. The only thing we know is ajo.

However, I don't believe yoruba could borrow words from ibos owing to the fact that Yoruba migration pattern don't go east. We only go west and north.

The ibos on the other hand could have borrowed a lot from yoruba as they migrate to our land.

BabaIbo:



ask question before you disgrace yourself outside... it has so many meaning in igbo.. I will list some out for you
nko- edged
nko- hook
nko- to tease or abuse some one
and so many more... can you tell me it's Yoruba meaning

Probz:


I’m from Anambra State so shut your face.

TerrorSquad147:
pls go and open a thread for the yorubas

baby124:

I don’t know about a thread from 3yrs ago. But Egusi is a Yoruba soup. The way it is cooked and it’s name is all Yoruba.

maestroferddi:
And who cares m whether you are from Oklahoma?

My mama tell me say we be Igbo...

If you are a nwafor Igbo rooted in Igbo culture and tradition, you wouldnt come here and be denigrating Igbo consciousness...





If

Probz:


There’s no other word for banana in Igbo than ogede. That one’s also shared.

I saw you quote me just before. Did you think I’d reaffirm what you want to believe to boost your Yoruba ego?

Probz:


Are you stupid or something?

Wanna explain to me why Yoruba people now use ugu and uziza to cook egusi?

Una get mgbam (akpurakpu egusi)? Do you people cook egusi with bitterleaves?

scholes0:


Nothing like EGWusi, it is Egusi, and it is it of Yoruba origin.

Igbos are the ones who add GW to words that have vowels following G.

The same way Igbos pronounce the Hausa word for Kolanut “Goro” as GWORO

Same word which both Yoruba and Igalas call Obi.

Guyman02:
Wah gwaan bredrin, everyting ire ?

Ever heard the word “red ibo ” in Jamaica? Your suspicion is true, “red ibo” was used to refer to the Igbo slaves in Jamaica because of their light skin .
The land of Jamaica witnessed the influx of the Igbo race between 1790 and 1809 during the transatlantic slave trade .
The modern Igbo race dwelt in the Bight of Biafra in Nigeria . It was from here that the Igbos who were kidnapped and sold as slaves by the Europeans were taken to work on plantations .
During this period, the Igbos , due to their inability to speak the language , introduced some of their words which have now become infused in the Jamaican Patois .

GavelSlam:


Stop misinforming .
Don't accept mediocrity.

somegirl1:


And yet the dominated's language and culture remained uninfluenced by the dominus. Instead the dominated greatly influenced the language and culture of the dominus's supposed exiled subjects.

How silly your assertion is.
Throughout the world, there are always traces left in the culture, language, place names and/ or phenotypes of conquered groups by those they were conquered by.

Lordave:
I wasn't saying we don't have 'nko' in Igbo, but the particular 'nko'(considering the meaning) he asked about is not popular among Igbo speakers.

What you wrote up there is fact and I know about it.

scholes0:


Haa, they have already claimed Ogede oo

baby124:

People customize their Egusi however they like to. Traditionally Egusi is cooked with Efo tete. It is a big hard leaf Yoruba vegetable. Ugwu is an Igbo vegetable. By the way, Yoruba’s also cook with bitter leaf. Bitterleaf is Ewuro. You know nothing about Yoruba cuisine. So stop talking bullshit. We also have a lot of vegetable species we cook with.