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Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Wallade(m): 4:37pm On Apr 27, 2019
femi4:
Ogun is not a river. You can only have "river Ogun" or Ogun river translated to Omi Ògùn

Really, I thought the name of the river is Ogun. The river is common noun of all rivers.

I think you can isolate the "Ogun" as the name of the river and establish that "Ogun" is the name of the river that passes through Ogun state.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by fantasticone1(m): 4:37pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I
Op, "ogun" has 20 meanings not 10. Do your research very well.

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Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Gforce2019: 4:39pm On Apr 27, 2019
I'm looking forward to when Yoruba will be the official language in Nigeria. When the country adopt the language , it will bring good omen to the land.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Nobody: 4:39pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I

In Agbor (Ika) this word has lots of meaning as well

Ogun - fight/battle
Ogun - medicine
Ogun - charm
Ogun - Twenty
Ogun - god of iron from which Ojogun was derived from. Blacksmiths are called ojogun. King of iron.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by elisbabs499(m): 4:42pm On Apr 27, 2019
Patriot9:

To some extent, you are wrong.
1. Stab as a verb is not "Ogun". It is "gun".
"Ogun" is not an action word there.
The same thing is applicable to "Climb" and some others

He's trying to prove a point and we can also justify him by making both clauses.
i.e He/she stabs
He/she climbs
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by boban007: 4:43pm On Apr 27, 2019
WHAT OF OGUN-AS IN IT'S LONG.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Shynah007(m): 4:44pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!


Not all quoted here are right cos some start with 'OO'

*I
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by gafsal: 4:45pm On Apr 27, 2019
good but sweat is not ogun but *OOGUN **
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by captianfreeman(m): 4:46pm On Apr 27, 2019
This is totally incorrect.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Femeto: 4:49pm On Apr 27, 2019
femi4:
Ogun is not a river. You can only have "river Ogun" or Ogun river translated to Omi Ògùn
Baba Ogun is the name of a river simple. Just like River Nile.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Empressabbie(f): 4:49pm On Apr 27, 2019
dapsy4u2:
Another one.....

Oko - Husband

Oko - Hoe ( farm tool)

Oko - penis

Oko - Stone

O ko - reject it

O ko - packed it

Stop saying what you don't understand. All what you wrote are completely different from each other. Where is your brain?
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Arosko(m): 4:56pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:



OK Sir..... but according to my research..... how do u pronounced "he stab" and "she climb" ?
he/she stab = "o" gun. The "o" is personification which means you are wrong
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by LegalOpinion: 4:59pm On Apr 27, 2019
No wonder that are easily confused. Afonja peoples Republic.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by lexzyg: 5:01pm On Apr 27, 2019
Nice one but it almost 20.
Can't remember others but saw it at Olumo rock in ogun
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I

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Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Slurity(m): 5:04pm On Apr 27, 2019
Oogun (sweat) and not Ogun as you claimed. same as 'O gun ' (climb) and not Ogun as you claimed. Good work though.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by damysamy12(m): 5:04pm On Apr 27, 2019
ogun > sweat ( not agree with that as a Yoruba guy.)
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by opportunities12: 5:07pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I

Not totally in agreement with some of the words here for example Sweat in the true Yoruba translation is "Oògùn"
So also Climb "gun". In a situation where you refer to Ogun as climb, that means it's no longer a single word but two words which should be written separately as "O gun" which means the "O" which is a pronoun for either he/she "gun" MEANING : HE/SHE CLIMBS, HE/SHE CLIMBED

Actually a few of the words there are not single word but double like O gun = he climbed, O gun = he stabbed, O gun = it's long
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Boyooosa(m): 5:08pm On Apr 27, 2019
Those last two no follow, they are phrases not single words...
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Slurity(m): 5:08pm On Apr 27, 2019
Owo (hand) Owo (broom) Owo ( Town ) Owo (respect)

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Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by justmenoni: 5:09pm On Apr 27, 2019
Ogun: Tall
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Nobody: 5:10pm On Apr 27, 2019
Some words are 2 separate words. The list is not as long as that.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Afospecialk: 5:10pm On Apr 27, 2019
Yoruba is the best language apart from Arabic language


IGBA is another word with different meanings

1) Igba - calabash
2) Igba. - 200
3)Igba - season or time
4)Igba- garden egg
5)Igba - rope for climbing palm trees
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by yemiyemi: 5:14pm On Apr 27, 2019
delishpot:
They are not one word and different meaning. In yoruba words have Ami! The Ami changes them and as such they are not one word but 11 different words

You are adding another dimension to the subject, which is Ogun and it forms common factor in the context being analysed...
Yes, when u add ami into each of the Ogun, then u have different meanings to them which had been highlighted through different meanings of Ogun we have...
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by colestephan86: 5:15pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I
Ògùn war
Ogùn medicine
O gun he/she stab
Ogún property

That's how Yoruba words are pronounced,
The sound of the vowels determines the punctuation on them.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by 1stdammy: 5:15pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:



OK Sir..... but according to my research..... how do u pronounced "he stab" and "she climb" ?
"O gun" and not "Ogun"
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by GoodGovernance: 5:16pm On Apr 27, 2019
acounter2:
Yoruba people Will Not Kill Us Sha. just realise this of recent thanks to NYSC.

Ogun:- (medicine)

Ogun:- (charm)

Ogun:- (war)

Ogun:- (State)

Ogun:- (god of iron)

Ogun:- (twenty)

Ogun:- (sweat)

Ogun:- (property)

Ogun:- (climb)

Ogun:- (long)

Only one word, 11 meanings!!
*I

Sweat is Oogun not Ogun.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Olumyyde(m): 5:22pm On Apr 27, 2019
Nice one, but the last two don't follow. They are phrases, not single words. u tried tho.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by trippla01(m): 5:23pm On Apr 27, 2019
Smiles.... You are wrong when it's comes to the real pronounciation of the different meaning and this is due to the sign most of them carries including addition and subtraction of O' and U....
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by delishpot: 5:24pm On Apr 27, 2019
TGM2015:

So we have 6 meanings according to your post, though there might be more meaning but not the cancelled ones.

Only the Ogun in medicine and war sound alike. The rest have different Ami gbolohun which makes them different
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by Reelmii: 5:24pm On Apr 27, 2019
yesloaded:

Not complete sir
Ogun: (Inheritance)
that is what the property stands for
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by delishpot: 5:25pm On Apr 27, 2019
yemiyemi:


You are adding another dimension to the subject, which is Ogun and it forms common factor in the context being analysed...
Yes, when u add ami into each of the Ogun, then u have different meanings to them which had been highlighted through different meanings of Ogun we have...

So they are not naturally spelt the same way if you are writing them in real yoruba.
Re: Ogun: The Only Yoruba Word, With 10 Meanings by femi4: 5:26pm On Apr 27, 2019
Femeto:
Baba Ogun is the name of a river simple. Just like River Nile.
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