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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:22pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
FutureIG:Yup or deer. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:23pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
sholay2011:Lolz |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:23pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
ignis:It’s on the list. It’s a leopard |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:24pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
imam07:Because hawks is a forest raptor while kite is the one that steals chicks which yorubas called Asa. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by KangaIye: 4:24pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
NigeriaBam: Toad......... Kanka Frog........ Opolo 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 4:25pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
ednut1: The fact that there are no tigers in Africa doesn't mean our forefathers were not aware of its existence. Come on! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:26pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
IJOBA2:Amotekun is different from Alangba A leopard is Amotekun While alangba is an Agama lizard 1 Like
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Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Clashy(m): 4:26pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
shellsea:the fact is we have several species of this bird. The one that best describe the eagle is AWODI not commonly seen and very terible. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:28pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
imam07:I think it’s pronounced oni. I don’t really know about Akurakuda but since it sounds like how one pronounced a Crocodile I always have the impression of it being a Crocodile. Also a Whale is Erinmilokun. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Donaldoni: 4:28pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
snazzy5050: It is Bini that borrowed the words from Yoruba... Their pronunciation is clearly alien to Bini. 3 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by AgentNairaland(f): 4:29pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
What's Yoruba name for that animal in ASO ROCK Called BUBU?? |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:30pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Lokospirit: Thanks have been corrected on that. I think Whale is Erinmilokun and croc is Akurakuda. 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:32pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
W3xy1:Ekun was originally a name for the leopard but can be substituted when referring to a tiger too. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by MetaPhysical: 4:33pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Very nice thread. OP, thanks! 2 Likes |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:35pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Bjergtrolde:Yes they aren’t native to Africa and Ekùn was the name for the leopard but since people got to know about tigers and because it has no name in Yoruba language, people started referring it to as Ekùn since it behaves similarly to the leopard. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:36pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
loveliveshere:Wrong it’s the other way around. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:37pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
sammyfrosh: Thanks for this 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:38pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
backnbeta:Thanks I made a mistake in writing “oni” as ooni. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by FASH23(m): 4:38pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
I thought Aganrere is Unicorn |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Clashy(m): 4:39pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
sammyfrosh:OGIDAN IS JAGUAR,TIGER=EKUN,AWODI=EAGLE,ASA=HAWK |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:40pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
brashear: It’s also called Antaa too so your not wrong calling it such. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Ritchiee: 4:40pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
AmazingELixir: Afonja is the name of the founder of Ilorin. ..(war camp). What about OSU? 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:42pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
farem:I think ikamudu might be stinking bug in English don’t really know too. 1 Like |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:43pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
farem:Sorry I made a mistake when writing that. Thanks for correcting me. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:44pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
salford1:It’s actually a name for the leopard but can also be used for other members of the cats family like tigers. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Adufeamos: 4:45pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
I only Sight ALMIGHTY AMOTEKUN.... LEOPARD for this List.....lol. Amotekun has come to stay 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:45pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
maclatunji:Here it’s corrected. Opolo= toad Konko or Akee/Akeere= Frog (the edible ones) |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:46pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Bakrabas:Very funny name oo |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:47pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
Liposure:Can you show me the pictures of such animal? |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:48pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
daspeaker:Is a leopard. |
Re: Animals Names In Yoruba And Their English Meaning by Nobody: 4:49pm On Feb 16, 2020 |
fredoooooo: Mo koyiii mo ra 1 Like |
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