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Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 11:26am On Dec 07, 2017 |
Dear FL, So bad I couldnt get back to you. Pls accept my apology. If I come across any helpful material on this subject I wont hesitate tp forward it to you. Mifon dagbe. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by jmoes(m): 12:58am On Jan 31, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:please recommend good fon gospel singers and good musicians for me. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 4:41pm On Feb 05, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:good day..I will like to do.my project topic on fon-gbe,toli-gbe or alade-gbe grammar..I will like you to give any assistance you can since you speak the language well |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 5:22pm On Feb 05, 2018 |
semasir:please Sir I need your help on egun language |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by semasir: 4:45pm On Feb 07, 2018 |
How please? babyfaceafrica: |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 5:04pm On Feb 07, 2018 |
semasir:I will like to work on the language as my masters thesis...I don't know how you can help me..since you speak and can write it well |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 10:10am On Feb 16, 2018 |
babyfaceafrica: Hmm, you have to go to Ado-Odo villages, or better still badagry. There is a lot to learn first hand. Earlier in 2000, I went to my family at Ado to learn as much as I can about my mother tonge from my ant who is an initiate (learned) in the tori and now a christian. There is a lot to learn if you are ready to mingle with the people and fraternize with them. To be thorough, you have to do the legwork. That's all I can say. Meanwhile, I'm not familiar with the Alada alphabets and how to write it, my families were from former Egbado south local government and Yoruba is their curricular language at school. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 11:22am On Feb 16, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:thanks...Writing should not be an issue for me..my main problem is getting someone who speak it well....thanks |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 11:20am On Mar 28, 2018 |
I remember a joke of some sort. During the last National ID card provision exercise in the OBJ days as President of the feral republic, some Yoruba youths were posted to Idolehin village for the enumeration exercise. Mind you, the place is populated by Egun indigin of the environment. One by one they filed their names, but those present had a funny experience between a Yoruba agent and an egun citizen. Agent: ''whats your name? Respondent ''Hunfesuku'' Agent: Ofesuku? Respondent: Nfan HUNFESUKU! Agent: ''No problem, when you hear ofeofesuku, just know that that's your ID they are referring to.'' We often use this as comic relief among us in the village back then. but when you look critically at the name of that fellow, although not her real name but one that comes once one has been initiated to the clan's cult, it portrays an amalgam of Yoruba and Fon. Hun~disciple Fe~ (Yoruba) delights in Suku~(Yoruba) school. What this name means is that traditional education delights in scholastic education. School in egun language is pronounced 'Wayhormeh' |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 11:21am On Mar 28, 2018 |
babyfaceafrica: Alright, I'll see what I can do about that. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 12:18am On Mar 29, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:grateful..hope you in Lagos? |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 10:05am On Apr 17, 2018 |
babyfaceafrica: Yes. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 11:45am On Apr 17, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:how can we see..maybe you can be my informant..if you are chances |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 10:01am On Apr 21, 2018 |
babyfaceafrica: well it is possible but it would be when I'm not too busy as I am now. Meanwhile I'll be relocating back to Ado next year, at least to contribute my quota to the communal growth and also to learn new aspects of life. Maybe we'll meet there. 1 Like |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 1:58pm On Apr 21, 2018 |
absoluteSuccess:chai!!!....so no free chance at all....wish you well |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 3:36pm On Apr 21, 2018 |
babyfaceafrica: Pls, so sorry I cant help for now. Hope you understand. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by brainb0xx(m): 12:17am On Jun 01, 2018 |
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Re: Sweet Egun Names by brainb0xx(m): 12:56am On Jun 01, 2018 |
LordGabby1: I have a friend who’s Egun tribe.. She has a native name that starts with letter “S”.. I’ve asked her to tell me several times.. but she won’t.. she only gave me a clue and said I should figure out the rest.. well she thinks I can’t but I wanna prove her wrong... She said the meaning to the name is “Whatever belongs home will surely come home”... Please what name starts with letter “S” that carries this meaning.. thank you!!! |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 11:33am On Jul 14, 2018 |
brainb0xx: There are different dialects in egun, fyi. but in my dialect (tori) I will roughly put it this way, Sin-sinu-ma-den-sin, or sinmeh-nu-ma-den-sinmeh, meaning "home-things-stay-close-to-the-home". So, the abbreviation to this would be "Sinsinu", if I'm right. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Berty1: 7:35pm On Oct 04, 2018 |
absolutesuccess, can you please educate me? I am a Ghanaian.But these egun names have same spellings as some ewe names. I really want to know if the ewe language and egun language are same. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by babyfaceafrica: 9:04pm On Oct 04, 2018 |
Berty1:they have related language families.... you need to read aboh 2010 thesis on GBE languages.. fongbe,ewegbe,toligbe are very related .they are not the same though..just same family Ewe ( Èʋe or Èʋegbe [èβeɡ͡be] )[5] is a Niger–Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana by approximately 6–7 million people as either the first or second language. [6] Ewe is part of a cluster of related languages commonly called Gbe ; the other major Gbe language is Fon of Benin. source :Wikipedia . 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 2:35pm On Oct 07, 2018 |
Berty1: They are of the same origin, many of the words are shared even in Yoruba language that is different from this cluster to some extent. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by NamelessOGBENI(m): 9:50am On Mar 11, 2020 |
semasir:Baba, I know it's a bit off-colour but this link ain't working any longer. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by semasir: 11:18pm On Mar 12, 2020 |
The platform has been offline for about 2 years now. I'll see on reviving it back. Thank you NamelessOGBENI: 1 Like |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by NamelessOGBENI(m): 11:21pm On Mar 12, 2020 |
semasir:Noted. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by semasir: 11:26pm On Mar 12, 2020 |
Thanks for following up. You need any information via the platform? NamelessOGBENI: |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by NamelessOGBENI(m): 11:50pm On Mar 12, 2020 |
semasir:I've been away from home for like ages I felt brushing up on my knowledge will not be a bad idea. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 10:11am On Mar 24, 2020 |
semasir: Ajimevi, Ezon zan, owe awe mai pede. Jale bomi bo kan yinko yoyo devo tho ehe ji, nitho supo do fie. Enayon nawe. Sinmenu le? |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by semasir: 5:18pm On Mar 24, 2020 |
absoluteSuccess: |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 5:54pm On Mar 24, 2020 |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by Mideani: 8:17pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Please can you tell me the meaning of “Dehumo”. |
Re: Sweet Egun Names by absoluteSuccess: 11:01pm On Dec 29, 2020 |
Mideani: I'm interpreting dhe hu mo, meaning "tougher than road" But if you are Yoruba, chances are that you missed the intricacies of the language through pronunciation. Dhenhumo, farther than the road can lead. |
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