gregyboy:


We Benin's dont celebrate oduduwas festival
Ekaladeran was the lost benin Prince name
Not untill after the beni choefs meant him a ruler at ife that the benin called him
Izoduwa( he walked to success)


The oba in the statment made probability that if oromiyan had ruled he would probably be the first oba ,not that he was the first,because he nevered ruled

You no dey shame.

Opiletool:


You no dey shame.

His strongest lies evaporated right before his eyes in the presence of facts and objective scrutiny.

TAO11:


His strongest lies evaporated right before his eyes in the presence of facts and objective scrutiny.

As it has happened times so numerous, but he'd still repeat the same thing, just give him a week. He's a joke.

Opiletool:


As it has happened times so numerous, but he'd still repeat the same thing, just give him a week. He's a joke.

Lol! So true.

TAO11:


Lol! So true.

I applaud your effort in schooling every time though. I also use that opportunity to learn one or two from your wealth of knowledge about the yoruba culture

Opiletool:


I applaud your effort in schooling every time though. I also use that opportunity to learn one or two from your wealth of knowledge about the yoruba culture

My brother, what do I know?

Nothing actually!

TAO11:


My brother, what do I know?

Nothing actually!

Well, I'm learning from that nothing.

Opiletool:


Well, I'm learning from that nothing.

Lol. I'm humbled by your generous description of my ordinary self.


Thank you!

ghostwon:

It is funny that you will tell such a blatant lie and expect anybody to believe you.
Your ancestors had no written language.
Your statement therefor makes no sense.

You are just on a tribalistic quest. Telling lies and trying to decieve in order to defend Yoruba dogmas.

I see you are telling me that I claim oranmiyan never existed with no proof.
Well it is impossible to prove that a fictional character never existed, unless the fictional character has features which are not possible for human beings ( like oduduwa climbing down the sky with an iron chain). The burden of proof is on the person who claims someone existed.

"ghodiduwa was the first man to swim, he was from Lagos, he had three children, they discovered medicine and they spread their knowledge across the region."
I guess the burden of proof is upon the unbeliever ! If you don't believe my story then show proof ghodiduwa never existed !

So Yoruba ancestors had no written inscription ? Lol

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ghostwon:

And you still haven't managed to understand that given that your ancestors couldn't write, your monument is a fraud !

So Yoruba ancestors had no written inscription ? Lol
Kindly read book so that you will be vast. In Ileife,
the Opa Oranmiyan, has written characters on it which many researchers such as Fatunbi,Dennette, Ayo Ogun, Wi Lizz, Siclus, Slideboom , have agreed and it has written character on the staff and inscription of trident (t) in it , which actually pointed to the direction of Yoruba ancestors a point in history had developed some forms of ancient writing that is evident in Ifa corpus (signatures) walls of Oluorogbo, Akire and Obalejugbe Shrines in Ile-Ife.


Note: Don't give yourself headache over Yorubas ancestors achievement in West Africa cum Subsahara Africa.

Did tigers ever roam Africa? If no, then there’s no ways they’ll be named. Ekun should be leopard while Amotekun Cheetah.

The Yoruba adage: Kakaki kiniun se akako ekun, oni kaluku aya se ode re lotooto. The statement describes ekun as inferior to kiniun, which means a lion will never stoop low to eat from a leopard’s kill or remains. They’ll rather hunt separately.


My opinion though. On the fact that there are no facts that Tigers roamed Africa.

What is Bushbaby animal call in Yoruba language?

Oyebanji2500:
What is Bushbaby animal call in Yoruba language?

Egbére

Who knows the English name of this animal please?

Dotmeister:
Who knows the English name of this animal please?

That’s a mongoose called Keke in Yoruba.

Please what is the animal Ajilete called in English?

Pls what is the animal Ofafa called in english

MATBILL10:
Pls what is the animal Ofafa called in english

Hyrax

utchvikky:
Please what is the animal Ajilete called in English?

Do you av a picture of the animal? Post it so I can know what kind it is

Nice one.

Chimasoka:
I just finished preparing this delicious and yummy Ofe Nsala AKA White Soup.

How to Prepare Native Ofe Nsala | White Soup the Native Way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9gDltc1bZU

Ahhhhh.... wrong thread bro, wrong thread. Please don’t post food related stuffs here, this thread deals with animal names in Yoruba and their English meaning.

sammyfrosh:


Ahhhhh.... wrong thread bro, wrong thread. Please don’t post food related stuffs here, this thread deals with animal names in Yoruba and their English meaning.

my guy para once

typicalgamer:



my guy para once

Lol.

The thing wey vex me most nah be say I never chop any meat this week so as the guy take post am e made me have the urge of wanting to eat meaty soup right now.

sammyfrosh:

Lol.

The thing wey vex me most nah be say I never chop any meat this week so as the guy take post am e made me have the urge of wanting to eat meaty soup right now.

you have stake na right just go to your back yard and do a little BBQ

for me we have a lot of red meat in the fridge we're good this period

Just some heads up and updates:

Cheetah= Amotekun/ Òwàwà

Ekun/Ogidan= Leopard (Since it’s native to sub-Saharan Africa and is the animal in the immediate environment with the Yoruba people, not a tiger)

The tiger has no indigenous name in Yoruba. What cannot be found in the culture cannot be found in their language — except coined or loaned words, perhaps.

Linguists must address these misconceptions, especially in the Nigerian educational system — and especially when Yoruba words make international headline news as the name of major security operation such as Operation Àmò̩té̩kùn.

Hyena or Hyaena= ikooko/Koriko

ednut1:
95% of them have all been killed from yoruba land. Shame. There is no tiger in africa so why would yoruba have a name for it

The op made a mistake. Amotekun is the cheetah, while Ekun is the leopard. There is no tiger in Africa. Also, ahonrihon is not alligator, as I don't think there are alligator species in Africa. It is another name for the monitor.

HedwigesMaduro:


The op made a mistake. Amotekun is the cheetah, while Ekun is the leopard. There is no tiger in Africa. Also, ahonrihon is not alligator, as I don't think there are alligator species in Africa. It is another name for the monitor.

Yes bro I made a mistake by mixing the name Amotekun for the leopard.

Yes your right there’s no alligator in Africa. It’s native to America and China so Ahonrihon is monitor lizard

Here’s a little incite on the differences between the name Ekùn and Amotekun:

Amidst the politically charged arguments surrounding Operation Àmò̩té̩kùn, linguists and culture enthusiasts are also weighing in on suppositions surrounding the English translation of àmò̩té̩kùn.

What does the word àmò̩té̩kùn mean?

Linguists have long taken issue with ascribing the name àmò̩té̩kùn interchangeably with the leopard, cheetah and tiger. To disentangle this twist, linguists have carefully investigated the matter from the Yorùbá cultural perspective regarding names and translations.

This Yorùbá proverb lends some insight: “Asárépani bíi àmò̩té̩kùn,” which roughly translates in English as “To kill as fast as an àmò̩té̩kùn,” comparing a person or thing to a fast animal. Well, then, it must be a cheetah, right?

The cheetah is the fastest land animal — even Usain Bolt could not outrun it. The word àmò̩té̩kùn comes from the phrase “ohun tí a mò tó tó e̩kùn,” which loosely translates to “what we know that has attributes of an e̩kùn.”

By these claims, one could conclude àmò̩té̩kùn means cheetah. Nevertheless, some call the cheetah òwàwà — not àmò̩té̩kùn.

But what does e̩kùn actually mean? Is it a cheetah, leopard or tiger?

Some believe e̩kùn is the leopard, native to sub-Saharan Africa, which has a long-standing relationship with Yorùbá people. The proverb “fere bí e̩kùn” which means “as swift as an e̩kùn” speaks to this relationship. A cheetah is faster than a leopard. But is a leopard indeed swifter than a tiger?

Some believe that ekùn refers to a tiger — an animal that actually hails from Asia.

This relationship between e̩kùn and tiger may have emerged from three possibilities: 1. colonization, 2. Western education, or 3. Early Africans’ encounters with the tiger, when British may have imported them to Nigeria during the colonial era.

It is possible that British colonizers may have assigned the meaning of e̩kùn to the tiger because the tiger was more familiar to them as a “fast animal.” There is no way, however, that e̩kùn originally meant “tiger” as this animal is not indigenous to Nigeria.

Some say that the word tiger is ògìdán, but this is most likely an oríkì (“praise name”) derived from the song:

Ògìdán ò ní se barber k’ájá dé’bè lo ge’run, ìpòrí ajá ò gbódò b’é̩kùnní bùbá.
Ògìdán will not become a barber, the dogs will not go there to cut their hair — no dog dare enter the territory of the e̩kùn.
This proverb, a mix of English and Yorùbá words, uses the English word “barber,” meaning that the song was likely composed during or after British colonial rule. Perhaps, that is when the idea arose that e̩kùn and ogìdán both mean “tiger.”

Another Yorùbá saying goes: “Ògìdán olólà ‘jù, akomonílà láì l’óbe” or “Ògìdán, a prominent forest animal, gives marks to it cubs without using a knife,” — referring to its sharp claws. This proverb affirms that Yorùbá people are most conversant with the leopard — the animal in their immediate environment and therefore, ogidan also means leopard, not a tiger or cheetah.

If leopard is e̩kùn, we can safely agree that cheetah is àmò̩té̩kùn.

Both have similar skins, compared with the tiger. The leopard has circular dotted spots; the cheetah also has dotted spots whereas the tiger has stripes. The face of the leopard and cheetah also bear some resemblance.

Cheetah is not owawa, owawa belongs to the group of dog and not cat.

Good job sir � please sir, what is Uki in English language?