Using OWA which means house

Elemi - inside
Elemowa - room

Ake - food
Owake - kitchen

Owẹna - learning
Owo owẹna - school

Ebe- books
Owebe - library

Ana - prayer
Owana - mosque

Amẹ - water
Owamẹ - toilet / bathroom

Ogie - king, chief
Ogiowa - sitting room, parlour, main room

ẸZọ - argument, case
Owẹzọ - court

Using Ogie which means king, chief

Owa - house
Ogiowa - sitting room

Amẹ - water
Ogie n'amẹ - minister for water

Eta - discussion
Ogie n'eta - minister for information

Owẹna - education
Ogie n'owẹna - minister for education

Igho - money
Ogie n'igho - minster of finance

Odẹ - road
Edẹ - roads
Ogie n'edẹ - minister of roads

Gbe - beat, hit, strike, kill
Igbemi - beating, hitting
Ugbe - missile (something that strikes)
Ọgbe - beater, hitter e.g ọgbe mẹ (My beater, killer)
N.B - gbe is probably the most commonly used word in Edo languages. It is used in a variety of combinations to give different meanings.

Kemi - share
Ikemi - sharing.
Okemi - sharer

Ẹzọ - argument
Gu ẹzọ - argue
Iguẹzọ - the act of arguing
Ọguẹzọ - lawyer

Oki - market
Eki - markets
Do - sell
Ọduoki - trader
Eki idomi - seller

Dẹ - buy
Idẹmi - buying
Adẹ - buyer
Dẹnọ - to shop (buy a lot)
Idẹnọ - shopping
Ọdẹnọ-dẹnọ - shopaholic

Zẹ - choose, select
Izẹmi - selection
Azẹ - election
Ọnazẹ - the elected

Gia - to laugh
Egia - laughter
Igiami - act of laughing
Gbe egia - to make one laugh
Ọgbegia- comedian

Kẹkẹ - write
Ikẹkẹ - writing, article, font
Ikẹkẹ obọ - handwriting
Ukẹkẹ - pen, biro
Ọkẹkẹ ebe - book writer, author

Nyalu - call
Inyalu - a call
Ọnyalu - caller (someone who calls)
Unyale - caller (i.e phone) (something that calls)

Khakha - dry
Ikhakha - act of drying
Akhakha - drier i.e sieve


Chi - to pull, drag
Ebe - leaf
Chebe - to smoke weed
Ichebe - weed smoking
Achebe - weed smoker

Lolo - count
Ilolo - counting
Ulolo - counter

Kalọ - calculate
Ikalọ - calculating
Ukalọ - calculator

Kpẹsẹ - to put under
Ukpẹsẹ - pillow

Bọla - play
Ibọla - playing, show, sports

Fi - throw, play (a game)
Ufi - a game

Yẹ - to please
Ọyẹ - one who pleases (i.e love)
Uyẹ - love

Whats the meaning of udukpa?

Udukpa!!! Is used as an exclamation when something silly or unexpected happen. The real meaning is "big/ srrong vagina!!" Loll. It's dirty i know
Ukpa - vagina
Udo - stone

Like uduso (big/strong head)
Usomi/ukomi - head
Udo - stone.

Other exclamations in etsakọ are;
Eekuooo!!!
Yee eh!!
Eeh oh!!

mikhe2:
Whats the meaning of udukpa?

hurrycayne:
Udukpa!!! Is used as an exclamation when something silly or unexpected happen. The real meaning is "big/ srrong vagina!!" Loll. It's dirty i know
Ukpa - vagina
Udo - stone

Like uduso (big/strong head)
Usomi/ukomi - head
Udo - stone.

Other exclamations in etsakọ are;
Eekuooo!!!
Yee eh!!
Eeh oh!!

okpotor-egeh

Forming words by combining of one or more words (as in German and Chinese)

Rọ - carry
Gbanọ - tie, hold around
Udu - heart

Irobọgbanudu - patience (putting the hands around the heart)

Rọ - carry
Odẹ - way
Kasẹ - show

Irodẹkasẹ - guidance

Nyie / mie - collect
Suọ - listen

Nyiesuọ - believe, accept

Kpẹsẹ - to put under
Egbe - body, self
Abọ - hands

IKpẹsegbe - humility
Ikpẹsabọ - begging

Kpakpa - disturb, worry
IKpakpegbe - anxiety

To - hurt, pain
Mẹ - mẹ

Otomẹgbe - annoying

Eda - up
Iregbejeda - pride

Lẹ- know
Lu- do
Ọlẹlu - one who does well

Ku-drive
Ọvhia-loneliness, boredom
Ọkumọvhia - one who drives away boredom i.e companion

Bino- check
Yẹsẹ -know
Kiẹ[li] - dó
Abinokiẹ - model (check and do)
Abinoyẹsẹ - example (check and know)

And many more.
NB- some words may be different depending on the dialect.

What part of Afemai are you from?

mikhe2:
okpotor-egeh

hurrycayne:
What part of Afemai are you from?

Apana Uzairue in Etsako west

That's very close to my place. I'm from North Ibie (imiegba). Our dialects are somehow different sha

mikhe2:
Apana Uzairue in Etsako west

hurrycayne:
That's very close to my place. I'm from North Ibie (imiegba). Our dialects are somehow different sha

wow. Na my villag dem dey pass go there. Anyway you are right. Our dialects is different in a way.

Whats my love in ibie please

Nice

Continue.. I am. Enjoying this.. It seems there are some similar ones in etsako and Benin language.. Why?

babyfaceafrica:
Continue.. I am. Enjoying this.. It seems there are some similar ones in etsako and Benin language.. Why?

Common roots. They both descend from the same parent language.

RedboneSmith:


Common roots. They both descend from the same parent language.

thanks... What is d parent language

babyfaceafrica:
thanks... What is d parent language

Extinct.

It's only in extremely rare cases that parent languages survive alongside the daughter languages they gave rise to. Eg, Latin surviving (mostly in Catholic liturgy) alongside its daughter languages Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.

RedboneSmith:


Extinct.

It's only in extremely rare cases that parent languages survive alongside the daughter languages they gave rise to. Eg, Latin surviving (mostly in Catholic liturgy) alongside its daughter languages Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, et.

Gracias

Amare means food in auchi
Abe-how are you

babyfaceafrica:
Continue.. I am. Enjoying this.. It seems there are some similar ones in etsako and Benin language.. Why?

because they were once Benin people but later migrated but we are still Edo.

Igbosmoker:
because they were once Benin people but later migrated but we are still Edo.

do you have proof for this sir?

babyfaceafrica:
do you have proof for this sir?

are you even from Edo state? everyone from Edo state knows their history.

Let me follow this thread,wanting to learn my mum language,but it has always been difficult and the worst part of it is that my hobby to be is from Apana,so I don't have choice than to learn estakor.

Idiataqueen:
Let me follow this thread,wanting to learn my mum language,but it has always been difficult and the worst part of it is that my hobby to be is from Apana,so I don't have choice than to learn estakor.

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