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Post by oduabachanal on Feb 15, 2016 21:45:36 GMT
Akata originated from where Sir? Please enlighten us.
Omo Akin, you are the bomb. Fi'le.........Fi'le don't touch it. D'Banj's slang has gone viral. Nagere/Nagede....Ma Lo Nogere, ma lo dull/slow. Ori......Ori e wanbe, your head is there. Dami duro.....Ema da mi duro. Almost every non-Yoruba knows the meaning. There was a debate about it on one yahoo forum years ago. The yoruba word for cotton picker is ikata but the akata used for Black americans means a wild beast( or something of that nature), which translates directly to a Ghanaian word of the same meaning. The Ghana folks present in the debate claimed the term came from them and It originated around the 60s/70s. They didn't deny it at all.
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Post by Merchantt on Feb 15, 2016 21:58:09 GMT
Akata originated from where Sir? Please enlighten us.
Omo Akin, you are the bomb. Fi'le.........Fi'le don't touch it. D'Banj's slang has gone viral. Nagere/Nagede....Ma Lo Nogere, ma lo dull/slow. Ori......Ori e wanbe, your head is there. Dami duro.....Ema da mi duro. Almost every non-Yoruba knows the meaning. There was a debate about it on one yahoo forum years ago. The yoruba word for cotton picker is ikata but the akata used for Black americans means a wild beast( or something of that nature), which translates directly to a Ghanaian word of the same meaning. The Ghana folks present in the debate claimed the term came from them and It originated around the 60s/70s. They didn't deny it at all. Thanks Sir.
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Feb 15, 2016 22:28:41 GMT
Akata originated from where Sir? Please enlighten us.
Omo Akin, you are the bomb. Fi'le.........Fi'le don't touch it. D'Banj's slang has gone viral. Nagere/Nagede....Ma Lo Nogere, ma lo dull/slow. Ori......Ori e wanbe, your head is there. Dami duro.....Ema da mi duro. Almost every non-Yoruba knows the meaning. There was a debate about it on one yahoo forum years ago. The yoruba word for cotton picker is ikata but the akata used for Black americans means a wild beast( or something of that nature), which translates directly to a Ghanaian word of the same meaning. The Ghana folks present in the debate claimed the term came from them and It originated around the 60s/70s. They didn't deny it at all. it is a Yoruba word o.... Which Ghanaian said they own it?
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Post by oduabachanal on Feb 16, 2016 0:31:42 GMT
There was a debate about it on one yahoo forum years ago. The yoruba word for cotton picker is ikata but the akata used for Black americans means a wild beast( or something of that nature), which translates directly to a Ghanaian word of the same meaning. The Ghana folks present in the debate claimed the term came from them and It originated around the 60s/70s. They didn't deny it at all. it is a Yoruba word o.... Which Ghanaian said they own it? The Akata we are talking about is the derogatory word used against black americans, by West Africans mostly from Nigeria and Ghana. The Ghana translation gives the meaning of a wild beast and those Ghanaians were adamant that they introduced the word. The translation from Ajayi crowther's work does not sound degrading one bit plus a lot of Yorubas don't even use this term at all. I found this link online written by an Ibo, which is another twist to the whole akata term. I tire for this people.... LINK
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Feb 16, 2016 0:50:42 GMT
it is a Yoruba word o.... Which Ghanaian said they own it? The Akata we are talking about is the derogatory word used against black americans, by West Africans mostly from Nigeria and Ghana. The Ghana translation gives the meaning of a wild beast and those Ghanaians were adamant that they introduced the word. The translation from Ajayi crowther's work does not sound degrading one bit plus a lot of Yorubas don't even use this term at all. I found this link online written by an Ibo, which is another twist to the whole akata term. I tire for this people.... LINKMany words do not become degrading because they sound degrading, but based on how they are used. Take for example Malla and Aboki used by Yorubas or Southerners in General t describe Northerners is not denigrating in itself, but it is used in a disparaging way, hence the word takes on a new meaning. Ajayi crowther's description for it sounds apt because someone working in a plantation in the fields of the southern USA would need to cover themselves and shield from the elements. That description from that Igbo guy does not even make sense.....lol, just trying to twist the goddam meaning.
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Feb 16, 2016 0:58:40 GMT
The Akata we are talking about is the derogatory word used against black americans, by West Africans mostly from Nigeria and Ghana. The Ghana translation gives the meaning of a wild beast and those Ghanaians were adamant that they introduced the word. The translation from Ajayi crowther's work does not sound degrading one bit plus a lot of Yorubas don't even use this term at all. I found this link online written by an Ibo, which is another twist to the whole akata term. I tire for this people.... LINKMany words do not become degrading because they sound degrading, but based on how they are used. Take for example Malla and Aboki used by Yorubas or Southerners in General t describe Northerners is not denigrating in itself, but it is used in a disparaging way, hence the word takes on a new meaning. Ajayi crowther's description for it sounds apt because someone working in a plantation in the fields of the southern USA would need to cover themselves and shield from the elements. That description from that Igbo guy does not even make sense.....lol, just trying to twist the goddam meaning. Anyways, that was Ajayi Crowther's definition of the word. However In 1913, "The Dictionary of the Yoruba Language" translated akata to mean panther, which is a kind of wild cat see a more apt description here: So basically, Ologbo is a domesticated cat, while Akata is a wild Rabid cat....Lmao.
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Post by oduabachanal on Feb 17, 2016 22:32:23 GMT
Many words do not become degrading because they sound degrading, but based on how they are used. Take for example Malla and Aboki used by Yorubas or Southerners in General t describe Northerners is not denigrating in itself, but it is used in a disparaging way, hence the word takes on a new meaning. Ajayi crowther's description for it sounds apt because someone working in a plantation in the fields of the southern USA would need to cover themselves and shield from the elements. That description from that Igbo guy does not even make sense.....lol, just trying to twist the goddam meaning. Anyways, that was Ajayi Crowther's definition of the word. However In 1913, "The Dictionary of the Yoruba Language" translated akata to mean panther, which is a kind of wild cat see a more apt description here: So basically, Ologbo is a domesticated cat, while Akata is a wild Rabid cat....Lmao. So much confusion.
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Post by olukumi on Feb 19, 2016 12:02:00 GMT
Kini - Valentine kini? Gbogbo - Gbogbo everything
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Post by Honorebu on Feb 19, 2016 12:49:34 GMT
We had a very serious debate concerning the meaning of Akata on NL but I later settled for Jackal. In this dictionary here, they refered to "Ajako" for "Akata" which means jackal Before someone comes with translations for other animals Wolf is Ikoriko
Kolokolo-Fox
Leopard/Tiger- Ekun
Hyena -Ikoko
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Post by osoronga on Feb 19, 2016 23:41:15 GMT
Sha : I don't speak pidgin sha
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Post by olukumi on Feb 20, 2016 0:27:47 GMT
Ponmo - look at his Ponmo lips
Ehen - ehen, you don't mean it?
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Feb 20, 2016 5:12:55 GMT
We had a very serious debate concerning the meaning of Akata on NL but I later settled for Jackal. In this dictionary here, they refered to "Ajako" for "Akata" which means jackal Before someone comes with translations for other animals Wolf is Ikoriko
Kolokolo-Fox
Leopard/Tiger- Ekun
Hyena -IkokoI think Wolf is simply Ikoko, not Ikoriko.
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Post by olukumi on Feb 20, 2016 16:18:45 GMT
Tokunbo - omo, I just buy one clean Tokunbo car Wo - Wo let me do it jo
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Post by olukumi on Apr 15, 2016 19:41:30 GMT
Odeku Ogogoro Mumu Kilode
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Post by olukumi on Apr 20, 2016 11:49:00 GMT
Yeye - yeye dey smell Ogbeni
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