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The Omoluwabi concept is an adjectival Yoruba phrase, which has the words - "Omo + ti + Olu-iwa + bi" as its components. Literally translated and taken separately, omo means 'child', ti means 'that or which', Olu-iwa meaning the chief or master of Iwa (character), bi means 'born'. When combined, Omoluabi translates as "the child begotten by the ...
Omodiagbe is a combination of three different words in the Esan dialect (language). The three words are: “ Omo” - meaning “child” “ dia” - meaning “to straighten” “ Ogbe” - meaning “clan” or “family” The name Omodiagbe reflects the importance of children in societies and families.
Omoba, or Oba, derived from the Yoruba language word meaning king, is a pre-nominal honorific used by kings in the Yoruba Kingdom and later adopted by kings in Benin Kingdom. Omoba may also refer to: Omoba, Abia, a town in Isiala Ngwa South, Abia State, Nigeria; D'Prince (born 1986), or Omoba, Nigerian singer
Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a variety of English spoken in Nigeria. [1] Based on British and American English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).
The Omotic languages are a group of languages spoken in southwestern Ethiopia, in the Omo River region and southeastern Sudan in Blue Nile State. The Geʽez script is used to write some of the Omotic languages, the Latin script for some others. They are fairly agglutinative and have complex tonal systems (for example, the Bench language).
Nigerian Pidgin, also known simply as Pidgin or Broken (Broken English) or as Naijá in scholarship, is an English-based creole language spoken as a lingua franca across Nigeria. The language is sometimes referred to as Pijin or Vernacular .
Omo Baba Olowo (Yoruba: Son of a Rich Man) is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Davido. [2] It was released by HKN Music on July 17, 2012, and is a mixture of Afrobeats and hip hop . [ 1 ] The album was produced by Jay Sleek, Maleek Berry , GospelOnDeBeatz, Spellz , Dokta Frabz, Mr. Chidoo, Theory Soundz and Shizzi .
gumbo – from Bantu Kongo languages ngombo meaning "okra" hakuna matata – from Swahili, "no trouble" or "no worries" impala – from Zulu im-pala; impi – from Zulu language meaning "war, battle or a regiment" indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – "stories" or "news" typically conflated with "meeting" (often used in South African English)