MOST COMMON YORUBA INSULTS! || Let's Learn Yoruba!

[@DiamanteBox]

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[@Jiiioooooo]

It’s very telling that the first words I understood from my childhood are insults and commands

[@DiamanteBox]

Woow...tbf it's often the first words a lot of people understand especially non yorubas

[@Konnekted2Much]

Arent those everybodies first words XD

[@713-v8y]

thats how nigerians always talk lmao

[@Aijayyy]

😂😂same my fist Yoruba word was an insult😂😂

[@Mamagr5l66]

Yeah i learned curses in Spanish first from my ma

[@lilliepaul3937]

Girl you just taught me alot. I watched alot alot of African movies and in love with the culture. The culture is similar to mine and wanted to learn a few words so I can learn a bit more. Hope to visit Nigeria someday.

[@imadijat2763]

I am so happy that I found your challenge. I am Nigerian, half Yoruba half Egbo . Both my parents speak Yoruba. I don’t know Yoruba do to life situations. After watching this video I am most definitely sure I have been called these things. This is why I desperately want to learn Yoruba! I need to learn Yoruba

[@DiamanteBox]

It’s never too late to learn! I’m sure you’ll be able to pick yoruba up!

[@aaronkudray2368]

She is so nice. Edit: Thanks for liking Diamante!

[@kennetherickson2391]

I'm using this video in a graduate class b/c it's so much fun and helpful.

[@DiamanteBox]

💃🏽💃🏽

[@godspirate6250]

i said the first word out loud and my Nigerian wife went nuts! Gotta learn to silence my teachings...lol.

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂

[@lifeaslonnyv9392]

what does it mean?

[@godspirate6250]

@@lifeaslonnyv9392 She said that i put a bad curse on her, that this should NEVER be said. I never had her upset until I said it, but I dropped that conversation REAL fast.

[@godspirate6250]

@@lifeaslonnyv9392 the person is finished, something is wrong with their head. A BIG curse, daft. My wife is upset now because I asked her again for you. It's an insult, cussing you. She said it's the most terrible.

[@monanna7469]

Video started 2:45

[@jemts5586]

Yes! Will use these only for self defense, lol 😂, though they weren't that bad..you really don't like to be mean to people! 👍👏👏 Thanks for making the video!

[@DiamanteBox]

Loool it was sooo hard!! Couldn't imagine saying worse ones loool but please oo only for self defense haha

[@theprincessaviela5475]

@@DiamanteBox oloriburuku can be a curse depending on the happenings it could mean an unfortunate person

[@DiamanteBox]

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[@mamiguite1878]

Meaning of o poo

[@bernsexton]

I also try not to insult and my parents rarely cuss or use vulgar language so I can relate! Love you, Blessings! -Bern

[@polomcquirter2184]

thanks you so much for the videos it means the word to me we love for you being you

[@DiamanteBox]

Thank you so much for your support!!

[@SylviaSamkingSK]

Thank you very much for helping me sis curse my extremely ex-motherinlaw to return all she done to me , my tribes families, families, ex-inlaws families, ex-families friends, old friends, any others of friends i cannot remember of past, it is written do unto others as you would like unto yourselves what God cannot do does exist. Amen.

[@DiamanteBox]

😢

[@proverbalizer]

I have a couple lesson requests: More with verbs, especially how do you say things in different tenses (past, present, future etc.) And a lesson on conjunctions and all types of little connecting words such as, and, or, if, but, however, because, so, when, which, that, who, to, for...etc.

[@DiamanteBox]

Definitely!!

[@alyona9241]

Yes, please make some lessons on the tenses of the verb, darling! Abegi! 🙏😃

[@Bendecida1111]

Thank you for this. Also subscribed

[@13raquin]

❤ your alfit! Intriguing Blessings

[@_maude]

This video was useful for dealing with scammers who speak Yoruba though

[@xay5411]

I will do everything you said thx very much

[@DiamanteBox]

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[@abnasifa]

Koni dafu e 😂😂😂the insult is just so sweet, especially when it is said aggressively😂

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂

[@akinlosotumotunrayo463]

I just downloaded this ... And I subscribed..😂😁😀

[@lucmanereme2304]

do you have wasap

[@nyadoarreath8787]

I’m here to learn cuss words to cuss out some scammers

[@DiamanteBox]

lool

[@EbonyCharisma]

I thought Aje is a day of the week. I love Yoruba but whew 😅making sure to say things right is a huge must

[@DiamanteBox]

Haha yeah, its incredibly hard but Ah-jay is what you're thinking of which is fortune and half of the word for monday. This is Aje which is Witch (Ah-jeh)

[@EbonyCharisma]

@@DiamanteBox haha! Just asked my husband how to say “ the Monday witch” I am literally laughing.

[@Beastofelkabulan]

I'm from South Africa and would like to learn more about Olodumare

[@gabo.4355]

Blessings, are you still doing tutorials or you finished all the Yoruba we need to know?

[@DiamanteBox]

Haha I'll still be back!

[@TaylorsHandle]

Thanks for the insider sis!

[@DiamanteBox]

I got you!! Haha x

[@hikmah]

That was great! Thanks for sharing love 💘💘💘

[@simp1eone]

As a Ghanaian who speaks 5 Ghanaian languages and currently learning yoruba and kiswahili, I'm excited with this lesson. I promise I won't use it. Except Oloriburuku and Werey🤣

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂

[@friedchicken892]

How are you learning Yoruba?

[@OsheyBaddest]

Wowwww 5 that’s empressive

[@luppymendonca7070]

Proud to be Aje 😆

[@MrWARGODS]

How do you pronounce aiku and aie and can you do a video on short words that looks like it’s two words in stead of one

[@DiamanteBox]

Aiku as in alive? = I-KOO Aie = AH-YAY

[@dimenizzle]

Thanks

[@angelhuertazuela2425]

Lol.... Love this... Thanks... Hope to learn more...

[@DiamanteBox]

Haha Thank you!!

[@kassuere]

"Ki lo mo se fu win?...Oloriburuku' 😂😂😂😂I said that to a Yoruba friend of mine who was mocking me...he started laughing and asked me where I learned that from.!😂😂😂😂

[@loveleigh3356]

Alban Kassuere LoL

[@DiamanteBox]

Lool

[@blkqueen5471]

Yes!

[@robertovolpi]

I am lucky: in Nigeria I have learned only sweet words like ife mi and ololufe.

[@DiamanteBox]

Aww that’s great!

[@alabenunjara2603]

Even in yoruba the insult are respectful comparad with western languages

[@DiamanteBox]

Haha that is true!

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

I've never been insulted by any Nigerian (or at least I thought since I don't understand the language anyway 😆) .. All I got from them are positivity and good vibes in my experience .. And oh, Jollof rice .. Oh yes !! 😃😋

[@fredrickmonette3324]

Thanks 😘

[@bernsexton]

Blessings, it’s so funny because the way they sound is exactly what they mean ❤️❤️❤️

[@Konnekted2Much]

I love insults;-;-;-; I can't wait to learn this

[@AayeCreates]

💞👍🏽✍🏽💯 thank you 🙏🏽

[@DiamanteBox]

Ko to pe!

[@solamander]

My cousin once called me solomakinde and he got in trouble for it. We both don’t know what it means

[@DiamanteBox]

Solo makinde is a gossip i believe

[@nondumisokunene9279]

What's the meaning of ashawo? Thanks

[@DiamanteBox]

prostitute

[@bernsexton]

I had an idea but learned a lot. Our “dirty” word is kalakas ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤

[@DiamanteBox]

Ohh what does it mean.

[@bernsexton]

@@DiamanteBox kalakas in Chamorro just means your are dirty. Like maybe you have to wipe your butt or something like that .... we say “eeee kalakas” like to go and take a shower 😅🖤♥️🪴🌊

[@qsmusic3239]

What is ya were meaning

[@DiamanteBox]

Become mad

[@bellagold35]

What the meaning of omoro

[@Ayoola12]

you are the best

[@DiamanteBox]

Thank you!

[@sassyb5334]

Starts at 2:38

[@Heisdivera]

Thank you

[@bernsexton]

Love love love you ... everything ♥️

[@mrsoready]

I am noticing that some of the insults deal with ppl not being able to make smart decisions, or have the intelligence or good sense. Sounds like my Southern American upbringing. Can I say that Yoruba ppl value common sense, intelligence and decency?

[@DiamanteBox]

Haha that is definitely true

[@alfabili3148]

Onisekuse many times referred to ladies who have sex around.

[@alfabili3148]

I don’t think Amebo is Yoruba.

[@peaceedetmiracle808]

Who else is from 2019

[@medinarahman1943]

What if someone calls you an Eja or lists it in their phone before your name? What does that mean?

[@DiamanteBox]

You would need more context to make a proper judgement call, its probably not a good thing though. It might suggest that they view you as more casual or don't have long term intentions for you BUT I DON'T KNOW LOL, take it with a grain of salt, it might not be an issue

[@alyona9241]

Darling, I love your lessons so much! ☺The deeper I go into the fabulous Yoruba language, the more exciting it gets! 😇 You have been doing a fantastic job. Eku se! 😃 But can I get to know your real name? I mean the Yoruba name. Because Diamante Box just can't be good enough to me, you know... Lol. It's really important for me to know the name of the person I like and admire! Ki ni oruko re? 😀

[@DiamanteBox]

I’m so glad the videos are helpful! My name is Blessing or Ibukun

[@alyona9241]

@@DiamanteBox Nice to hear your name, oluko mi Ibukun! Ose gan! ☺😊

[@israelagape4949]

I really love it when Nigerians say....... Ah-Ah!!!

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂

[@bukunmio2338]

My mom would always call me ode as a joke 💀

[@goodnessokeke4815]

What is ahiere?

[@DiamanteBox]

Asiere? Mad person

[@marthadutka9881]

Oloriburuku😂😭

[@Chinonsopbeauty]

How do you say ugly in Yoruba

[@DiamanteBox]

Burewa

[@robertbrockmann7576]

Aje means in the italien lanagua pain.

[@aishaabdul-jq4tt]

Lilongwe is it an inault

[@hao_9388]

Where is olosho? And Aja?

[@DiamanteBox]

Aja means dog, not inherently an insult but of course there are other insults not included in the video, its only a short few.

[@michelleadebiyi2341]

😂😂😂😂I loved this

[@newnigeriaupdates1060]

I only watched this video to insult my British friends who do not know what I am saying

[@monjami6586]

Same lmaooo

[@oyerodorcas-kq4mm]

Ewo wa leyin, pls tell me d meaning

[@khalazeez4780]

I want to learn so much of this nigerian language ohh uhhb

[@zairyx_eubb207]

What is the meanig of rada rada

[@DiamanteBox]

Rubbish

[@ramatouliegomez3901]

What's the meaning of Tomabagwofa plz?

[@DiamanteBox]

Don’t believe that’s yoruba or maybe it’s not spelt correctly

[@alabenunjara2603]

What the difference between Ode and Odè ( hunter in Yoruba. The Ososi Orisa)?

[@tok1879]

They're pronounced different. Ọ̀dẹ̀: idiot. Ọdẹ: hunter

[@oluwadamilola6233]

Tones...it's a tonal language remember

[@Dbanga327]

Nice

[@temsters8806]

what does olodo rabata mean? i have heard it from samspedy LOL

[@omomadara8001]

Olodo means a stupid person, rabata is used to emphasize the person's stupidity. So Olodo rabata means someone who is very dumb.

[@rejoiceolatunde1396]

Can u please do more of this

[@danielasauer3356]

She is so lovely 💓

[@joycebwalya6408]

I love this language. I’m Zambian and learning

[@ms.thomas918]

Please tell Me if being called "Sussy" an insult. ??? Thank You 🙏🏾

[@oniakintunde8883]

Nope

[@l01j99]

@@oniakintunde8883 What does it mean

[@l01j99]

@Dominion Ogunjinrin Oh okay, thank you

[@hershj.2497]

I have often heard my driver call "Mumu" to other wreckless drivers on Lagos roads! Wonder what that means?

[@DiamanteBox]

Fool, idiotic

[@robertbrockmann7576]

In Germany Mu´mu means cow. Wo´wow means dog, Ma´mau cat. a chow´chow is also a dog. Those are africans tribs, which went to Germany.

[@angelsmoves3367]

Good

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Nice thumbnail ;)

[@precilia3963]

Aschawo mean ?

[@DiamanteBox]

prostitute

[@ashiaku9864]

It sounds like Haitian Creole if I’m not paying attention

[@proverbalizer]

Haiti is an African country basically, lol. when I first moved into East Flatbush Brooklyn and heard so many Haitians I though I had moved into an half African neighborhood instead of an all Caribbean hood. I ended up studying with a master Haitian drummer back then, but recently I was chilling with a friend from Benin City Nigeria and when he was playing his traditional music it was giving me serious flashbacks of Haitian traditional music

[@oritafilms]

@@proverbalizer there is a branch of voodoo in the north, called nago...there are actually lwa in the pantheon like legba, ogou and chango, yoruba deities.

[@proverbalizer]

@@oritafilms yeah, Nago is the term for Yoruba descendant in Haiti, also in Brazil I believe. There are many different dialects of Yoruba and I think Anago was the name for one of the most western Yoruba groups in the region of Dahomey (modern Benin Republic)

[@paulagbemashior1752]

@@oritafilms legba is a term we use for small gods in Ewelands, like Volta Region, Togo and Beni..

[@chizaramoranezi4964]

Doko mi Please wat does this mean

[@betterine]

Can someone help me with a specific one? =\ Something that sounds like "Ori ay o'pay". A friend taught it to me years ago, but I can't find it anywhere.

[@DiamanteBox]

It means your head is not correct, you're mad etc

[@betterine]

@@DiamanteBox Thank you. (:

[@tok1879]

Literally means "your head is incomplete." Which insinuates that it's lacking a vital part. 😉😂

[@omomadara8001]

It is actually " Ori e o pe"

[@maambee8957]

Anyone here what is hun! In nigeria? Thank you for your answer I am from philippines.

[@DiamanteBox]

Hey! Hun, as in the slang shortened form of honey?

[@maambee8957]

@@DiamanteBox thank you so much...I thought it was bad words 😊 ....I had a closed friend from ibadan he always saying hun with me 😅..

[@yorubaglobal]

Oloriburukun = Unfortunate, Oh You missed the mother of insult * Olosi* = wretched wasted human being 😆😄

[@KCWright9]

What is a Yoruban expression of annoyance, like "bugger" or "bollocks" or "crap"?

[@DiamanteBox]

Good question lol, i never thought of this, maybe something like 'Tori Olorun - For God's sake'

[@mariama.a6740]

You could say rada rada for crap

[@fleet4fingers]

So what does ‘Chinege’ or ‘chenege’ mean? I’m not sure of the spelling I heard it used by a woman toward her husband as he cane walking up to her.

[@DiamanteBox]

Are you sure it's Yoruba?

[@ItsJadine]

I’ve heard something like that before.. I think it might be something like chi ne ke mi?

[@evelynnyc]

Seems Igbo. Yoruba didn't have 'C' and I often find words with 'ch' are Igbo. You may have misspelled it but the closest i could think would be ṣ instead of the ch and it didn't translate

[@homewiththesmiths]

How to pronounce itiju?

[@DiamanteBox]

E-TEE-JOO

[@عبديالهاشمي]

How I can use ‘ko ṣe pataki’ in a sentence like could I say “fine how cares ko ṣe pataki”. Btw love your Channel 💕

[@DiamanteBox]

Thank you so much! You could say ' Nobody cares tori Ko se pataki' - noone cares because it's not important

[@taberahdiamond7299]

you taught me i go use em i go tell them say na you teach me now1

[@DiamanteBox]

No be me reach you oooo

[@luvnlyte8586]

what about akata and ashewo?

[@DiamanteBox]

yup

[@michelleadebiyi2341]

NLiteN&Evolve ashawo means prostitue and idk bout Akata

[@chealay193]

Michelle Adebiyi Akata means black people

[@funmibello1268]

@@chealay193 Naa, not really. Akata actually refers to Nigerians who grew up in western countries and as such have western mentalities. Its like Oyinbo is a white person, so you definitely know that they are different, but Akatas are Nigerians, with Nigerian names and heritage and all that, but they basically grew up abroad, and as such aren't fully Nigerians.

[@evelynnyc]

When used as an insult it can be either African American or Nigerian because it's intended to refer to the person being classless, ignorant, rude (along those lines)

[@misterharvin9533]

Thank you so much!!

[@natalliaprushynskaya9658]

What is the meaning of "lodu" or "loduishi"....something like that

[@oluwadamilola6233]

Olodo ? Olodo oshi ..it means dullard

[@ARYFAMILY1319]

When someone calls u by my Shiman or is it Siman if ur his girlfriend what does it mean??

[@palestine_is_free_4ever]

Why does this video have so many views 😂😂😂. Me that skipped to this video 👀👀

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂😂

[@zaydanmaglad7148]

I always hear 'ashawo'

[@omomadara8001]

Means a prostitute

[@remiakintoye7789]

What about Omo a le

[@DiamanteBox]

It means b*st*rd

[@matthewomoruyi3996]

ese ma

[@DiamanteBox]

Ko tope!

[@AanisahAshimi]

you are beautiful and i am a yoruba nigerian who doesn't know yoruba

[@DiamanteBox]

Thank you!

[@AanisahAshimi]

wow such an honour for a nine year old like me to talk to such a beautiful woman like you

[@jbadams56]

Beautiful 😍

[@miamilton8779]

What does “Cassava” mean??

[@DiamanteBox]

Lool Cassava is a food similar to yam but it can often be used to denote the male genital. e.g Tecno - you say you like cassava i get big cassave

[@miamilton8779]

Omg 😮!! 😂😂🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ thanks

[@a.h.i267]

So I think I’m finding out that the reason my mom refused To teach me yoruba is so she could keep cussing me out in yoruba😭

[@DiamanteBox]

😂😂😂