Comments on naijablog: Gbosa Gbosa

"Gbosa" is cognate to the Jamaican "...

2010-09-27T01:59:09.119+01:00

"Gbosa" is cognate to the Jamaican "buss." Their root is the English word "bust" (dimunitive of "burst"):

"to bust" a gun.
"to bust" a gang (gonna need guns).

"Chuk" is cognate to the Jamaican "jook." They of course mean "to poke" in their simplest sense, but I haven't found a root for them.

I have viewed this film many times. It is indeed a...

2009-08-20T08:56:24.727+01:00

I have viewed this film many times. It is indeed a masterpiece. Allow me to voice one objection to your message: One should not refer to "female circumcision". This hideous practice is properly called Female Genital Mutilation. It is far, far
painful and crippling than male circumcision; as practiced in rural villages without anesthetic and in non-sterile conditions, it produces hideous scarring. Serious infections often ensue, sometimes leading to death. So let's call mutilation by its rightful name.

Wasah ... actually , wassa, means happiness, rejoi...

2005-12-05T19:10:00.000+01:00

Wasah ... actually , wassa, means happiness, rejoice, satisfaction... celebration if you will.

Gbosa comes from somewhere in the Bendel (Edo-Delt...

2005-11-03T21:44:00.000+01:00

Gbosa comes from somewhere in the Bendel (Edo-Delta) region. Pidgin really, and as you probably know, pidgin is the linga franca in those parts...

Can't go deeper into the entymology of the word, same way as I can't tell you where chuk comes from.