Agha Gbenren Ulaba vbe Edo - Writing Numbers in Edo / Mathematics of Counting in Edo language

Illustration One – Igiemwin n'okaro - Mathematics Of Counting In Edo Language

(A) 11 - Owọrọ - Eleven

(B) 111 - Owọrọ yan iyisen [11 + 100 ] - One hundred and eleven

(D) 1111 - Owọrọ yan iyisen yan arriaisen [11 + 100 + 1000 ]

One thousand one hundren and eleven

(E) 11111 - Owọrọ yan iyisen yan arriaisen owọrọ [11 + 100 + 11,000 ]

Eleven thousand one hundren and eleven

(Ẹ) 111111 - Owọrọ yan iyisen yan arriaisen owọrọ yan iyisen[11 + 100 + 111,000]

One Hundred and eleven thousand one hundren and eleven

(F) 11111111 - Owọrọ yan iyisen yan arriaisen owọrọ yan iyisen yan Ẹbo owọrọ

[11 + 100 + 111,000 + 11,000,000]

Eleven million, one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and eleven

(G) 111111111

Owọrọ yan iyisen yan arriaisen owọrọ yan iyisen yan Ẹbo owọrọ yan iyisen

[11 + 100 + 111,000 + 111,000,000]

One hundred and eleven million, one hundred and eleven thousand, one hundren and eleven

“Yan” or “yaen” or “yanren” means add / addition.

Two digits or numbers together without “yan” or “yaen” refers to multiplication of said numbers. e.g. as in “Arriaisen owọrọ” and “Ẹbo owọrọ

Accents are necesary in 11(owọrọ) and 1000000 (Ẹbo) above to identify and apropriate vowel sounds.

(Iyi = 20 ; Isen = 5)

Iyisen = 100 (20 x 5)

Owọrọ yan iyisen = 111

Uri / Arria / Iyisen eva = 200

Arriaisen = 1000 (200 x 5)

Arriaisen owọrọ = 11000

Arriaisen owọrọ yan iyisen = 111,000

Ẹbo owọrọ yan iyisen = 111,000,000

Understanding Money In Edo By Uwagboe Ogieva

Vbe n'a ya kẹ igho vbe Ẹdo n'ogben Uwagboẹ Ogieva

Before the coming of the European or English pounds and shillings, Edo people were using cowries - 'ikpigho', as a form of money in economic, trade and social transactions. Over time, this was done away with and a new form of money was introduce.
Today Edo people use 'ENAIRA' and "IKOBO” (Naira and Kobo). However, Edo system of counting money is a beat different numerically. In Edo, 10 kobo (10 ikọbọ) is equal to Isele ọkpa, 100 kobo equal to Isele igbe.

1 kobo = 1 ikọbọ | 10 kobo = (10 ikọbọ) - Isele ọkpa | 100 kobo = Isele igbe	[ọkpa = 1, Ikpen/Ikpon = 2, igbe = 10, ẹkpo = 200, Iyisen = 100, Arriaisen = 1000]
1 naira = Isele igbe 2 naira = Ikpen ọkpa 3 naira = Ikpen ọkpa vbe Isele igbe (ọkpa vb’igbe) 4 naira = Ikpen eva 5 naira = Ikpen eva vbe Isele igbe (eva vb’igbe) 6 naira = Ikpen eha 7 naira = Ikpen eha vbe Isele igbe (eha vb’igbe) 8 naira = Ikpen enen 9 naira =Ikpen enen vbe Isele igbe (ọkpa vb’igbe) 10 naira = Ikpen isen	10 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen 20 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon igbe 30 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ekesugie 40 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ugie 50 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan ugie 60 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ọgban 70 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan ọgban 80 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon iyeva 90 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan iyeva 100 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ekigbesiyeha
200 naira = Ikpen iyisen / Ẹkpo ọkpa 300 naira = Ẹkpo ọkpa vb'ukhionmwen 400 naira = Ẹkpo eva 500 naira = Ẹkpo eva vb'ukhionmwen 600 naira = Ẹkpo eha 700 naira = Ẹkpo eha vb'ukhionmwen 800 naira = Ẹkpo enen 900 naira = Ẹkpo enen vb'ukhionmwen 1000 naria = Ẹkpo isen	2000 naira = Ẹkpo igbe 3000 naira = Ẹkpo ekesugie 4000 naira = Ẹkpo ugie 5000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan ugie 6000 naira = Ẹkpo ọgban 7000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan ọgban 8000 naira = Ẹkpo iyeva 9000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan iyeva 10000 naira = Ẹkpo ekigbesiyeha More on Money in Edo

Isele ọkpa = 10 ikọbọ	Isele igbe (10) = (100) ikọbọ iyisen enaira ọkpa   ₦ 1 (ra) Isele igbe	Isele ugie (20) = (200) ikọbọ iyisen eva enaira eva   ₦ 2 (ra) ikpen ọkpa (2 x 1)
Isele ogban (30) = (300) ikọbọ iyisen eha enaira eha  ₦ 3 (ra) ikpen ọkpa vbe isele igbe / (ọkpa vb'igbe)	Isele iyeva (40) = (400) ikọbọ iyisen enen enaira enen  ₦ 4 (ra) ikpen eva (2 x 2)	Isele ekigbesiyeha (50) = (500) ikọbọ iyisen isen enaira isen  ₦ 5 (ra) ikpen eva vbe isele igbe / (eva vb'igbe)
Isele iyeha (60) = (600) ikọbọ iyisen ehan enaira ehan  ₦ 6 (ra) ikpen eha (2 x 3)	Isele ekigbesiyenen (70) = (700) ikọbọ iyisen ihinrin enaira ihinrin  ₦ 7 (ra) ikpen eha vbe isele igbe / (eha vb'igbe)	Isele iyenen (80) = (800) ikọbọ iyisen erenren enaira erenren  ₦ 8 (ra) ikpen enen (2 x 4)
Isele ekigbesiyisen (90) = (900) ikọbọ iyisen ihinron enaira ihinron  ₦ 9 (ra) ikpen enen vbe isele igbe / (enen vb'igbe)	Isele iyisen (100) = (1000) ikọbọ arriaisen enaira igbe  ₦ 10 (ra) Ikpen isen (2 x 5)	Isele arriaisen (1,000) = (10,000) ikọbọ arriaisen igbe enaira iyisen ( ₦ 100) Ikpen ekigbesiyeha (2 x 50) (ra) ukhionmwen ẹkpo (200/2)

SOME NAMES OF CONSUMABLE FRUITS, SEEDS, TUBERS, PLANTS, ROOTS AND VEGETABLES IN EDONAZE

Ulaba	Edo	English	.
1	alimo	orange	.
2	alimo asidi	grape	.
3	alimo negiẹrẹ	lime
4	akarha	coco yam	.
5	akarha iyokho	purple coco yam	.
6	ako	pepper fruit	.
7	alubarra	onion	.
8	amugen / omugen	Velvet tamarin
9	ebahanmwonkhor		.
10	ebanana	banana
11	ẹbẹlẹbor
12	ebiẹba		.
13	ebihiri	saint leaf	.
14	ebohiwo	bitter leaf	.
15	ebọdondon	water leaf	.
16	ebọghẹdẹ	plantain leaf	.
17	ebumwenkhen	pumkin leaf	.
18	ẹdin	palm fruits	.
19	edin-ebo	pineapple	.
20	ẹdun	bitter cola	.
21	ẹhien	peper	.
22	ekasiu	cashew	.
23	ekhue	garden egg	.
24	ekpiro		.
25	ekoko	cocoa	.
26	erere	beans	.
27	etengari	tangerine	.
28	etomatosi	tomatoes	.
29	ihenvben		.
30	ihiekhe		.
31	ikhiavbor	okro	.
32	ikhimiankhie		.
33	ikpakpalor	kidney beans	.
34	ikpẹdin	palm nut / kannel	.
35	ikposa / ukposa		.
36	ikpovbukhor	red fat peper	.
37	isaiwẹ	groundnut	.
38	itun	mustroom	.
39	iýan	yam	.
40	iýan igiowa	water yam	.
41	iýan ikpen	yellow yam	.
42	iýan emowe	white yam	.
43	iyawomorotiomwan	ovia white yam
44	iyenbo	sweet potatoe	.
45			.
46	izẹ	rice	.
47	ofigbon	palm oil	.
48	ọghẹdẹ	plantain	.
49	ogi	mellon	.
50	ogui	bush mango	.
51	ọhẹrẹ	"ogbolor"	.
52	ohun	pear	.
53	ọka	corn or maize	.
54	okpagha		.
55	okhuẹ	walnut	.
56	ọmọbadan
57	ọriema		.
58	orruru	cherry	.
59	otien		.
60	oziza		.
61	ubo		.
62	udin	palm tree	.
63	ukhuerre	sugar cain	.
64	unien		.
65	utezi		.
66	uvbohoro / uhoro	pawpaw	.

Types of Edo African foods, meal and items :

	Evbarie	Native maggi
	Akasan	Native puddy
	Eka	Beans fired cake
	Imieki / emieki	Plantain baked cake
	Ikpogi	Melon soup
	Uwonmwen ohere	Ogbolor soup
	Ekaebo	Buscuits
	Ema	pounded yam
	Usi	starch
	Umwen	Salt
	Emagi	Maggi
	Uwonmwen	Soup
	Evbarhie	locust bean paste/maggi

	ẹkọ	Maize puddy
	Uwonmwen	Soup
	Evbarhie	locust bean paste/maggi

	Ewa	Mat
	Ukhere	Table
	Ukpelebe	Rope for plating hair
	Akobe	trap
	Uwenrien	Cain
	Ikpigho	cories
	Ivie	Beeds
	Owe	broom
	Odueki	Trader / business man
	Ekpamaku	plate
	Amurukpa	kerosine
	Amen	Water
	Emiowo	Meat
	Ehen	Fish
	Ebe	Leaf
	Erren	Fire
	Amen erren	Hot water
	Amen odidon	Cold water
	Usana	matches
	okpia	Cutlass
	Erran	Wood
	Ogor	Bottle
	Ogorro	palmwine
	Owe	broom

	Ekpokoro	Bambo sterm
	Ikhinmwin
	Erran	Tree
	Awolowo
	Erran Arhaba	Rubber tree

1 Cotton Seed is Ikporu,
2 Orange is Alimo,but the Lime Orange is called Alimo negiere
3 Melon Seeds is Ikpogi
4 Okro is Ikhiavbor
5 Leaf: Here are some vegeble Leaves like Punky Leaves Ebumwenkhen ,Water Leaves Ebododon Laly Leaves Ebelali, Potatoe Leaves Ebiyenbo. There are diffrent types of scent Leaves like Ebaramwonkhor, Ebihinrin, Ebubunle, Ebewewia ,Some Edible Bitter Leaves are Oriwo, Utezi, Ebisugu.
6 Pepper is Ekpovbukhor while the long Pepper is Ehienesiensien
7 Garden Eggs is Ekhue.
8 Yam: There are diffrent types of Yams the one they popularly called Red Yam Yellow i can say but they call it Red Yam anyway, but in Edo Language is Ikpen, while the Medicinal Red Yam is Eru, Water Yam is called Igiorua other white Yams are called Emowe like Omi, Ikale, Ahebun, Ezekuhunkpolore, Iyawo and Iyawo Omorotionmwan another white Yam called Ukpoko, Abakeleke,etc.
Newly harvested Yams from July to December is called Emoror while the Yams that is already tied in a Barn (Eru)as from January to July is called Iyunkhunmwun