THE MEANING OF FUJI

To be sincere, the word : fuji, appeared first on Sikiru Ayinde Barrister's record.

Alaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Later, it appeared on Kọlawọle Ayinla's record.

Alaji Killington Ayinla

Notwithstanding, the two of them are recognize to be the pioneer of the musical band called : Were or Jiwere that was label : fuji.

However, as time goes on, Ayinde Barrister declared, himself the founder of fuji music. This claim, led to the endless rivalry between him and Kọlawọle Ayinla.

When people intervene, they asked ; Ayinde Barrister. What does fuji mean and how he came about it ?

While answering the questions, Barrister couldn't defines fuji.  Instead, he said, he named his musical band : fuji, after the Japanese Mount Fuji.

His answers, seems strange, because, before Fuji music came to the lime light, he, never travel out, either to Japan or Mount Fuji. Besides, the Mount Fuji is of no influence to the Yoruba or the world in general.

For decades, Barrister claims and the rivalry between him and Kọlawọle Ayinla, remain on solve.

Now, Ayinde Barrister has pass on, but, his claim over fuji music remain 

controversial. To solve the problem, we at the language School, decided to intervene.

While investigating the matter, the first thing we do is to find out, if the word : fuji is a Yoruba word or a Japanese word ?

Althoug, we accepted the word to be Yoruba, but, it's not in the Yoruba Dictionary. Therefore, we treated it as a new word, then, we try to find the appropriate meaning of it. 

The best way to do that is to divide the word into syllables, then, give meaning to each of the syllables.

The word fuji is a two syllable words. The first is fu and the second is ji. 

Amazingly ! We have : fu and ji. In the Yoruba two letters words. Now let's find out what those words mean. 

Starting from the word : ji.

Ji means : 

1. To be awake

2. To wake up.

Then followed by the word : fu.

Fu in Yoruba usage, is used to describes actions or movement that are done fast, horridly or quickly

Examples are : 

1. O dide fu.

2. O fo fu. 

From the above definitions of fu and ji, we came to the conclusion that the word : fuji is a new Yoruba word meaning : 

1. Wake up fast

2. Horridly wake up

3. Quickly wake up

The Yoruba translation of the above are :

1. Tete ji

2. Ji were

3. Ji kia

To this end we concluded that, jiwere is the word that  was changed to fuji, by an unknown staff at the record labelling office.

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