Oríkì Orílé
Praise names of lineage and ancestry.
“Oko irese, ọmọ woyira…”
Oríkì passed down by lineage, town, and compound — recorded in the voices that still carry it, understood through transcription and translation, and kept for the people they name.
Ọmọ oníléwà, a-torí-ẹkùn-sùn.
Ìbàdàn máyìn, ọmọ ajà kù mọ́ọ̀gun.
Ọ̀yọ́ Aláàfin, ilú aṣa.
Ọmọ adé, ọmọ owó, ọmọ ilé.
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Praise names of lineage and ancestry.
“Oko irese, ọmọ woyira…”
Praise names of towns and cities.
“Ìbàdàn mọ̀sì ogun, nílé Olúyọ̀lé. Ìlú Ògúnmọ́lá…”
Praise names of family compounds.
“Ọmọ Olúfẹ̀ àbúrò, ọmọ ad'adé owó rẹ mọ Ìpẹ́ Òòni erujeje”
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