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Unit 3: NÍNÍ CBÍ
 

-          Unit Dictum   

-          Song:           Orin Cbí Kínní (Family Song I)

-          Song:           Orin Cbí Kejì (Family Song II)

-          Word Maze    Family word search

 

 

Unit Dictum:               Cní bí ni làájv, àbíjv sì làá mv ìtàn

“One can only resemble one’s procreator/parent and it is physical resemblance that reveals (family) history.”

 

Song:                     Orin Cbí Kínní

Orin cbí (fún vkùnrin)                                  

Ènìyàn tí mo f}ràn jù:                                     

Ìyá mi, bàbá mi àti ìyàwó mi,                         

>m< mi, |gb<n mi, àtàbúrò mi.                     

adapted@Chief Ebenezer Obey

 

Song:                   Orin Cbí Kejì

Bàba mi, iya mi, cgbvn,         }                      My father, my mother, older sibling

Abúro mì                                 }   3ce              My younger sibling

Gbogbo wvn j| cbi mi.                                    They are all my family

 

Family Word Search

1.   Print and see how many of these words you can find in the maze.

2.   Use the opportunity to also mark the right tones and diacritics on the words:

Omo (child)                  = Vmv                        ore (friend)                 = Zr}

3.   Remember, the words can variously be arranged: forward or backward; horizontal or vertical.

4.  Then see how many other Yorùbá words you can find and gloss.

THE WORDS:

Baba (father)                           Egbon (older sibling)                Aburo (younger sibling)

Iyawo (wife)                            Oko (husband)             Omo (child)     

Mama (mother)                       Iya (mother)                             Yeye (mother)             

Ebi (family)                              Aremo (first born)                    Omokekere (Small Child)      

Ore (friend)                              Afesona (fiancéI)                      Ana (in-law)    

Aladugbo (neighbor)                Ojulumo (relative)                    Ara (relative)               

Iyekan            (relative)                       Ibatan (relative)

THE MAZE:

O         N         A         T          A         B          I           B          A         B          O         E

A         K         O         B          I           Y         A         W        O         N         M         O

F          R          O         Y         A         M         O         R          E          GB       O         B

E          I           E          B          I           GB       A         M         O         P          K         I

S          Y         O         M         U         L          U         J           O         R          E          Y

O         E          A         F          O         GB       U         D         M         S          K         A

N         N         Y         B          A         R          A         K         O         T          E          M

A         I           E          A         F          E          S          A         B          U         R          O

O         M         Y         B          A         A         L          S          I           W        E          W       

J           I           N         E          GB       O         N         M         A         M         A         A

U         L          U         M         O         N         A         E          Y         E          Y         G

L          A         L          A         D         U         GB       O         B          A         B          A