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Unit 3:                        ÒNKA YORÙBÁ

 

-          Unit Dictum

-          Poem:             Ení bí Ení (one by one)

-          Poem:             EnÍ bÍ enÍ lvmvdé n kawó (It is 1-by-1 that children count money)

-          Word Maze    Numbers word search

 

Unit Dictum:               Ení bí ení, lvmvdé n ka owó; èjì bí èjì, làgbàlagbà n ta ayò.”

                                    “Children count money in singles; adults play in pairs.”

 

Poem:                      EnÍ bÍ EnÍ

EnÍ bÍ enÍ;                                            Èjì bí èjì;

Cta n tagbá;                                         Crin wzrzkz,

Àrún n gbódó;                                     Cfà tí èlè;        

Àró n báró;                                          Àro n bàtá;

Mo jálák|sán;                                     Gbagba l|wá.

 

Poem:                   EnÍ bÍ enÍ lvmvdé n kawó

Eníbí ení, l’vmvdé ń kawó

Èjì bí èjì, l’àgbàlagbà ń tayò

cta bí |ta, cj} k’á tara wa l<rc

Crinbí |rin, cní rín ni l’à ń rín

Àrún bí àrún, vba má xe wá l’árungún

Cfà bí |fà, cj} k’á fara wa m<ra

Èje bí èje, olúgb<n xorò ó kìje

Cjv bí |jv, cní bí ‘ni l’à á jv

Csán bí |sán, Olúwa jál} ó san wá

Cwá bí |wá, vba má wàhálà wa

 

Number 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:

Ogbon (thirty)              = Vgbzn                     Aabo (half)                   = Àabz

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:

Odo (zero)                               Eni (one)                                  Okan (one)

Kinni (first)                              Eewaa (ten)                             Okanla (eleven)          

Eedogun (fifteen)                     Ogun (twenty)              Okoo (twenty)

Ogbon (thirty)                          Idaji (half)                                Aabo (half)

Onka (numerals)                      Nonba (numbers/numerals)       Meloo? (How many?)

Eeloo? (How much?)               Keloo? (Which position?)        Keji (second)

Mejimeji (in pairs)                   Mejeeji (both)            

 

THE MAZE:

E          M         O         K         A         N         L          B          M         A         S          M        

M         E          J           E          E          J           I           O         O         K         E          E

E          GB       D         J           A         A         B          A         GB       I           E          J

L          I           H         O         D         O         O         T          O         N         L          I

O         N         T          A         G         R          G         I           GB       N         A         M

O         E          D         E          M         U         U         J           O         I           M         E

P          I           E          J           I           L          N         O         N         B          A         J

O         W        A         L          N         A         K         O         P          A         R          I

N         A         M         A         O         E          E          W        A         A         S          E

K         I           GB       A         GB       O         A         A         D         O         T          A

A         B          O         O         K         O         K         E          L          O         O         B

K         E          J           I           R          O         R          I           J           A         D         I