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Unit 6:                   AXV WÍWZ ÀTI OGE XÍXE
 
-         Unit Dictum
-         Song:                    A ránmv láxv (We sent the child to buy clothes)
-         Song:               Orin Ìt<jú ara (The hygiene song)
-         Song:             Báyìí làwa ń bvjú wa (This is how we wash our face)
-         Word Maze:   Clothing and Fashion Word Search
  
Unit Dictum:               Axv n lá k< ni ènìyàn n lá’ XÙGB>N ‘ìrínisí ni ìseni l<jz, bí a bá ti
rìn, náà làá koni.
            ‘Big clothes do not make a big man’ BUT ‘appearance does affect
perception and it is however (groomed) you appear that you will be seen’  
 
 
Song:                    A ránmv láxv
A ránmv láxv,                         }                                 
Ìs}yìn ni ò hun xv        }  2ce                          
Ìró tí a ró, olówó fara mólówó                        
Cwù tí a wz, olówó jogún ìd|ra                      
Gèlè tí a wé, xukuxuku bámúbámú              
Cnì ó bá wú kó b}                                          
A ránmv láxv,                                                            
Ìs}yìn ni ò hun xv                                           
                       
 
Song:           Orin Ìt<jú ara
Jí, royín
            W| kí o m<
            Gé èékánná rc,
            Jcun tódára lásìkò
            Má jcun jù!!
 
 
Song:           Báyìí làwa ń bvjú wa       
            Báyìí làwa ń bvjú wa
Bvjú wá (2ce)                 
            Báyìí làwa ń bvjú wa  
            Nígbà tìlc bá m<                         
 
Clothing and Fashion 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:
Ogbele (drought)         = Zgbcl|                    Ojo (day)                     = Vj<  
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:
Aso (cloth)                               Kaba (dress)                                        Iro (wrapper)              
Gele (headgear)                       Agbada (male flowing robe)                 Sikaafu (scarf)
Iborun (shawl)             Sokoto (pants)                                     Buba (top / blouse)
Sikeeti (skirt)                          Bata (shoe)                                          Tai (tie)                       
Pata (underwear/panties)          Ibose (socks)                                       Popu (purple)
Funfun (white)             Pupa (red)                                           Dudu (black)              
Yelo (yellow)                           Buluu (blue)                            
 
THE MAZE:
A         S          O         A         K         A         B          A         M         I           R          O
G         I           H         T          P          U         U         L          U         B          R          M
B          K         U         I           U         B          S          O         K         O         T          O
A         A         P          N         D         O         K         U         N         R          I           N
D         A         O         B          U         B          A         B          U         U         E          L
A         F          P          K         D         GB       A         GB       E          N         O         S
F          U         N         I           U         D         I           D         E          D         L          G
U         N         M         B          O         A         U         G         J           P          E          P
N         I           R          O         I           A         T          P          O         L          Y         U
F          A         N         S          P          A         T          A         E          W        A         P
U         P          O         E          M         O         A         T          A         B          N         A
N         J           S          I           K         E          E          T          I           E          N         U

 

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