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Unit 2: NÍNÍ CBI

 

-          Unit Dictum   

-          Song:           Orin Cbí
 Kí
 nní
 (Family Song I)

-          Song:           Orin Cbí
 Kejì (Family Song II)

-          Word Maze    Family word search

 

 

Unit Dictum:               Cní
 bí
 ni là
á
jv, à
bí
 jv sì là
á
 mv ìtà
n

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

 

Song:                     Orin Cbí
 Kí
 nní


Orin cbí
 (fú
n vkùþnrin)                                  

Ènìyà
n tí
 mo f}rà
n jùþ:                                     

Ìyá
 mi, bà
bá
 mi à
ti ìyà
wó
H mi,                         

>m< mi, |gb<n mi, à
tà
bú
rò
 mi.                     

adapted@Chief Ebenezer Obey

 

Song:                   Orin Cbí
 Kejì

Bà
ba mi, iya mi, cgbvn,         }                      My father, my mother, older sibling

Abú
ro 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 Yorùþbá
 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 (fiancé
)                      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