Ẹlẹ́yọwó
Sísọ síta
Ìtumọọ Ẹlẹ́yọwó
The one with cowrie shells.
Àwọn àlàyé mìíràn
In pre-colonial Yoruba society, cowrie shells were the main form of currency, thus, the word owó, while originally meaning money, originally was the word for cowrie shell.
Ìtúpalẹ̀ Mọ́fímù
oní-ẹyọ-owó
Ìtumọ̀ ẹyọ-ẹyọ
oní - one who ownsẹyọ - unit
owó - money, cowrie shells
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