Ìtumọọ Ọmọèwí

Ọmọèwí

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Ìtumọọ Ọmọèwí

Child of the Èwí of Adó; Princess of Adó; One who is from or claims descent from Adó-Èkìtì.

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This is my maternal grandmother's nickname, from Ìlárá-Mọ̀kín, Ondo state. It is adopted from the oríkì of her father's side. The verse is ọmọ èwí òtù, ọmọ àròroòjo, ọmọ amúkàrà sábẹ́ èwù jẹ... This oríkì praises them as the child of the Èwí, who is the king of Adó-Èkìtì. Thus, "ọmọ Èwí" can be used as a nickname for any person from Adó-Èkìtì, and by extension, descendants of the Èwí or those who claim ancestry from Adó and surrounding towns. My grandmother was often praised with this oríkì, and the first sentence became her nickname and ultimately the name she used as opposed to her given name. This follows the Èkìtì tradition of nicknames that often overshadow a person's given name, and then become the name one is remembered with or is passed on to descendants.

Ìtúpalẹ̀ Mọ́fímù

ọmọ-èwí

Ìtumọ̀ ẹyọ-ẹyọ

ọmọ - child
èwí - Èwí (king) of Adó-Èkìtì

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