Mápàyí
Sísọ síta
Ìtumọọ Mápàyí
Do not kill this (one).
Àwọn àlàyé mìíràn
The name is a prayer, pleading that the gods not kill the child as they have done with earlier ones. This is a name given, usually to suspected àbíkú children.
Ìtúpalẹ̀ Mọ́fímù
má-pa-èyí
Ìtumọ̀ ẹyọ-ẹyọ
má - don'tpa - kill
èyí - this (one)
Agbègbè
Ó pọ̀ ní:
OTHERS
Àwọn Ènìyàn Gbajúọ̀
Dr. (Mrs.) M.B. Mápàyí
Department of Mental Health
Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ University
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