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Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.nĩ́.k͡pɛ́.ɾɛ̀.ŋ̀.sɛ́/
Noun
onípẹ́rẹ̀ǹsẹ́
- (Ifẹ, derogatory, ethnic slur, historical) a term used to refer to people of ethnic groups to the north of Ifẹ̀, including the Nupe people, Hausa people, and Ìyàgbà people.
- Èmi ò ní torí onípẹ́rẹ̀ǹsẹ́ kú ― I will not die for the sake of the northern foreigners (from the oríkì of Ilé-Ifẹ̀)
Usage notes
- While the Ìyàgbà people are today regarded as a Yoruba-subethnic group like the people of , they were not regarded as the same people when this term was widely used.
Further reading
- Adéẹ̀kọ́, Adélékè. 'Oral Poetry and Hegemony: Yorùbá Oríkì , 2001