What does it mean?
[3]Ọmọ Osè ní kó pó-ń-pó bá ìyá rẹ̀.
© Israel Ayanwuyi, 22102018
The real word for this proverb is Ọmọ osè ní kó pó-ń-pó bá ìyá rẹ̀—Baobab (edible-gourd like hanging) fruit cause its trunk to be beaten with baton/cudgel. ✅✔✅
The popular word which is this is very wrong, Ọmọ ọsàn ní kó pó-ń-pó bá ìyá rẹ —Orange fruit cause its trunk to be beaten with cudgel. ✖❌✖
Baobab tree is a very big/huge tree that can't be climb by whatsoever ever means which even prompt Yorùbá to this popular saying Nínú gbogbo igi tí ń bẹ lóko, igi osè yó pa ìtàn gbogbo wọn—Amidst all the tree in the forest, Baobab tree will tell the story of every other tree, because it is usually an ancient tree with generations.
When someone want to tap Baobab tree fruit, there is nothing to be done than throwing big stones and log at it unlike orange tree, it is usually not too tall tree which can be climbed or use hand to tap its fruit.
Osè—Baobab tree is very big and can never be climbed, that is why it is simply Ọmọ osè ní kó pó-ń-pó bá ìyá rẹ̀ NOT ọmọ ọsàn ní kó pó-ń-pó bá ìyá rẹ.
Speaking Yorùbá without a proverb make one's word so void and useless without any beauty. It is a very important to always attribute every Yoruba word with a proverb to give clear and in depth meaning. Any Yorùbá word without a proverb is just like eating a pounded-yam with vegetable soup that lack salt. You know how it feels? That's just it!
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