What does it mean? |[2] Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ ń dàgbà, inú adámọ̀ ń bá jẹ́

What does it mean?
[2] Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ ń dàgbà inú adámọ̀ ń bá jẹ́.
© Israel Ayanwuyi, 2018

A kú ìgbìyànjú lórí òwe tó ń lọ lọ́wọ́-lọ́wọ́ yìí. Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn má ń si òwe yìí pa àti lò ní àwùjọ wa.

Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ ń dàgbà, inú ọmọ adámọ̀ ń bà jẹ́ ❌❌

Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ ń dàgbà, inú adámọ̀ ń bá jẹ́ ✅✅

Adámọ̀ is a palm wine tapper and Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ is a small, not tall palm tree.

So when a small palm tree —Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ — is growing tall, the palm wine 🍷 tapper—Adámọ̀—will be sad because it will be difficult for him to effectively tap without stress but if it is short, it will be easier without a bother to climb anything.

That is why our ancestors used to saying Ọ̀pẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́tẹ̀ ń dàgbà, inú adámọ̀ ń bá jẹ́. Short palm-tree is growing tall, the wine tapper is getting sad. ✅✅

It is very wrong to say inú ọmọ adámọ̀ ń bá jẹ́ because it is not just anyone who can tap from a palm-tree. You have to be trained and many people embraced it as a profession in the olden days even till present now as far as I am very informed here in Yorùbá land.

Let us take note of this proverb usage and the right way it should be pronounced and cited.
Remember, it is my responsibility, it is yours to make this language better.

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