What Does It Mean? | Òdùró Ni Alábakú Ẹ̀wà

What Does It Mean? 

Òdùró Ni Alábakú Ẹ̀wà

By Israel Ayanwuyi

Èkùrọ́ ni alábakú ẹ̀wà (which literally means kernel is forever standing with beans) is wrong widely used proverb in this modern-day Yorùbá interactions. The first two words and the last word of this proverb is absolutely wrong.

Many people do not know and they keep echoing wrong phrase and explanation around the proverb.

As we all know that Èkùrọ́ (Kernel/Palm nut) is from palm-tree used for making palm kernel oil, and Ẹ̀wà (Beans/Pea) is a large edible seed, a type of food of such, growing from its own plantations. Therefore, there is no correlation of any kind between kernel and beans.

Òdùró is a bean insect. Once a bean is infected with this insect, it does not leave beans until they eat, eat and die together/perish with the beans whether by being cooked or disposed.

Thus, the correct expression of the proverb from the ancient time is Òdùró Ni Alábakú Ẹ̀wà

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