Ọ̀gọ tà, Ọ̀gọ ò tà, owó alábarù yó pé
By Israel Ayanwuyi.
There is another widely used proverb amidst indigenous and non-indigenous Yorùbá speakers, both far and near. Many people would say, "Ọ̀gá tà, ọ̀gá ò tà, owó aláàárù yó pé" (which literally means boss sell, boss do not sell, the labourer's or messenger's money would be complete). No, this is not how it should be expressed. It is not every boss who sells goods and it is not every labourer who receives money directly from a boss.
Ọ̀gọ is a spherical-like bag of salt that they use in the ancient time. Labourers [who help people carry their loads in the marketplace] are those who carry this heavy bags [for people] because its weight. Whether they sell this bag of salt each day they take it out or not, it is mandatory for the trader to pay those labourers who helt them in carrying the load out each day.
And this was where the coded word began to gain it ground and efficacy to pass the mind of those who want to say they deserve reward for any service they render whether it benefits their employer or not. That whether the rod is sold or not, it is a must for a labourer to get his wage.
Ọ̀gọ tà, Ọ̀gọ ò tà, owó alábarù a pé.
There is a need for us to implement this correction in our daily choice of word and proverb. We are responsible to speak sound and deep Yorùbá words as we are native and learning speaker of the language. It is better not to know a language than knowing it and not embrace correction, and how it should be profoundly used.
Preserving Yorùbá godly heritages is our concern.
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© Copyright, Israel Ayanwuyi, 2020
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