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Abimbólá Ajíbólá assertions àwọn Awoná baba babalawo Babalolá Bascom bíi called child clause client cowries dáràn Ę tójú Elérin enchanter Erin offspring ęsę Ifá example father féni fún gbà gbé gbingbin gbogbo Ìbàdàn Ifá divination Ifá's ìjálá ikú ilé iná incantations kola nut l'Erin lámorín lexical items lineage lines lọ ló ní ló ní kí lójú loúkọ máa mbę méjì Mòjé náà names ní ó níí nominalisations nuts nwọn Ó ní occur odù Odùbítàn ofò Ogbè ogun ojú ọmọ Oníjà Orí oríkì Òrúnmìlà òun palm palm wine parallel sentences person praise units protagonist proverbs Qlátúnjí rèé references repetition sacrifice Sàngó says so-and-so tán tèmi tójú ota tonal counterpoint tonal modification tree tún Ulli Beier usually wọn Yorùbá language Yorùbá oral poetry Yorùbá poetry