Mápàyí

Ìtumọọ Mápàyí

Do not kill this (one).

Àwọn àlàyé mìíràn

The name is a prayer, pleading that the gods not kill the child as they have done with earlier ones. This is a name given, usually to suspected àbíkú children.

Ìtúpalẹ̀ Mọ́fímù

má-pa-èyí

Ìtumọ̀ ẹyọ-ẹyọ

Part	Meaning
má	don't
pa	kill
èyí	this (one)

Agbègbè

Ó pọ̀ ní:

OTHERS

Àwọn Ènìyàn Gbajúọ̀

Dr. (Mrs.) M.B. Mápàyí
Department of Mental Health
Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ University
Ifẹ̀

Àwọn Orúkọ Tó Gbajúmọ̀ Jù

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